I’ve gone around over the years about my feelings regarding the size and shape of the Robert Oster 50ml ink bottles and, while they are not the most romantic, elegant bottles, they really are pretty easy to use once you get the hang of them. The plastic is a standard #2 plastic making them recyclable…
Review by Laura Cameron When I last went shopping looking for blue inks, of course I had to look at Robert Oster. Robert Oster has approximately 1 million blue inks (ok maybe I’m exaggerating a LITTLE) and somehow I love all of them. This time I opted to what they call True Blue (50mL for…
Review by Laura Cameron I think last year proved I love purple inks so of course I had to snag another one to try in my last JetPens order. I opted for Robert Oster Signature in Velvet Crush (50mL for $17.00). Velvet Crush is a bit difficult to capture. The pictures make it look like…
By Jessica Coles Today’s post will be light on the words, heavy on photos. Some inks just speak for themselves and this one absolutely shouts. Among the plethora of new inks from Robert Oster are many beautiful colors including the new Dragon’s Night ink. I received a sample from Pen Chalet where you can purchase…
Review by Laura Cameron I wasn’t able to attend this year’s LA Pen Show, but my favorite pen show attendee brought me back a bottle of the special show ink, Monteverde’s Coral. It turns out that Monteverde’s version of Coral is a very orange ink, leaning slightly red. When I compared it to other ink…
By Jessica Coles This newest offering from Robert Oster is also the first ink offering from Brad Dowdy (The Pen Addict). After many long years of being asked to create a Pen Addict ink, Brad finally caved to the cries from his fans. Teaming up with the talented Robert Oster, he has now introduced a…
Recently Pen Chalet had a half price ink sale on Monteverde inks. The Desk took the opportunity to stock up on inks for review. Today I’ll be reviewing California Teal. As the name suggests, the ink is a beautiful teal that leans toward the green end of the spectrum. In the bottle it appears blue,…
