Chocolate - Robert Oster Signature Ink

[visvamitra]

Robert Oster is new player in fountain pen ink market. He operates through ebay shop. The inks are sold in 50 ml PET bottles with a tightly secure twist cap. I don't know who makes the inks for the shop, but the colors look interesting and fresh. At the moment Robert Oster inks are available in colors

1. Aqua
   
2. Australian Sky Blue
   
3. Barossa Grape
   
4. Black
   
5. Blue Black
   
6. Blue Denim
   
7. Blue Night
   
8. Blue Sea
   
9. Bondi Blue
   
10. Burgundy
    
11. Chocolate
    
12. Claret
    
13. Copper Brown
    
14. Deep Sea
    
15. Emerald Green
    
16. Ever Green
    
17. Fire Engine Red
    
18. Forest Green
    
19. Graphite
    
20. Green Green
    
21. Green Lime
    
22. Green Olive
    
23. Jade
    
24. Khakhi
    
25. Light Green
    
26. Marine
    
27. Moss
    
28. Orange
    
29. Peach
    
30. Pinky
    
31. Red Orange
    
32. Royal Red
    
33. Ruby Red
    
34. School Blue
    
35. Spearmint
    
36. Torquay
    
37. Tranquility
    
38. Turquoise
    
39. Yellow Sunset
    

I received sixteen samples (marked in cursive) from well known ink enabler - Cyber6. Thank you Claudia You rock!

On Robert Oster's shop website Chocolate is described as follows: "Flows on like cocoa milk, dries on like rich Chocolate". To be honest I would touch chocolate that would have this color. There's too much red in it and I dislike this hue. On the other hand the ink behaves very well so if you happen to enjoy red-browns, this one won't disdappoint you (reasonably wet, no feathering/bleedthrough).

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport - eyedropper, B

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport - eyedropper, B

Oxford

Comparison

[Cyber6]

I have a special place in my heart for Red Browns... :wub:

 

Thanks Vis... your reviews are always AWESOME!!!

 

 

 

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[T4TEXAS]

Agree, too much red for me

Thanks for the excellent review.

Edited June 13, 2016 by T4TEXAS

[Sakura FP Gallery]

whenever it is red I like it ;o)

[mehandiratta]

name needs to be corrected by seller for ink... maybe pink chocolat...

[DrDebG]

Excellent review as usual, Vis! I am a bit ambivalent about this color. I have J. Herbin Terre de Feu and like it alot (it might have a bit more yellow in it). I also have Callifolio Havane, and really don't like the color. This seems to be too close to Havane for my taste.

[rudyhou]

it looks rather too red for a 'chocolate' brown. but nice. it reminds me of maroon.

[migo984]

My Oster Chocolate is very pale & pinkish. Not my thing really. But his Dark Chocolate is another matter; yummy - rich & sumptuous.