Octopus Green Eagle — Ink Review #247
Octopus Write & Draw Green Eagle Ink Review # 247 Originally posted on FPN: May 23, 2026 --- 🧾 Description Ink: Green Eagle Brand: Octopus Write & Draw Country: Germany Bottle size: 50 ml Pens Used: Osmiroid Copperplate EEF flex, Lamy (EF/F/M/B/ stub 1.1) Octopus Write & Draw inks are pigment inks, waterproof and lightfast. There are 48 of them in all. This is the last of the 4 greens by Octopus. I prefer this to Green Panda: It has much better lubrication and the flow is average, and the colour is less bright. My sample was old and past the two-year expiry date. After soaking and flushing the pen, an unpleasant-looking blob of ink fell into the sink. I contacted Octopus to ask whether this was normal. They explained that the issue was likely related to the preservative rather than the ink itself, and that they had since changed that component. They even offered to exchange...