Turquoise - 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 Turquoise is described as follows: "Turquoise Flows on like an Aqua, dries on with a shading of Emerald water".

Personally I hate such hues. Even though the ink is probably good I couldn't stand looking at it, so forgive me I don't know and won't know how it behaves after longer time in a pen. After completing the review I've fluished the pen and I will never use this ink again.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport - eyedropper, B

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport - eyedropper, B

Oxford

Comparison

[mehandiratta]

Naah... I prefer more bluish turquoise..

Thank you for the review..

How is the lubrication on these inks compared to Sailor ones

[swanjun]

I think it's awesome, personally!

[Joe in Seattle]

Looks like a limp green to me.

[Cyber6]

Vis.. are these all scanned images?... or some of them are pictures?

 

My Turquoise has more blue that what it shows here... Example below:

 

[praxim]

I am currently looking at buying a turquoise or two, so I am quite interested in a response to Cyber6's query.

 

Basically, I am looking for a blue with a clear tinge of green, to complement Waterman Harmonious Green which to me is a green with a clear tinge of blue.

 

I am about to order some inks from Robert Oster so his turquoise or torquay come in to the question.