Robert Oster Lemongrass Review

[tealeaf_egg]

Robert Oster inks are made in Australia, but are readily available in many online fountain pen stores. The collection ranges from softer shaders to super sheeners. This review is for Lemongrass, a lovely yellow-green. It is decidedly unsaturated and well behaved. I enjoy it very much. It's a good spring green that pairs well with many flowery colors.

The ink comes in 50mL dark plastic bottles.

Bleeding: A tiny bit on mediocre paper; none on fp friendly paper

Feathering: A little better than average; none on fp friendly paper
Haloing: Quite a bit, with a wet pen

Lubrication: Less than average
Saturation: Unsaturated

Shading: Lots!!
Sheen: None whatsoever
Smudging: None (unless your hands are sopping wet, of course)
Water Resistance: None whatsoever

Wetness: A bit on the dry side

Closeups:

0.6 Stub

on Kokuyo Campus (business line) (mostly fp friendly)

PenBBS 480 Medium

on CVS Caliber Lined Paper (very fp friendly)

PenBBS 480 Medium
on "etranger di costarica" Japanese paper (very fp friendly)

In a drier pen

still medium. The shading is a bit absent here.

 

 

Wing Sung 659 Fine

on Kokuyo Campus (business line)

 

 

Comparison with various inks:

And a little doodle for fun.

Edited May 15, 2020 by tealeaf_egg

[LizEF]

Thanks! Great review. I love this ink - fits in with the murky greens.

[amberleadavis]

GREAT JOB!!!!!

[amberleadavis]

Now, consider taking that page, cutting it in half and putting 1/2 in a window for 2 months. You will be shocked.

[DrDebG]

Excellent review! Thank you for doing this. I appreciate all of the writing samples . And I love the doodle.

[AntiqueApprentice]

Thanks for the review! Helpful, as always

[yazeh]

Great review... Closeups are tempting but thankfully it's not waterproof.... So I won't be tempted

[Eclipse157]

Thanks for the review! I have a sample of this and while it's nice, it didn't wow me like his fellow Avocado did.

[inkstainedruth]

I almost got this ink when the Robert Oster line first became widely available (it was a tossup between this and R.O. Moss, and Moss won). But this looks nice too.

Thanks for the review. And maybe not....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[namrehsnoom]

Great presentation of the ink. I really like the colour of this ink, but found it to be too dry in my usual pens with F/M nibs. Wetter pens or broader nibs usually solve this problem with RO inks. It’s certainly a gorgeous colour for drawing ... the yellow undertones easily come to the surface.

[tealeaf_egg]

Now, consider taking that page, cutting it in half and putting 1/2 in a window for 2 months. You will be shocked.

Oh, it's going to disappear, isn't it?

[amberleadavis]

You will be surprised which ones stay.

[JulieParadise]

It does not even need to be complicated: Every month I list all my inked pens twice (name of ink + name of pen), once in a journal where it will be closed away from light and once on a sheet of (the same) paper in my south-east facing window. Newly inked pens get added throughout the month (or not, if I am lazy or forget about). Even after 1-2 weeks (and even in dark December) many inks start changing drastically, whereas some remain the same although being hit with light over weeks in sunny July. Always interesting to change the list when a month turns; I then glue both lists next to each other and compare them at a glance.

 

This is not very scientific but you do get a sense of what inks or even groups of colours act how and you can draw your conclusions from that based on your purposes.