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Dear all,

 

I've recently got back into the fountain pen game and have purchased some of Robert Oster Signature inks to get started, in addition to Quink which I already have. Why not something safer and tested like Noodler's or Sheaffer or any known brand? Mainly the issue was price, I'm in Australia and the Robert Olster inks cost me a third of what say Noodler would cost me with shipping.

 

Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone has experience with these inks and what your thoughts are on them. If no one has tried them yet then I will post my own review once I have received them for the benefit of others.

 

Cheers!

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Here is a link to my post showing swabs of 3 of the colours - Deep Sea, Khaki & Jade.

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/307609-robert-oster-signature-inks-chocolate-sky-blue-and-emerald/?p=3615065

Of the others I have I'd recommend Claret. A dusky dark plum red that has amazing shading & dries with grey/pink tints, a little like KWZ Grey Plum. I've just ordered Copper Brown, Barossa Grape, Moss Green & Sky Blue, before his prices increase later this week.

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Thanks folks!

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We would love to see the reviews.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We would love to see the reviews.

 

Well I wouldn't want to disappoint you! Unfortunately I can't edit this anymore so I'll just post it below. Here we go!

 

http://i.imgur.com/mC6nd22.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/5x4rByA.jpg

 

http://imgur.com/9bDj0wW.jpg

 

I should note, regarding the water test, I just put a drop of water on the page and left it there. If you absorbed the water quickly, it's likely that whatever it touched will still be legible. It took about 5 minutes for the writing to completely disappear but it started to fade instantly, and within a minute I would say it was almost illegible. This is probably the same for other like inks.

 

http://i.imgur.com/PO0AaQ8.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/AJC6Gd0.jpg

 

Highly recommend these inks, you can get them from what I think is the official seller for the inks, Osteralia, on ebay at http://www.ebay.com.au/usr/osteralia.

 

Cheers!

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Looking GREAT! Thank you.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Current list of inks -

 

Robert Oster Inks

Aqua

Australian Sky Blue

Barossa Grape

Black

Blue Denim

Blue Night

Bondi Blue

Burgundy

Chocolate

Claret

Copper Brown

Dark Chocolate

Deep Sea

Emerald

Ever Green

Fire Engine Red

Forest Green

Green Green

Green Lime

Green Olive

Jade

Khakhi

Moss

Orange

Royal Red

School Blue

Spearmint

Torquay

Tranquility

Turquoise

Yellow Sunset

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Please also not the following if you are an International custer - https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/307181-robert-oster-signature-inks-blue-denim-and-bondi-blue/?do=findComment&comment=3619650

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Thanks Dc, I'm keen to try the blue's that you reviewed plus the sky blue. Also I would love to try the Jade and Emerald. They'll be next on my list, plus a waterproof ink like Noodler's bulletproof or warden lines for exams.

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Thanks Dc, I'm keen to try the blue's that you reviewed plus the sky blue. Also I would love to try the Jade and Emerald. They'll be next on my list, plus a waterproof ink like Noodler's bulletproof or warden lines for exams.

 

We are hoping that an Australian bulletproof black will be on the shelves in the near future.

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We are hoping that an Australian bulletproof black will be on the shelves in the near future.

I am very, VERY glad to hear that. I'd rather buy Australian where possible. Please keep us up to date with that!

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I've got an update guys. I recently got a Pilot Prera and loaded it with Parker Quink. It was putting down an inconsistent line, sometimes dry and sometimes really wet. I thought it was something with the pen so I dissasembled and cleaned it. This helped but didn't solve the issue. Decides to switch to Robert Oster Black and what happens? Perfection. Nice consistent line, on the wet side but not crazy wet like I was getting with the Quink. Suddenly the pen wasnt scratchy either. I'm sticking to Mr Oster's creations from now on.

 

Some other trouble shooting has shown me also that there is one downside to this ink: it has a tendency to dry start if you leave your pen uncapped. Actually this is a bit annoying if I'm loading it in my primary pen because I tend to leave it uncapped in between taking notes. You get used to this quickly though and learn to cap your pen when it is not in use. I might nonetheless message Mr Oster on ebay and point out this issue with the ink.

Would LOVE waterproof options asap.

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Messaged Osteralia and got a reply instantly, they are going to look into whether this occurred in their testing as well and see if they can resolve it if they find the issue.

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I'm wondering if anyone has tested thw pH of these inks as well. Would be a good bit of info to know.

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Anyone looking for a 'bulletproof' black ink made in Australia, it's now available from JustWrite Pens, www.justwrite.com.au - look for Blackstone Barrister Black. I've tried a sample, and found it to work pretty well. They only seem to be selling full (30ml) bottles at the moment, no sample vials for sale, but... Maybe if you asked nicely? I'm a huge fan of the 'Colours of Australia' range, especially the blues - but they're *definitely* not waterproof...

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Anyone looking for a 'bulletproof' black ink made in Australia, it's now available from JustWrite Pens, www.justwrite.com.au - look for Blackstone Barrister Black. I've tried a sample, and found it to work pretty well. They only seem to be selling full (30ml) bottles at the moment, no sample vials for sale, but... Maybe if you asked nicely? I'm a huge fan of the 'Colours of Australia' range, especially the blues - but they're *definitely* not waterproof...

 

Simple review of Barrister Black is here

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Simple review of Barrister Black is here

I'll definitely give that ink a go just because of the name being that I'm a law student! Can't wait to get my hands on it. I'd like to see how it compares to my Platinum Carbon ink.

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I've put some snapshot reviews of half a dozen of the inks.

 

Bondi Blue

Fire Engine Red

Emerald Green

Deep Sea

Moss

Yellow Sunset

 

I'm a bit new to doing any kind of reviews of ink and haven't quite figured out the best way for me. These should give a glimpse at least. What I would say is that all the inks I've tried have had some merit to them, and my current favourites are Moss and Deep Sea - though Fire Engine will replace Diamine Red Dragon and I will see how it fares by comparison in time.

 

That Moss though ... in person with a broad stub and on Tomoe River paper it is lush. :wub:

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By the way guys, my favourite turned out to be the Green Green, has some nice shading to it in a medium nib. The black is the one I use the most, and I like it, is almost a true black in an M nib, and the Fire Engine Red is excellent for work/university notes as it really pops on the page.

 

I'll definitely go back for those three, but will be trying out some Diamine colours next as I've got enough Robert Oster Ink to last for a while.

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