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Thanks.like it a lot.

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It will always be known to me as Mellow Tea now :rolleyes:

Lovely and murky and looking a little complex too. Thanks so much for making me aware of this gylyf

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It will always be known to me as Mellow Tea now :rolleyes:

 

Lovely and murky and looking a little complex too. Thanks so much for making me aware of this gylyf

 

 

I saw that in the doppelgänger, but didn't want to correct you - I like your name better (and my "melon" totally looks like "melow"!). :)

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This color looks stunning. However I guess I might not enjoy the flow and weak lubrication. Have you ever used Lie de The? If yes how would you compare flow and feel of these two inks?

 

 

I haven't used Lie de Thé in years (like, more than a decade, actually :yikes:), so I'm hesitant to go on my vague memories of the ink. I can tell you this: I was using Melon Tea with an Aurora nib in my Conid, and the nib's tooth may have been just too much for the ink to lubricate, so I'll try it in a couple of different nibs and report back.

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I haven't used Lie de Thé in years (like, more than a decade, actually :yikes:), so I'm hesitant to go on my vague memories of the ink. I can tell you this: I was using Melon Tea with an Aurora nib in my Conid, and the nib's tooth may have been just too much for the ink to lubricate, so I'll try it in a couple of different nibs and report back.

 

I find Robert Oster inks are INCREDIBLE dependent on paper and pen.... Is almost shocking how different they look in different papers... and broad/fine, wet/dry nibs..

 

Here is a pic on my very wet flex pen. :puddle: :puddle:

 

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I find Robert Oster inks are INCREDIBLE dependent on paper and pen.... Is almost shocking how different they look in different papers... and broad/fine, wet/dry nibs..

 

Here is a pic on my very wet flex pen. :puddle: :puddle:

 

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STOP IT !

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I find Robert Oster inks are INCREDIBLE dependent on paper and pen.... Is almost shocking how different they look in different papers... and broad/fine, wet/dry nibs..

 

Here is a pic on my very wet flex pen. :puddle: :puddle:

 

That's gorgeous, Claudia! That's why I'm determined to find a pen that will get along with it. Edited by gylyf
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Mine is in a Noodlers' Ahab, an "Apache Tortoise," that looks like it was "made for this ink," a very murky looking pen. It is a nice wet writer & I am currently using the sample spiral bound book from the WHITE LINES, that was mentioned here. THEY are a nice fit for the ink, if others are NOT, there is always our friend, Photo Flo. I was VERY happy to discover this ink when I was ordering, Mr. Oster's DIRECT SUN & "spied it." The two ink's arrival made a VERY good DAY!

 

(A Later surprise was the Akkerman Great Masters, Dous Emerald, which is a MUCH nicer color than I had expected. It is not everyday you order 3 inks & like them ALL!)

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Nice one. I like the faint green seen best in your second last image (the writing close-up at about 45°).

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@Gylyf: Thank you for the review. Do you think this ink is closer to Cigar, Kjellmaniella, Doujima Ryokkin and Rikyu-cha than the inks you have posted it's swatch with? I say this because it is easier to get than the 3/4 sailors I mentioned and dryness can be resolved by Photoflo?

 

Mine is in a Noodlers' Ahab, an "Apache Tortoise," that looks like it was "made for this ink," a very murky looking pen. It is a nice wet writer & I am currently using the sample spiral bound book from the WHITE LINES, that was mentioned here. THEY are a nice fit for the ink, if others are NOT, there is always our friend, Photo Flo. I was VERY happy to discover this ink when I was ordering, Mr. Oster's DIRECT SUN & "spied it." The two ink's arrival made a VERY good DAY!

 

(A Later surprise was the Akkerman Great Masters, Dous Emerald, which is a MUCH nicer color than I had expected. It is not everyday you order 3 inks & like them ALL!)

The mixture of capitalized letter, parenthesis and excessive quotations mark actually make it harder to read your posts. I think they would be much easier to read if you type normally, unless of course the current format is normal for you. Edited by BCGGSM
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