on saleRobert Oster Tranquility - Ink Sample

Really love this ink. It reminds me a lot of Emerald of Chivor, but without the shimmer. Great flow, and with the right paper, you get some beautiful sheening. In my experience, the sheen shows up better on Tomoe River than Rhodia, but you still get some nice color variation with the latter.

I've always enjoyed fountain pen inks that fall into the blue / green arena, and this ink certainly does that. It flows well and takes a bit of time to dry, but overall, this Oster ink delivers. Similar inks to this include: Diamine Steel Blue and de Atramentis Herbs de Provence.

Pretty cool teal ink! Similiar to the Colorverse Morning Star but a little bit greener.

As far as samples go, I highly recommend any Robert Oster ink that looks like a color you'd use, as every Robert Oster ink I've sampled has been amazing. But I definitely recommend this ink - Tranquility has tons of buzz in the fountain pen community for a reason. Tranquility is a deep teal with lots of green, similar in shade to J. Herbin Emerald of Chivor or Pilot Iroshizuku Ku Jaku. When using the sample, I've found that it looks much greener than the sample on the website, so if you're looking for more of a bluish dark turquoise I'd recommend sampling both this and Fire and Ice to see which one you like best. What really separates the quality of this ink from other teals inks of similar shade is its intense sheen - it's one of the highest sheening Robert Oster inks of the ones that I've tried. I've also seen some subtle shading while using it as well. The ink goes on wet and takes some time to dry, but it's worth the wait for the beautiful sheen that appears as the ink dries.

This is a beautiful turquoise ink with some shading even in a fine point pen (Lamy Safari F). I'll likely get a full bottle of this.