Ink Review #1408: Robert Oster Grun Gilt

Robert Oster Grun Gilt is from the Shake ‘N’ Shimmy collection. You can find this ink for sale at Pen Chalet (aff. link) or Vanness Pens.

The color:

Grun Gilt is a deep golden brown.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has plenty of 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: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Grun Gilt is a little bit deeper than Robert Oster Heart of Gold. Click here to see the Robert Oster inks together, and click here to see the yellow inks together.

Longer writing:

I used an Kaweco Al-sport Gold with a fine nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, this ink is very close to Robert Oster Heart of Gold (which I actually like better than this one) so you probably don’t need both. It’s just a little dry but other than that it’s well behaved.

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