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Karibik
Cleo Skribent is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
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Paper & pairing
Blues and navies are the most broadly "safe" fountain pen colors: legible, professional, and unlikely to raise eyebrows in an office. This ink will behave predictably on most fountain-pen-friendly paper. Cheap, highly absorbent paper (standard copier paper) will dull any ink's saturation and can cause feathering or bleed-through with wetter nibs.
About Cleo Skribent
Cleo Skribent is a German writing instrument manufacturer founded in 1945, just after the Second World War, in Bad Wilsnack, where its first collection was named Cleopatra. The family-run company still produces all of its fountain pens, rollerballs, ballpoints, and pencils at the Bad Wilsnack factory and is known for traditional Made in Germany craftsmanship.
Storing and using the bottle
Bottled fountain pen ink has an effectively long shelf life when kept capped and out of direct sunlight: most inks remain usable for years. The main risk isn't the ink spoiling, it's a pen sitting inked and unused for weeks: that's what causes clogs, not the ink's age.
Frequently asked questions
Similar shades By colour distance
Color shown is a close digital approximation of a typical swatch, not a calibrated color match.