craftgrrl | Inks for writing with dip pens

Hey all! Not exactly new here, have been watching this site for a while and commenting now and then on things.

I was wondering...

Just recently, I got my first quill with a metal nib on it for writing and a small starter's bottle of ink. It won't go that far, so I was looking into making my own ink. Was wondering if anyone here has ever done that? And if anyone has, and happens to know a good place to buy materials from and/or has a good (preferrably easy) recipe? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I want to do a moleskin journal. Ever heard of it? Probably, since I think I saw it first mentioned in this community. For those who don't know it, here is a site describing what they are and the history of them:
http://www.moleskine.co.uk/

Another extremely useful site has been this one: http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/ink/intro.html

Anyone else here involved with old-fashioned doings of the sort, keeping an old fashioned journal / sketchbook like that?

I think it would be neat to do! Learning to use dip pens and how to do drawings and writing in old styles to keep such a book... it'd make a neat conversation piece at any rate, and a nice hobby. Also something cool to pass on, or whatever. :)