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Lekogen - Nap
Nagahashi 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 Nagahashi
Nagahashi is a stationery brand of Nagahashi Printing, a printing company based in Shizuoka, Japan, with over 70 years of history. It produces fountain pen inks and notebooks, including the ii-kagen series with Tomoe River paper, and has released collaboration inks with the Shizuoka-born manga character Chibi Maruko-chan.
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.