Robert Oster Graphite

[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 Graphite was given to me by Mmg112 - thanks!

The ink is rather nice and quite interesting - it's slightly green-blue dark grey. Not easy to describe, to be honest. There's also some muted red sheen.

Flow: good and it comes out of the pen decently wet

Saturation: good

Lubrication: the ink is well lubricated with a smooth feel on the page

Drying time: Not so short. 20-25 seconds on Rhodia, 15- 20 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

Maruman, Hero 5028, stub 1.9

Leuchtturm 1917, Jinhao x750, medium nib

CIAK, Hero 5028, stub 1.9

Water resistance

[namrehsnoom]

This one looks great ! I must say that I appreciate the complexity that many of Roberts inks exhibit. He really manages the art of creating inks that combine aspects of multiple colours, resulting in a very interesting & special look and feel. Graphite was already on my radar, and has now moved closer to the top of my wish list.

Thanks for showing off the ink so well !

[lumel]

Ooh thanks for sharing! Is my monitor badly calibrated, or is RO Graphite very close to J. Herbin's Stormy Grey - except without the sparkles? If so, it might become a go-to grey...

 

Thx

[Carrau]

Thank you for the nice review, with good demonstrations of its properties. It seems a good bit darker than my only other grey ink, which is Papier Plume Oyster. I like it.

[Ghost Plane]

Want!

[inkstainedruth]

Not thrilled by the complete lack of water resistance. But the color is interesting. I'm always in the market for another grey that isn't too pale and this one has some intriguing undertones to it.

Thanks for the review... and not....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[UDog]

Vistamitra,

 

Your reviews are so well done and consistent...a pleasure to read.

[ShortRound131]

Love your reviews, thank you!

[PS104]

I'm on a gray ink jag and this only fuels me even more

Thanks for the review

[DrDebG]

Great review! The ink, however, doesn't start my engines.

[visvamitra]

@PS104 - me too

[senzen]

Great review, looks interesting; I wonder how close it is to R&K verdigris.

[Morphling27]

Aren't the inks made by the owner? I thought that's the impression given by the listing on Goulet's site with the colors they carry.

 

Anyway, a great review as always. Ink is way too dark for a grey to me. I'll stick to a black at this point. My go to grey continues to be MontBlanc's oyster shell.

[rudyhou]

awesome shade of dark grey