Ink Review #1852: Robert Oster Chicago

Robert Oster Chicago is from the Cities of America collection. This ink is available in 50ml bottles. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Chicago is an unsaturated blue grey.

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

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some nice shading.

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: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper there is a little bit of feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Chicago is greyer than these other blues. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pilot Custom 74 Teal with a broad nib on a Taroko Breeze notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, I enjoyed this ink, but it can be a bit light in the smaller nib sizes.

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