Ostrich Inks Part 1

Ostrich is a new-to-me brand that comes in 18ml glass bottles. Today let’s look at Red Ruby, Green Emerald, Glen the Sea and Purple Amethyst. Thanks to Pen Savings for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Red Ruby, Green Emerald, Glen the Sea and Purple Amethyst.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry Time: 40-60 seconds

Water Resistance: Low-Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Only Glen the Sea and Green Emerald had a little bit of bleeding.

Other properties: no shading, high to monster sheen (Glen the Sea had the highest sheen.) and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was a bit of feathering in every nib size as well as a little bit of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Glen the Sea is a little darker than Colorverse Pillars of Creation. Purple Amethyst is a little lighter than Penlux Mo Plum.

Red Ruby is similar to Sailor Shikiori Yodaki.

Green Emerald is more blue than DIamine Evergreen, but less blue than KWZ Discovery Green.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook, all four inks had a dry, sticky flow common to super sheeny inks.

Overall, Purple Amethyst is my favorite out of the four. I don’t love the flow, but it’s very similar to other sheeny. inks. I didn’t have any issues with smearing. If you love high sheening inks, give these ones a try!

Disclaimer: These inks were provided by Pen Savings for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and this post is not sponsored.