Robert Oster Smokescreen — Ink Review #244
Robert Oster Smoke Screen Ink Review # 244 Originally posted on FPN: May 07, 2026 --- 🧾 Description Ink: Smokescreen Brand: Robert Oster Country: Australia Availability: 50 ml bottles. Pens Used: Pilot Kakuno EF, Kaweco (EF/F/M/B/BB, stub 1.1, 1.9), Noodler’s Ahab with FPR ultra-flex, Hongdian Long blade nib (similar to a Naginata Togi) This is an unusual colour and difficult to describe. It hovers somewhere between grey, maroon and purple, depending on what paper it is used on. The wetter and narrower the nib, the darker and more blackish the ink appears; with wider nibs, the colour becomes lighter and more complex. While not the best ink on copy paper, the colour was a very pleasing grey, making it a good candidate for thick, absorbent papers such as that used in Peter Pauper notebooks. Dry times are decent on Rhodia; lubrication is pen-dependent and hovers around average to slightl...