Ink Review #1958: Robert Oster Hickory Aflame

Robert Oster Hickory Aflame is a Vanness Pens exclusive. This ink is available in 50ml bottles and 4ml samples.

The color:

Hickory Aflame is a medium red brown with copper shimmer.

*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 lots of shimmer.

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 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and a few dots of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Hickory Aflame is close to PenBBS Mandarin Female. Click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Schon Design Ultem with a broad nib on an Odyssey notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, this is a lovely ink-great color and well behaved.

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