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Black
Senator is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
Paper & pairing
As a near-neutral tone, it reads as professional and safe for anything from journaling to signatures. 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 Senator
Senator began in 1920 when Georg Merz and woodturner Justus Krell founded the writing instruments company Merz & Krell in Gross-Bieberau, Germany. The firm grew into one of Europe's leading manufacturers of promotional writing instruments, eventually adopting its Senator brand as the company name. It produces large volumes of pens, including inexpensive fountain pens, entirely in Germany.
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
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