The Paper Mouse will be closed on Thursday, October 8 for a shop professional development day. We'll be making plans for future events and working on improvements to our shop. We will reopen with normal hours, 11am - 6pm, starting Friday, October 9.
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Kakimori's Potari inks are richly colored pigment inks inspired by Japanese onomatopoeia and wordplay. Each color is associated with a familiar sound or feeling. Koton is a black ink. Kakimori describes it as "the silence of the night [...] punctuated by koton, the sound of an ink bottle being placed on the desk. A colour for quiet contemplation."
These gorgeous inks come in asymmetrical glass bottles designed to resemble potari, or falling drops. The bottles have a wide, stable base and a wide neck that makes it easy to fill your pen, and the pigmented inks are water- and fade-resistant. They're thick enough to use with dip pens and calligraphy brushes, and smooth enough to work in a fountain pen. Note that pigmented inks may clog your fountain pen if they're left to dry out inside.
Looking for a different shade of ink? Our ink comparison chart shows all the colors side-by-side.