Handmade Oil Smoke Ink Stick for Chinese Japanese Calligraphy and Painting Jbh 31g

Recommended. Good dark ink, good color. Pleasant fragrance. Beautiful design almost hate to use the ink. Versatile and fun to use. The large stick will last a long time.

This ink stick is really smooth and has varying color depth. It has a slight tint to blue. This ink can also be used in fountain pens and dip pens. Just make sure you use all the ink you make since it does smell after a few days. Although the smell doesn't stay once dry, it is unpleasant when using it. I made the thickest darkest ink I could and it does not have much bleeding on most papers. The heavier softer papers are not optimal for this ink as it is water based and it will fan out big time. Rice paper works really well with it. I also used a brush pen and it was just beautiful to work with. I definitely recommend to everyone! This ink will last a long time if stored correctly.

Not dark enough for calligraphy purpose. But, you get what you paid for ! update 12/21/2021: ok, I was critical. you have to grind it to break the first several layers then you will get easier and decent dark ink. add one star. Good value ! Today 08/09/2025, I try the other one. beaware this is a different type ink ,which can have many shade of darkness . It is very decent.

I do Oriental brush painting informally. Honestly, this was my first experience grinding my own ink. The attached shows what was achieved with in a hurried attempt. The blacks/greys were achievied with this ink stick. The blues were achieved by grinding the Tongina blue ink stick (also available from Amazon and pleased with this product as well). I was attempting to paint a storm front moving over the Andes, and trying to capture the subtle shades of grey was critical, I can see I need more practice on this, but was happy to be able to get what I was able to. Highly recommend this product.

Recently purchased this item. Grinds smoothly and creates excellent ink. The slight incense type fragrance is very pleasant. The quality of the stick is above my previous purchase. You can see (only cost a $1.00 more) a more compact and smoother ink stick. photo enclosed. The one at the bottom is rougher and very porous compared to the new one.

This is a superb product and value suitable for all levels of practice. I’ve had it for only a few days and find myself using it instead of my other, more expensive sticks. It is easily ground, in both ceramic and stone suzuri and produces a rich, dark, blue-toned ink capable of expressive gradation. The factory where it is still handmade is a wonder. Highly recommended.

Makes a lovely black ink color. I've recently used these ink sticks and ground them in the ink stone I recently purchased. Image was added to show the color in use on a practice painting. There's a good depth to the color you can get, ranging from gray to dark black. Will definitely purchase again as needed.

I used it for Chinese painting, it gives more layer in the painting, and it grinds smoothly, value for money is good.

Easy to use, grinds smoothly.

These are lovely! They have just the right colour and have a nice scent too. At first it was hard for me to destroy the lovely printing on the sticks but that's because of my heritage. They are smooth and pleasant to paint and write with.

good product in general ! fast shipping

I bought as a Christmas present for an artist so was dissapointed a abit that it wasn't blue. Pure black ink.

Très satisfaits Bonne qualité