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Real Sepia Light
Hakase is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
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Paper & pairing
Warm tones (oranges, yellows, ambers) show strong contrast between light and dark areas of each stroke, which is part of why they're popular with broader nibs. 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 Hakase
Hakase is a bespoke fountain pen workshop from Tottori, Japan, whose family business began as a home workshop in 1934 and became a pen specialty shop in 1960. Since 1982 it has made fully custom fountain pens under founder Masaaki Yamamoto's system of handwriting analysis, with nibs and lathe-turned bodies tailored to each customer and waiting lists of over two years.
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.