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Tono & Lims x Ishimaru Bunkyodo
Two of Us Gray
Tono & Lims x Ishimaru Bunkyodo 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 Tono & Lims x Ishimaru Bunkyodo
A collaboration between Japanese ink brand Tono & Lims (founded 2018) and Ishimaru Bunkyodo, a stationery store in Nagasaki, Japan, established in 1883 by Ishimaru Kuniyoshi as a brush and ink business. Ishimaru Bunkyodo operates a multi-floor flagship store in Nagasaki City and is known for its own original 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.