The above photo was taken in direct sunlight. Ink is swatched on Clairefontaine 90gsm paper, using a glass dip pen.
Specs
Name: Rose Gilt Tynte
Maker: Robert Oster
Color Family: Pink
Properties: Shimmering, Shading
Purchased at: Goulet Pens
What’s in a name?
One of the colors in the Shake ‘n’ Shimmy collection, I couldn’t find an official origin of the name. However, Robert Oster is based out of Australia, there’s a Tynte Flowers in Adelaide, and this is meant to be a classic rose pink hue, so maybe that’s the connection?
Swatches
A large swatch of ink showcases the darkest this ink gets, as well as the maximum properties it has (when held at the right angle to show any shimmer or sheen). But what about when you’re writing a letter or notes with it?
The above was written on Clairefontaine 90gsm paper, using a Click Majestic fountain pen with an Ultraflex nib.
Of course, for maximum effect you want to see it in light and in motion. The following video shows the ink swatched on Skylab Letterpress 160gsm cards.
Thoughts
This was my first time using the Click Majestic, so the fault may lie with the pen and not the ink, but boy howdy did this ink like to halt. It took me over an hour to write the above page in Rose Gilt Tynte, because I kept having to adjust, clean the nib, force the ink through the channel, etc. in an attempt to re-start the ink flow. As a hefty shimmer, in any pen you’ll need to frequently move/tilt/rotate the pen to keep the shimmer particulates spread evenly throughout the ink. Otherwise, they settle pretty quickly and can clog a pen feed.
As colors go, it’s pretty- a ballerina pink with tons of silver shimmer. It’s definitely not the same shade of pink for me that it is in the official marketing swatches on fountain pen seller websites, for whatever reason. If the flow was better, I’d be more inclined to use this ink more often…but a frustrating flow kills my enthusiasm for any ink. I’m willing to try it with a broad nib pen to see if it works better, but for now it’s in the “pretty but too high maintenance” category for me.
*All pics and vid were taken using a Google Pixel 4a and color-adjusted to best reflect the hue of that ink.
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