Does blood work in a fountain pen?
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Does blood work in a fountain pen?
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Yes, but it requires a few things to work well.
First: sodium citrate solution. You’ll need this to keep the blood from doing what blood does — clotting. (There are other anticoagulants, but this is easiest to come by.) Be sure to get the ratio of blood to solution right, or you’ll end up with crap you can’t work with.
Second: a pen with a broad nib. Even without clotting, blood is thicker than ink, and fountains use capillary action — broader nibs have (somewhat) broader channels and allow for better flow.
Third: A particle-free cloth and some alcohol. You’ll have to clean the nib and reservoir frequently to prevent organic particle build up. (So don’t load up the pen with your new “ink”. Small amounts at a time, only.)
And finally, you’ll have to bake whatever you’ve written at low heat for about 15 – 20 minutes. This will not only set the “ink” better, but prevent decay as well. This is also damned dangerous — you must watch and make sure your media doesn’t catch fire, and have the means ready to put it out if it does.
It’s not really efficient, however. As many other answers stated, a dip pen is better as it doesn’t require taking the pen apart for constant cleaning. I would still recommend sodium citrate solution and baking no matter what pen you use as well.
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Not really. Blood will clot almost immediately and not only will you not be able to write, you’ll clog the feed.
It’s best to use a dip pen, or if dipping into blood straight from an open wound, a glass or reed pen, even a quill pen, may be more appropriate because they may be less painful (dip pens are metal and fine nibs are sharp AF).
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I dont think so , at least not at normal room temperature because blood needs temperature near 35 to 37 celcius to be in liquid otherwise it will freeze or may evaporate . So this is practically impossible in normal conditions . There will be again a problem of fountain pen support . We have to made such poem that can support writing with blood .
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Back in my schooldays over 40 years ago, we had a schoolmate who was insane enough to do that. He used pig’s or cow’s blood, not his own (because we persuaded him not to). He just wanted to see if blood would work in a fountain pen — and found it clotted and clogged up the thing overnight.
Then the oddball schoolmate went around the school labs and found various anticoagulant-type solvents or reagents. Mixed them with the blood, it worked for maybe for two or three days, but the pen innards also got destroyed by the chemical reaction.
Then he found the only way to use blood for writing was by dip pen — the traditional method.
And then the document stank to high heaven from decomposition, moulds and various other disgusting effects.
If blood were an efficient writing substance, ink wouldn’t have been invented.
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No. It will dry out quicker than it can leave the nib ( I am assuming you are talking about a fountain pen that uses a cartridge?). Plus, you may end up ruining a nice pen. Some have tried to mix various solutions with it but those are not fruitful either. You are better off using some kind of stylus or feather quill that you can dip into a small container of said substance, that may work for a little bit.
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No, it coagulates within 10 minutes of being out of the body unless an anticoagulant is used. In that case, it would work (anticoagulated blood).
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As others have mentioned, apparently it doesn’t, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use it, though I imagine it’s, er, tough to come by. Look up Vincent Castaglia, maybe you can gain some insight into his methods. He’s an artist who paints strictly in human blood. (And now that it’s been mentioned, I wonder if his pieces stink…?)
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You should not put blood, even with t risodium citrate in it, in a fountain pen. The trisodium citrate would indeed inhibit clotting. But the thrombin (the enzyme that instigates clotting) has been shown to react with many plastics, in addition to the pH changes the trisodium citrate recommended in other responses. Further, recall how some of the Noodler’s and Quink inks have proven to be problematic in older pens due to their pH.
As a general rule — use bodily fluids for their intended purposes, remembering that human blood may well be a vector for disease, etc. Use high-quality inks for writing; Sailor ‘Jentle’ is excellent and has a long shelf life; it should likewise be kept out of the human circulatory system, being unable to transport either oxygen or nutrients.
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If it worked with anyone’s blood he may surely be suffering from hemophilia or von Willebrand’s disease.
Normal clotting time for blood of a average healthy human is around 8–15 minutes. So if he could complete righting before that time he may well complete it in an absolute scenario given that he used a special fountain pen with comparably big nib.
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maybe for a very short while, but soon it would clot and foul the nib.
you may be able to get a signature out of it if you rally wanted to sign something in blood, but not a letter.
A quill pen may be better as you can keep clearing any clotting on the tip with a cloth.
Either way, I think you would really, really need a good reason to do this to cope with the mess and trouble.
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Blood is viscous. It clots. Its thick.
If you are going to use it you have to dilute it with alcohol or water I dunno.
Otherwise its going to be too thick to use.
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