Ink at Birmingham is made in fairly small batches, with the result that some inks (including Keystone Formula inks) are often out of stock for long periods of time. I still require two basic Keystone inks: Fire Hydrant, which by alphabetical order should be today’s ink, is on its way as it just became available yesterday, and Snapdragon, for which I still wait.

So today we move ahead to Gunpowder, which is… gunpowder colored. Once more, the ink name so perfectly describe the color that it makes an ink that otherwise might be viewed as a “poor black” into a masterpiece.