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For About an Eternity

Blues & navies#587278

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#587278
SheenNot typically noted

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 Straits Pen

Straits Pen is a Singapore-based fountain pen retailer, distributor, and nib service known throughout the Asian and US pen show circuit. It distributes brands such as Tomoe River paper, Noodler's Ink, and Fine Writing International, and produces its own humorously named house line, Honest Inks, which debuted at the San Francisco Pen Show in 2018.

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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 For About an Eternity?
For About an Eternity falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does For About an Eternity have sheen?
For About an Eternity 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 For About an Eternity?
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 For About an Eternity?
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.