Robert Oster Blue Lagoon

[visvamitra]

Robert Oster is new player in fountain pen ink market. He operates worldwide through distributors. 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.

Blue lagoon doesn't offer anything new in turquoise department. It's decent, well behaved ink. Drying time is reasonable, it doesn't feather on copy paper and doesn't cause any starting problems. My only gripe with it is the fact that there's plenty of similar colors on the market. On the other hand, I don't face a dilemma as I simply don't use similar hues.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Color range

Field Notes, Diplomat Excellence, M

Copy paper, Diplomat Depeche, M

Tomoe River, Diplomat Excellence, medium

Water resistance

[EBGBs]

Thank you Visvamitra for another great review.

 

Not your kind of colours I know, but totally mine!

I agree with you; it doesn't look like anything new. The swatches looked promising but indeed the written sample isn't very inspiring. It doesn't look much different to, for example, the inexpensive Pelikan 4001 Turquoise.

[inkstainedruth]

Hmmm. On the Tomoe River paper it seems to be getting the nice haloing effect shading that so many inks I really like have. I may just have to get a sample of this one, in the ongoing search for a modern ink which gives the color and shading of vintage Skrip Peacock.

Thanks for the review. And, well, not....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[DrDebG]

Thank you Vis for another great review! Turquoise blues are my favorites. This one, however, really doesn't do anything for me. My favorite is still Waterman South Seas (aka Inspired Blue).