Ink Review #1317: Robert Oster Sterling Silver

I’ve been waiting for a dark silver shimmer ink for a long time, so when I saw Robert Oster Sterling Silver I knew I had to give it a try. You can find this ink at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Sterling Silver is a perfect liquid silver color.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks perfect, dark silver with plenty of silver 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: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, tiny black sheen, and silver shimmer.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Sterling Silver is darker than Diamine Snow Storm and Moon Dust, and less purple than PenBBS Ice Lake. Click here to see the Robert Oster inks together, and click here to see the grey inks together.

Longer writing:

I started with a Kaweco Al-sport Anthracite with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook, but holy clogged mess Batman! So I switched to a Sailor Pro Gear Slim Purple Cosmos with a zoom nib, and the ink performed much better. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, I love this ink for its color but have some reservations on the flow. It’s so pretty, but performs best in broad, flex and zoom nibs. I still have a bottle on my wish list because I love the color so much, but will stick to the larger nib sizes.

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