I always wonder how people initially found out that this extremely long and very specific process leads to getting ink.
hqo5001 on
What tree do they extract from? Or is it any tree?
Ja_Shi on
HP, Brothers, Epson : what do you mean “USED TO cost more than gold” ?
Elegant-Audience23 on
Thats a lot of work.👍🏻
Puzzled-Tea3037 on
Long time to wait if your writing to complain about the lack of postal service
GammaDealer on
I saw the video the other day of the Japanese ink making process where they used their feet to knead it. Seems more efficient than slapping it with an axe lol
Coinsworthy on
*”Almost done, just a quick 6 month cure and we’re good to go!”*
wow.
Miserable-Article-99 on
Thats a different kind of ink. And it’s still more valuable then gold today
Turbulent-Stretch881 on
I thought squids and octopus was common and gigantic in that area.
MontaukMonster2 on
And here I thought it was smashed up slugs
GullibleCrazy488 on
Love how they used some to draw on the dog’s eyebrows.
Trollercoaster101 on
Whenever i see such a show of craftmanship i always wonder:”How did they discover the process in the first place?”
It seems everything but obvious to process it this way.
Breadstix009 on
Has anyone kept a count of how many years it took from start to finish product?
trickn0l0gy on
Uhm, not just the Chinese, but also the Egyptians, likely even before the Chinese…. it is an obvious innovation though, because the needs was there once writing started to emerge and people looked for solutions and tried things out…
**Ancient Egypt (around 2500 BCE):** Egyptians were among the earliest known to have used ink, primarily for writing on papyrus. Their ink was made from a combination of soot (or charcoal) mixed with water and sometimes gum for better adhesion.
Jossokar on
Well. I wonder what the romans used to write with 2000 years ago. Or the fricking egyptians.
also , i am getting tired of the youtube subgenre “chinese people doing stuff in the long and very traditional way”
Rexi_Stone on
Fuck I love that sound 🫦🤤
Bigrenmy on
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FockersJustSleeping on
I’m usually one that finds original ways of doing things fascinating and romantic, and sometimes just better than how we do something today.
I gotta say…this is so incredibly complicated and time consuming it feels right on the border of being stupid. Like, watching all the steps in a row and then it pauses with things like “now wait a year”. It feels like those fake, how it’s made, things from youtube.
The children mix in just a small amount of cocaine to turn the donuts white.
RedPandaReturns on
Are we all just going to ignore how they’ve drawn eyebrows on their dog? (4:42) haha
N_T_F_D on
Mercury sulfide, that doesn’t sound extremely healthy to work with
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calligraphy ink ❤️
Did you forgot about Printer ink?
I always wonder how people initially found out that this extremely long and very specific process leads to getting ink.
What tree do they extract from? Or is it any tree?
HP, Brothers, Epson : what do you mean “USED TO cost more than gold” ?
Thats a lot of work.👍🏻
Long time to wait if your writing to complain about the lack of postal service
I saw the video the other day of the Japanese ink making process where they used their feet to knead it. Seems more efficient than slapping it with an axe lol
*”Almost done, just a quick 6 month cure and we’re good to go!”*
wow.
Thats a different kind of ink. And it’s still more valuable then gold today
I thought squids and octopus was common and gigantic in that area.
And here I thought it was smashed up slugs
Love how they used some to draw on the dog’s eyebrows.
Whenever i see such a show of craftmanship i always wonder:”How did they discover the process in the first place?”
It seems everything but obvious to process it this way.
Has anyone kept a count of how many years it took from start to finish product?
Uhm, not just the Chinese, but also the Egyptians, likely even before the Chinese…. it is an obvious innovation though, because the needs was there once writing started to emerge and people looked for solutions and tried things out…
**Ancient Egypt (around 2500 BCE):** Egyptians were among the earliest known to have used ink, primarily for writing on papyrus. Their ink was made from a combination of soot (or charcoal) mixed with water and sometimes gum for better adhesion.
Well. I wonder what the romans used to write with 2000 years ago. Or the fricking egyptians.
also , i am getting tired of the youtube subgenre “chinese people doing stuff in the long and very traditional way”
Fuck I love that sound 🫦🤤
റബറ്
I’m usually one that finds original ways of doing things fascinating and romantic, and sometimes just better than how we do something today.
I gotta say…this is so incredibly complicated and time consuming it feels right on the border of being stupid. Like, watching all the steps in a row and then it pauses with things like “now wait a year”. It feels like those fake, how it’s made, things from youtube.
The children mix in just a small amount of cocaine to turn the donuts white.
Are we all just going to ignore how they’ve drawn eyebrows on their dog? (4:42) haha
Mercury sulfide, that doesn’t sound extremely healthy to work with
Beautiful