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InkFlash - Robert Oster Summer Storm

 

InkFlashes are short and quick presentations that show just enough detail to get a feel for the ink. Years ago, I got a bunch of ink samples from Cath at Sakura Fountain Pen Gallery. This Robert Oster Summer Storm was one of them. These samples have been sitting idle for too long, and will be making their appearance in InkFlashes over the coming months.

 

Rhodia DotPad N° 16

 

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Lovely blue-purple-grey with sublime shading. Low saturation. Really shines in wet pens and/or broad nibs.

 

A look at the chromatography 

 

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Zero water resistance. A bit of a red undertone, that gives that wonderfully complex blue-purple-grey.

 

Related inks

 

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Writing sample on papers good and bad

Written with Lamy Safari M-nib. The bleed-through test is done as follows: 1x, 2x and 3x fill of the squares from left to right, to get increasing saturation of the paper. Beware that on the reverse side, the most saturated square appears on the left.

 

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And finally a quick doodle

 

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Nice! My Iroshi Fuyu looks much bluer and less purple than yours up top (out of the nine), but more so just below that. A grey with some blue in it = always great! (IMO).

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@namrehsnoom -- Thanks as usual for the review.  I have a sample of this but never got around to trying it.  Good to know that it's legible even in a pen with a fine nib. 

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Lovely review, ink and colour :thumbup:

 

Love the drawing, everything about it. Looking forward to more ink flashes. :) 

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Interesting ink.  Maybe one day I'll review it. :D The chroma and your "doodle" are lovely!  Thanks for another ink flash!

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On 8/24/2025 at 7:39 PM, namrehsnoom said:

And finally a quick doodle

Very nice “quick doodle”, very nice 👍 

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