Ink Review #298: Robert Oster Purple Jazz

Robert Oster Purple Jazz is not an ink I'd heard mentioned before, so of course I had to find it. After doing some research I found out it used to be named Purple Soul, and has been renamed Purple Jazz. I purchased my sample of ink from Vanness Pens. 

The color:

Purple Jazz is a dark blue-violet. It's not quite blue, but it's not quite violet either-it rides the no man's land in-between. 

Swabs:

In large swabs it looks more violet than it does in writing. There is just a hint of red around the edges.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, no sheen, and no shimmer. 

On 20 pound copy paper the ink performed well, no issues that I noticed.

Comparison Swabs:

Ink swabs for comparison, left to right (top to bottom for mobile RSS): Pen Saijiki Jakujoya, Robert Oster Purple Jazz, and Robert Oster Barossa Grape. Click here to see the Robert Oster inks together. 

Robert Oster Black Violet, Robert Oster Purple Rock, and Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng. Click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer writing: 

I used a broad Pilot Vanishing Point Raden Galaxy on Tomoe River paper. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, it has some really interesting shading. It's right in-between blue and violet, which is an unusual color. It is pretty well behaved, but the dry time is a bit longer than most Robert Oster inks.

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. There are no affiliate links on this page.