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Atlantic Drift
Mann Inc. x Diamine 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 Mann Inc. x Diamine
Mann Inc Ltd is a British online pen retailer specializing in brands such as Kaweco and Retro 51 alongside its own exclusive editions. This collaboration pairs it with Diamine, the long-established Liverpool ink manufacturer whose roots date to 1864, to produce retailer-exclusive fountain pen inks.
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.