How Wet Are Robert Oster Inks?

[dms525]

In her amazing review of Robert Oster inks, Cyber6 mentioned that they are very wet. I prefer rather dry inks in most of my pens, but I really like a number of the Robert Oster Ink colors.

 

So, can those of you who have actually written with Robert Oster Inks semi-quantify their wetness? Let's propose a 10-point scale of wetness. Say Waterman inks score 8, and Pelikan inks score 2. Where would Robert Oster inks fall on this scale?

 

Thanks.

 

David

[visvamitra]

Hmm, it depends on the ink.

 

From my limited experience I would describe them as follows (on the other hand for me Waterman is 6 not 8, when pelikan is 2):

 

Australian Sky Blue - 5

 

Barossa Grape – 4

 

Blue Denim - 7

 

Blue Night - 6

 

Blue Sea - 8

 

Chocolat – 5

 

Deep Sea - 8

 

Emerald - 6

 

Fire Engine Red – 4

 

Green Lime - 5

 

Green Olive - 3

 

Jade - 6
Bordeaux - 4

 

Khaki – 4

 

Light Green – 4

 

Turquoise - 6

 

Yellow Sunset – 5

 

 

Also everything depends on the nib you use. I mainly use broader ones and like them really wet. On the other hand I always try every ink I review in some dry nibs to be more objective, so hopefully what I say is not exagerated too much.

[dms525]

Thank you very much for the information, visvamitra!

 

I will be picking up a few bottles at the San Francisco Pen Show. One I like, from the reviews, is Bondi Blue, which I see as a "sky blue" ink. I don't see it on your list.

 

I certainly agree that - maybe not "everything" but - a lot depends on the nib. With some ink/nib pairs this is no mystery. Waterman nibs like Waterman ink. Pelikan nibs like Pelikan ink. Some nibs require trials with multiple inks before I find one that flows optimally.

 

I appreciate your ink reviews a lot, even if I don't express it for every one I read. Thank you!

 

David

[visvamitra]

You're welcome. Bondi Blue is fairly wet from whay I remember

[CoolBreeze]

Hopefully we can resurrect this thread because I would love to hear about other colors...

 

I would like to add that both Lake of Fire and Carbon Fire felt dry to me.

[ENewton]

I had a sample of Barossa Grape, which looked so alluring in online swabs, but found it to be disappointingly dry in fine and medium nibs--certainly drier than Pelikan 4001 Violet, which is the only Pelikan ink in my small collection.

 

Purple Rock is not nearly as dry as Barossa Grape but still on the dry side.

 

As a lover of purple and a habitual user of fine nibs, I would love to hear of a Robert Oster purple that is relatively wet.

[LauraH]

I do think a fair amount depends on the nib. I was using an Edison with a Fine nib and the Caffe Crema from RO, and found it dry and scratchy. I switched to a Broad nib and the ink became nicely wet and flowed well.