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Saltire Blue

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies

Approx. hex#1443CD

SheenNot typically noted

BrandPure Pens

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.

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About Pure Pens

Pure Pens is a family-run fountain pen specialist retailer based in South Wales, United Kingdom, trading since 2004. Alongside major pen and ink brands, it sells its own Pure Pens line of bottled fountain pen inks. The company operates as one of the UK's established online destinations for pens, inks, paper and accessories.

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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

What color family is Saltire Blue?

Saltire Blue falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.

Does Saltire Blue have sheen?

Saltire Blue is not typically noted for sheen. If you want that effect, browse similarly colored inks tagged with sheen in the ink library.

How should I store a bottle of Saltire Blue?

Years, easily, as long as it stays capped and out of direct sunlight. The thing that actually shortens an ink's usable life is sitting unused inside a pen, not sitting on a shelf.

What paper works best with Saltire Blue?

It behaves predictably on most fountain-pen-friendly paper. Stick to something reasonably absorbent-resistant, since cheap copier paper dulls saturation and can feather.

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Color shown is a close digital approximation of a typical swatch, not a calibrated color match.