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Colour Specimen Event Exclusive - The Real Fast Food
Kakimori x Hightide DTLA is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
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Specs
Paper & pairing
Reds and pinks show the most dramatic shading of any color family: expect real variation between the edges and center of each letter. 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 Kakimori x Hightide DTLA
A collaboration between Kakimori, the Tokyo stationery shop that opened in the Kuramae district in 2010 and is known for custom-bound notebooks and made-to-order ink, and HIGHTIDE, a Fukuoka-based stationery and lifestyle brand founded in 1994. HIGHTIDE operates retail stores in Japan as well as overseas locations in Los Angeles and New York, the Los Angeles shop being the DTLA store referenced in the name.
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.