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Author: Máté Bikfalvi

The inventor and creator of Pennonia inks. His love for inks and fountain pens developed while he was still in elementary school and accompanied him throughout his studies. After finishing university, he began to take the world of fountain pens and inks more seriously, and one fine day he decided he wanted to be an ink maker.

The alchemy of ink making

Posted on 2022.09.26.2023.01.24. By Bikfalvi Máté

Briefly about modern ink production, or how does modern ink manufacturing differ from the production of medieval and traditional inks?

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