Easyou Chinese Calligraphy Natural Stone(Luowen Stone) She Ink Stone 5"

I'm just an ignorant westerner, but I love my new ink stone, the process is really relaxing, and you get to mentally prepare for your task, clear your mind. I was curious if the ink would work with my dip pen, and it does! It writes in a gray style almost like a watermark, I probably need to work at it a bit more, but I can easily read what I wrote and the ink flows fine through the nib. I'd get me some brushes but I don't know if the english alpha bet is compatible. I have made some and stored it in a well for later use. I will bet that I need to mix or swirl the solution next time I write. The well built into the stone is not ideal for a nib, it is made for brushes, but I was able to make enough ink to roll some ink onto my nib. I recommend a separate well for that though. Patience is the main ingredient for this stone. Patience makes better ink, and better penmanship. One last thing, the block that comes with it will make a lot of ink, I still bought two extras in case. Thanks for the ink stone.

This is an excellent entry level stone. It's a good value . The stone comes oiled. I used a degreaser and removed all of the oil. The ink can produce dark grey to black lines. I was surprised at the fine hairlines and dark swells this ink could produce for ornamental penmanship. Are there better stones and ink stick? Of course, but for the money, it is hard to beat this kit for the value. If anyone is interested in trying ground ink for pointed pen work, it's a nice kit to test the waters.

I'm new to using a traditional inkstone, but I cant help feel that flatter is better for the grinding surface. This item is reasonable, but I removed 1 star because it took me less than 20 minutes to make it great. Manufacturer could spend very little time to make them great from the factory. It is quality natural stone and very dense. The included ink stick seems to be of medium-high to high quality. I found the odor to be neither unpleasant nor strong. Very well packaged. Would recommend this product.

This is a good heavy stone. It comes with 1 (one) ink stick. Their photo shows front and back of ink stick. It is a good size stick. I will try it out this next week. See photo for size reference.

It makes great quality ink, and you can get a very very deep shade if you’d like. I use it for Japanese calligraphy, and I write a lot, like 5-10 pages a day. The ink stick isn’t even close to running out, so it should last me months (at what I consider to be heavy, above normal usage). The ink works great on normal paper, and best on rice / hanshi paper. Just be wary of using it in brush pens, it does tend to clog them over time, and you have to soak stuff in hot water to get it out. Otherwise, no complaints.

This was a second purchase of a calligraphy stone. This one was far superior to the synthetic stone version. The weight of the natural stone keeps it in place better. It cleans up more easily. I would recommend this stone.

I wish these sellers would quit showing us the front and back of their ink sticks (I see two sticks--I expect two ink sticks, sigh) and really--they're not that exciting looking, but I kept these because I've never SEEN such amazing packaging and the ink stone is HUGE. Two students can use it at one time if I can figure out how to crack the ink stick into two. Arrived as promised.

Easyou has provided every piece required for me to successfully begin learning the ancient art of Chinese painting. I am brand new at this, but am grateful to Easyou for giving me a chance to make new discoveries. I reserve this heavy, nice stone only for the black ink stick from Easyou. I also bought another porcelain grinding bowl for colors, however, I find that extra bowl wasn't absolutely necessary. This nice grinding stone is all a person needs, with a brush, paper and ink stick to begin.

High quality! Pretty ink block. Nice!

La verdad es muy buena para la elaboracion de la tinta, ademas que el proceso es muy relajante porque la textura del producto hace más sencilla la elaboración de la misma tinta.

The products have good quality. Not fancy, but easy to use.

Decent product. The stone is very smooth. The ink isn't as dark as I would have liked.

Très satisfaits