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The Bowtie Collection - No 05 Alpaca
Landsiedel Fine Writing is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
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Specs
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 Landsiedel Fine Writing
Landsiedel Fine Writing is a German fine-writing business run by nibmeister Phillip Landsiedel, who trained for nearly a decade at Montblanc's Artisan Atelier before starting his own company. He specializes in custom nib grinding tailored to each writer's style, and retails fountain pens and inks, including his own Bowtie Collection ink line, alongside brands like Diamine, KWZ and Pilot Iroshizuku.
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.