Robert Oster Maroon 1789 Short Review

[visvamitra]

Robert Oster is new player in fountain pen ink market. He operates through retailers worldwide. 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 billion colors - I lost track how many.

Sample of Maroon 1789 was given to me by Mmg112 - thanks!

The ink is rather nice but I'm not thrilled by it.

Flow: good

Saturation: good

Lubrication: good

Drying time: rather reasonable. 10-15 seconds on Rhodia, 5 – 10 seconds on absorbent paper.

Clogging issues: None experienced.

Feathering: some experienced on Moleskine.

Bleedthrough: almost none.

Water resistance: this ink isn't water resistant.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Color range

Leuchtturm 1917, Jinhao x750, medium nib

Edited May 20, 2017 by visvamitra

[farazqamar]

Hey Visvamitra,

 

Nice review! The ink color is Maroon but in the text you mention Melon tea. If my understanding is correct, Melon Tea is a dirty green grey.

 

Cheers,

 

-F

[visvamitra]

Well spotted I'll correct it instantlty.

[praxim]

I quite like it. I will compare it with his Claret.

[farazqamar]

Well spotted I'll correct it instantlty.

[white_lotus]

I was really liking the color of the ink splash and the droplet, but the color in writing looks more like a red than a maroon or wine color. Which is it in truth?

[Carrau]

Thank you for the review. The smeared ink at the bottom of the last picture looks just like spilled red wine to me.

[Sakura FP Gallery]

Thank you for the review. I like these kind of reds.

[inkstainedruth]

Hmmm. Really like the splash. The written example, not so much.

Thanks for the review, though. I keep hoping for the maroon/burgundy ink of my dreams, but this isn't it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Aquaria]

The initial splash versus the writing samples are shockingly different, but I like them both. I tend to like these more muted colors for major writing projects and letters. The readability is far more comfortable with them than the more vibrant colors.

[dcwaites]

I was puzzled by the reference to 1789 in the name, assuming it had something to do with White Settlement, being the second year of settlement. However, according to Wikipedia, 1789 was a particularly boring year, really only an outbreak of smallpox being of note.

However, according to the people at Skribr, 1789 is the year the term Maroon was first used.

[mmg122]

I was puzzled by the reference to 1789 in the name, assuming it had something to do with White Settlement, being the second year of settlement. However, according to Wikipedia, 1789 was a particularly boring year, really only an outbreak of smallpox being of note.

However, according to the people at Skribr, 1789 is the year the term Maroon was first used.

I asked Rob Oster about the 1789. According to him, 1789 was the year the term Maroon was first used, as dcwaites stated. Rob said that he followed the original recipe for the Maroon created in 1789 by the originator of the term.

[ManofKent]

Thank you for the review. I echo the comments that the splash looks much more interesting than the writing.