Easyou Hukaiwen Ink Block Handmade Refined Pine Soot Ink Stick for Chinese Japanese Calligraphy and Painting 62g Great for professional, intermediate and beginning calligraphy or landscape painting. Great recommendable as the first ink stick for study. Type: pine soot Weight: 62g(2.18oz) Package: platane wood box. The ink lines with smooth and bright luster. Absorbed well by xuan paper with vivid layers. With slight pleasant ink fragrance of pine. Since 1892. One of the Oldest and well-know Ink Stick Mills In Anhui Province of China. Made in traditional tech by hand in all ages.