Robert Oster Grün-Schwarz

Review of Robert Oster Grün-Schwarz fountain pen ink using a Pilot Penmanship EF nib.

Chapters:
00:00 Swatch color comparison
00:05 Zoom (microscope) photo
00:10 Microscope smear
00:15 Line Width
00:20 Written review
00:39 Dry Time
00:51 Writing Sample
02:20 Subjective Analysis
02:35 Sheen
03:11 Zoom of absorbent paper
03:36 Quote & Writing Prompt
04:15 Close-up of completed review
04:27 Scan of completed review
04:32 End screen, links to channel and previous review

Post-recording notes: This ink was gifted to me by a generous FPGeek. Some online reviews make me wonder if my sample has suffered from evaporation (their images are more green). Others look similar to mine: black with a green undertone. The consistency of the ink in the vial is within the range that I consider normal for FP inks, so I'm going with it.

While there's technically shading, the ink is so dark that I didn't notice it unless I went looking. Ditto the sheen.

Cleaning was easy with plain water, but expect some extra flushes - lots of dye in there.

Zoomed in photo (My eyes see a little more green than is here, but only under bright lights and if I look closely...)
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Screenshot (Sorry, not sure why the focus isn't better. It's too dark and desaturated, as usual.)
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Scan of Completed Review (Even this doesn't show quite as much green as I see. It and the zoom are closest.)
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Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (My brain thinks it sees a smidge of green on the copy paper, but it might be imagining things.)
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Line width (The "I" in "Ink:". Magnification is 100x. The grid is 100x100µm. The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each. The line width for this ink is roughly 307µm. With 355 inks measured, the average line width is 298µm.) (You can see a few spots of sheen.)
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Microscope image (100x. Taken with phone. Van Gogh came and visited my slide. :D)
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Sheen (Writing in a Hobonichi - Tomoe River 52gsm.)
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Swatch card comparison
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