INK BALLS
Looking for those old time “Ink Balls” Like Ben Franklin used.
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You’ll have to make your own like Ben did. He had a wood turner make the stocks, got some skin from a tanner and some wool from a sheep shearer and put them together. Take a look at Joseph Moxon’s book Mechanic Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing to see how it was done.
Hi,
Try to contact www.aartdevos.dk (their homepage is in Danish but I assume that they speak English) at [email protected] or +45 8613 5566 – they might be able to help you.
Gott grüß die Kunst
Jens