Ink Review #1073: Robert Oster Australian Opal Pink

Today’s ink is Robert Oster Australian Opal Pink. I purchased my bottle of ink from Pen Chalet.

The color:

Australian Opal Pink is a pale spring pink.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has a little bit of blue shading.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering and just a few dots of bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Australian Opal Pink seems to be a lighter version of Robert Oster Dusky Pink. It’s a bit cooler toned than Robert Oster Cherry Blossom. Click here to see the Robert Oster inks together, and click here to see the pink inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Lamy Safari Pastel Pink with a broad nib on a Yoseka A5 notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, I usually get so excited about Robert Oster inks, but this ink is pretty much unusable for me. It’s rather dry, and it shades so light that sometimes you can only read half the letter. It looked the best in the flex nib, but it didn’t flow well enough to keep up with the flex’s wet flow. In the longer writing tests I couldn’t read anything that I had written. It’s a no for me.

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. This page does contain affiliate links but this post is not sponsored in any way.