Robert Oster Purple Jazz Ink is one of the newest color additions to the ever-expanding ink universe of Robert Oster. The company continues to come up with unique new colors, all named after the Australian color palate. Robert Oster inks are Australian made and ph balanced, offering easy flow during use with most fountain pens. Robert Oster’s Purple Jazz Ink is a reasonably dark (but muted) purple-grey color with several excellent characteristics and is dark enough to be used as an everyday ink option.
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Robert Oster Purple Jazz Ink Review
During our review of Robert Oster Purple Jazz ink, we found the following traits that you may find helpful when picking your next ink brand and color:
Testing Factors
For our review of Robert Oster Purple Jazz ink, we used a French-made J Herbin glass dip pen on Rhodia dot pad paper. The glass dip pen has a tip that is similar to a fine-medium fountain pen nib. Please note that different paper and nib size may produce different results.
Bottle Size
All Robert Oster Signature inks come in a standard plastic 50 ml bottle. Each bottle is identical with a simple, white label printed with a color swatch and the name of the ink on top. The bottles are designed to be environmentally friendly but very functional, and we had no issues with leaking. They do not come with any additional external packaging.
Cost
Robert Oster Purple Jazz ink retails for $17.00 in the USA. Some of Robert Oster’s specialty inks (such as the Shake’ N’ Shimmy ink series) retail for slightly more, but overall the Robert Oster inks are mid-range priced inks imported from Australia.
Dry Time
During our review, we found that Robert Oster’s Purple Jazz Ink exhibited a very fast dry time of approximately 3 seconds. Anything under 10 seconds is considered a reasonably everyday use dry time.
Bleed Through
Pen Chalet’s review of Robert Oster Purple Jazz ink found absolutely no bleeding, even during the cotton swab test.
Feathering
During regular use, we found no feathering at all while testing Robert Oster Purple Jazz ink. However, we did notice some slight feathering during our water test, which is typical for non-waterproof ink.
Water Test
We conducted a water test by running a soaking wet cotton swab over a sample of Robert Oster Purple Jazz Ink after allowing it to dry for about 3 minutes. We saw light color smearing and some slight feathering, which are typical results for non-waterproof ink. Overall, the ink held up quite well.
Shading
Robert Oster Purple Jazz ink is a lovely, dark (yet muted) purple color with a grey tint. Depending on the writing style and pen nib in use, Robert Oster Purple Jazz ink will shade nicely from dark purple to a lighter, muted dusty grey shade.
Conclusions about Robert Oster Purple Jazz Ink
Robert Oster Purple Jazz ink is a beautiful ink. The dark purple color with a muted grey tint has a quick dry time of fewer than 5 seconds, which makes it very functional as an everyday ink choice. The price is very reasonable even though Pen Chalet imports each bottle directly from Australia. Finally, Robert Oster Purple Jazz ink has some nice shading characteristics depending on the user’s pen, paper, and handwriting style. Happy Writing from Australia!
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This ink looks like an ink I’d like to add to my stable of Robert Oster inks.
WOW, purple is the royal color & my fav too!!
I love Robert Oster inks and would appreciate the chance to add this one to my small collection. Thanks for the chance.
Thanks for another great review! On my phone, it appears to be blue grey, but I know purple is notoriously difficult to photograph and render.
I enjoy any kind of ink that is a steel or gray blue so I’d love to see any such ink reviewed.
Any other Robert Oster would be great. Thoso inks are amazing
I wish for a Robert Oster ink. My current fave ink is Diamine Razzmatazz.
One of my favorites right now is Akkerman #5, Shocking Blue. It’s the first Akkerman bottle I’ve bought.
I like those dusky purples. This looks like a good one.
This color is work appropriate but with a bit of fun. Yay!
Looks like a beautiful color
I would love to see a review of a perfect ink for beginners, since I am looking for a good starter ink to go with a TWSBI Go 1.1m stub.
This is a very interesting color– I would like to try it!
Water proof ink!
Nice purple-grey that would be usable on work stuff without looking crazy.
Thanks for the review
This is beautiful! I’m a huge an of Robert Oster inks. Please raffle off “Blood Rose” next!
I love your ink reviews!
One of the most pretty inks I’ve seen in a while. The moody purple body with the hazy bluish-grey tones is beautiful, and the gentle pinks shown in the smear tests add some pop to it. Even though it’s a fast-drying ink, part of me wants to smear it over a canvas and see what happens. Oster inks may be a bit expensive, but they are often usually fairly unique and bold in their individuality. I love seeing inks like this, and would welcome seeing more items packed with subtle traits like these in the future.
I like this color
Looks beautiful on my screen, would love to see it in person.
This honestly looks like a very interesting blue black to me.
To my eye (on my iPad screen), this looks more blue than purple. But lovely nonetheless.
Cant see much purple but looks great!
Dark blue & black please 🙂
This would be a great work ink!
Very nice color, I love it.
I really love inks in this gray-blue-purple color range. Reminds me of the night sky.
Looks more blue-grey than purple-grey. Maybe just my monitor?
Please review some of the old standby inks such as Waterman, Parker and Sheaffer. Thanks.
I’ve tried a lot of Robert Oster inks in the blue-turquoise-teal-green part of the spectrum, and I think they make some of the best around. I haven’t strayed too far into other hues, but this purple looks great – I’d def like to try it for myself!