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Lavender of Hokkaido
Kitaichi Glass is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
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Paper & pairing
Purples sit at the boundary of professional and playful, one of the more personality-forward choices that still reads clearly on the page. 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 Kitaichi Glass
Kitaichi Glass is a glassmaker founded in 1901 in Otaru, Hokkaido, which originally produced oil lamps and glass fishing floats for the herring industry. It pioneered Otaru's glass craft and gallery scene during the canal district's 1980s revival and today makes handmade glassware, including glass dip pens and ink accessories sold to visitors.
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
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