Ink Review #1299: Robert Oster Barossa Gilt

Robert Oster Barossa Gilt is from the Shake ‘N’ Shimmy collection. I purchased my bottle of ink at Pen Chalet (aff. link).

The color:

Barossa Gilt is a blue-violet with gold shimmer.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some shading and gold shimmer.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and gold shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Barossa Gilt is closest to Birmingham Stage Velvet Luster, but it has gold shimmer instead of Velvet’s silver. Click here to see the Robert Oster inks together, and click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Lamy Safari Violet with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a slightly dry flow.

Overall, this is a fun shimmer ink. I didn’t have any clogging problems, and it’s generally pretty well behaved. It’s a pretty color, but it is a bit on the dry side for me.

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