Omas Sepia

[TheNobleSavage]

The scan is a bit darker than it really is but not by much. It rates up there as being the darkest brown around. I have Noodlers Walnut but that is a bit on the reddish brown, but still very dark!!!

http://img169.exs.cx/img169/6445/omassepia3nw.jpg

[Leslie J.]

That one looks nice. I agree that it's not what I would expect of "sepia" either, but it is a nice clear dark brown colour from what I can see on the screen. I'm really enjoying your renderings!

[Jared]

My how the number of available brown ink colors have increased since this review over four years ago...

 

 

[gigipurple]

You are right, it shouldn't be called sepia. But what a nice brown ink this is, isn't it?

Gigi

[Ondina]

Looks like a wonderful brown, indeed.

[jbn10161]

I think OMAS sepia is one of the nicest browns around, but it is not very water resistant. IMO, OMAS inks generally are excellent and underrated. They're hard to find and not cheap, which may explain why they're not discussed more often, but they're worth the effort. The black is not the most saturated around, but it's smooooooth and the bottle has shoulders like Waterman's to reach the ink when the level drops.

[saintsimon]

... They're hard to find and not cheap,...

 

They had a succession of price increases over the decade or so. In the '90s they had the 135 ml bottle. Then it went down to 75 ml, then again to 62 ml, the latter for the same price as the former, in the same size box with a paper spacer (saw them side by side at our local dealer) ...

 

They went Montblanc under LVMH ownership (as Martin of TWD told us), but I doubt it paid off.

Edited June 3, 2009 by saintsimon

[gregamckinney]

The Omas Sepia I have used is much lighter (more sepia/less brown) than TNS's sample.

I'm not a big fan of brown ink, but do like sepia once in a while.

As has been said, this is not an inexpensive ink, but IMO the best sepia out there.

 

Regards, greg

[Michael R.]

The Omas Sepia I have used is much lighter (more sepia/less brown) than TNS's sample.

Regards, greg

 

 

My Omas Sepia (late 1990's - early 2000's) looks like this:

 

http://people.freenet.de/pensninks/Omas%20Ink/Sepia.jpg

 

A lighter medium brown with orange tones.

 

Maybe Omas changed the formula of this ink as well.

 

Thanks for posting your writing sample of this ink.

 

Michael

[MikeW]

Here is a writing sample that I made using OMAS Sepia with an OMAS Arco Paragon medium nib on Maruman paper.

 

It does not appear to me to be quite as dark and I seem to have a very slight amount of shading.

 

I don't think it has any similarity to the shade that Michael has posted above.

 

 

Edited June 3, 2009 by MikeW

[MikeF]

I was given recently a bottle of Omas sepia and was thinking about using in in an expensive brown pen I just ordered (a visconti divina proporzione); but I just read some comments about clogging problems and was a bit afraid, as the visconti has a new filling system I'm not used to. I definetly don't want it clogged...

My bottle seems new, it has an octogonal shape.

Anyone else had any clogging problems with this ink?

[FrankB]

I have never had clogging problems with any Omas ink.

 

"Sepia" is a color that has me continually confused. I think sepia is a range of colors rather than a single, well defined color. I like Omas Sepia for its dark tone.

[scogre]

I think Omas Sepia is my favorite brown ink! It has less red in it, and is more just a rich brown.

 

Scott.

[Penman222]

My Omas Sepia is a rich dark brown, just a tad bit lighter than Noodler's Walnut which is really dark brown. It is just brown, not reddish-brown like Waterman Havana (which I really like by the way). My Pelikan Brillant Brown is much lighter compared to these three inks, but I like them all and rotate between them.

[Crobe]

If I am not mistaken, this is the ink that launched the good ship Penquod (as documented on Inkquest).

 

Mike

[GHigley]

I love OMAS Sepia and now that OMAS is no more, I've bought what little that I could find including samples. Yes, blame me if you can't land some. I have hope that my supply carefully stored will last my lifetime, but I wonder... Fortunately I prefer J. Herbin "Lie de The" over it somewhat, but tastes change. If anyone has a good match for it, I'd be pleased to hear.

[rafapa]

Iroshizuku Tsukushi?

[sarahfar]

I really like Sepia and almost the variants of Roma. I liked Vespucci, what a beautiful red until I spilled almost the whole d..n bottle. Here's hoping someone has the insight and courage the buy the Company.....

[GHigley]

Indeed, Sarahfar. I hope that they maintain the quality standards for the pens as well as the formulas for their inks. I expect that the current Chinese owners of the brand will not let it die, but I fear its future. I'd rather OMAS be totally defunct than suffer a dramatic loss of quality.

Edited March 31, 2016 by GHigley