Ink Review #237: Robert Oster Torquay

We are continuing on with reader request week, so today's ink is Robert Oster Torquay. I purchased my samples of ink from Goulet Pens. 

The color:

Torquay is a light blue with shading.

There is a little bit of pink sheen around the edges. Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 25 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low-there was a little bit of bleeding in the flex nib.

Other properties: Medium shading, low pink sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 pound copy paper there was a little bit of feathering but other than that the ink behaved well. 

Ink swabs for comparison, left to right (top to bottom for mobile RSS): Kobe #48 Water Source Marche, Robert Oster Torquay and L'Artisan Pastellier Turquoise. All three of these lean a little on the green-blue side, but aren't quite teal. Click here to see the Robert Oster inks together.

Montblanc Unicef, Lamy Pacific Blue, and Robert Oster Blue Water Ice. Click here to see the blue inks together. 

Longer writing: 

I used a broad Pilot Vanishing Point Twilight on Tomoe River paper. The ink had an average flow. There weren't any flow issues.

Overall, it's pretty well behaved and is a pretty color. In the smaller nibs it looks a little bit more green, but in the flex nib looks more straight blue. Give it a try, you might love it. 

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. There are no affiliate links on this page.