Robert Oster Marine

[julia239]

I am very excited about this ink. The color is great, plus I can get the sheen with a fine nib! The only drawback is that I did find it a bit hard to clean - I had to use cleaning solution to fully clear the pen. Otherwise, I love this ink.

 

 

 

 

Here's a shot of the sheen in an ink drop.

 

I tried to get a shot of the sheen in my writing, but it didn't work out very well. Cell phone + bad office lighting = hard to seen sheen.

[Tas]

Excellent review and gorgeous, gorgeous handwriting . . .

Thank you.

[MsRedpen]

Thank you for the excellent review!

Trying to decide between Tranqulity, Deep sea green and Marine...

[visvamitra]

@Julia239 - let me start by saying your handwriting is dazzling. I envy you The review is excellent - it shows the ink in attractive way and contains all informations potential user would like to know. I do hope to see more ink reviews from you in the future. Stellar job, really.

 

As for the ink - it's not really my color. Sometimes I feel like trying something similar but on such rare ocasions I reach for Rohrer & Klingner Verdigris.

[julia239]

Thanks for the compliments, especially about my handwriting.

 

@visvamitra - I love your reviews! (Your comments when you don't like a color are particularly enjoyable.) I ordered some KWZ samples based on your reviews, and I'm trying them out now.

[visvamitra]

I hope you'll enjoy them. Can you share which samples you have?

[julia239]

I have 5 samples, all standard (not iron gall): Thief's Red, Menthol Green, El Dorado, Honey, and Brown Pink. I did a quick dip test with all but the Brown Pink. My first impression is that El Dorado is very nice; the shading is incredible.

[visvamitra]

Sound choices. Although I fear you'll be tempted to review Menthol Green. I will read the review and my poor eyes will suffer. Konrad should go to jail for creating this particular color.

[amberleadavis]

Julia, thank you for these wonderful contributions and I'm with Vis, GREAT handwriting.