Robert Oster Lemon Grass

[visvamitra]

Robert Oster is new player in fountain pen ink market. He operates through worldwide network of wholesalers. 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 Lemon Grass was sent to me by Akszugor. The color is interestig. I like it. The ink feels dryish and lubrication could be better but, overall, it's not bad.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Color range

Rhodia, Visconti van Gogh, fine nib

Midori, Lamy Al-Star, Visconti van Gogh, fine nib

Water resistance

[lgsoltek]

An attractive colour. Such a shame about the dryness.

[Ghost Plane]

Dryness is a no go for me. Plus a trifle blue tint for my taste.

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the review. I had been wondering what this one was like. But it appears to be a little pale on the page to really be legible, so I'll stick to RO Moss.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[namrehsnoom]

Great review! Nice understated green, but I agree with Ruth : a bit too pale for writing.

[lapis]

Interesting but still, not enough so. As they occasionally say here (in Krautland), it's neither a half-pint nor the whole thing. To translate, I could say neither an Alt-Goldgrün nor a Verde muschiato.

[DrDebG]

Great review, Vis! Nice color. Is it my imagination, or does it seem to feather?