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The difference between Song Yanmo and lampblack ink

Hello ~ Let's take a look at the difference between Song Yanmo and oil smoke ink:

1, price

The price of lampblack ink is generally much more expensive than that of pure Song Yanmo.

Step 2 use

Youyan ink is more suitable for calligraphy creation, especially for writing Erwang calligraphy, cursive script, Chinese script, seal script and so on. And Song Yanmo is suitable for writing endless works such as big grass, Weibei and cliff stone carvings.

3. Notes

Pine smoke is black and dull, oil smoke ink is shiny, and the words written are also shiny.

4. Production method

Song Yanmo, using pine trees in Huangshan area as fuel and taking its smoke; Oil smoke ink, its fuel is tung oil, rapeseed oil, sesame oil and other vegetable oils, and the smoke made from it.

5. Materials

Pine smoke is made of pine trees. Ordinary kiln is a kiln where pine trees are cut down and expanded, which is also called burning in the dragon kiln, and the smoke is repeatedly washed with sand; Good pine smoke is burned with dozens of old pine roots (Song Ming), which is full of oil and has the characteristics of lampblack and pine smoke. Oil fume is made of tung oil, rapeseed oil, lard and other oils. Tung oil is the most commonly used and most suitable material for lampblack, with good color and easy smoking. There are also pig oil fume, rapeseed oil fume and linseed oil fume. The most expensive is Song Huizong's first Su He oil fume. Suhe oil is expensive, difficult to pump, and the price is higher than gold.