Bondi Blue - 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 Bondi Blue is described as follows: "Bondi Blue ~ Aqua's love child. Flows on Blue, dries on like a summery Bondi Beach sea view.".

I believe this one may be popular - for me however it's rather boring. The flow is good, it doesn't cause any bleedthrough or feathering and behaves well, also after few days spent in unused pen.

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]

Awesome Review Vis!!!

 

Is a lovely blue.... Deep Sea is ma fave thou.

 

 

C.

[Dragonmaster Lou]

Interesting. "Bondi blue" was also the blue used in the original iMacs that came out in the late 1990s...

[cellardoor04]

Gorgeous review. I'm glad I picked this over Australian Sky, the depth and shading is so lovely!

[mehandiratta]

Awesome blue...

Thank you for review again..

One query.. How is the lubrication

[visvamitra]

Not bad but not comparable to most Sailor inks or even, say, Diaminie Mediterranean Blue.

[amberleadavis]

Vis, more great work. Thank you.

[mehandiratta]

Not bad but not comparable to most Sailor inks or even, say, Diaminie Mediterranean Blue.

 

thank you

[Nathanb]

Looking forward to trying this soon, thanks for the excellent review

[mauckcg]

I like the color, but it is too close to too many other blues i have that have characteristics i prefer.

[Lamb South]

Using the Robert Oster Bondi Blue ink in my new Lamy Pacific Al-Star. The ink is a very nice match to the color of the pen..

[TheDutchGuy]

Fell in love with this ink. Wonderful shading. Good flow. Vibrant, but not like a neon sign shouting in my face. Very good mix of qualities.