Reviews by Penrarian: Ink Review: Montblanc Oyster Grey

The Pens: Kaweco Sport Classic Double Board/Pilot Parallel 3.8mm
The Paper: Rhodia No. 18 Dot Grid, Hammermill 90g, Georgia Pacific 75g

I have become increasingly happier with Montblanc inks. Montblanc inks have been some of the best behaved inks I have used. Royal Blue and Oyster Grey work on on kinds of paper, with minimal feathering and show-through. I think with a medium or fine nib you could have almost no feathering or show-through. One of my favorite things about this ink is that I got a little shading on cheap paper as well as on the Rhodia paper. The downside to this ink is that it does have slow dry times, somewhere in the 10-15 seconds depending on the paper. Overall, I loved this ink and will be picking up a bottle as soon as I can. I would love to compare this ink to Montblanc Permanent Grey to see how differently the two behave.

Further thoughts:

Flow: zero flow problems.
Saturation: a nice standard grey
Shading: Oyster Grey shades from grey to black.
Dry Time: The only downside to this ink--Oystery Grey's dry time is between 10-15 seconds.
Show-through and Feathering: Some show-through and feathering with the 75g and 90g papers, but overall it is a well behaved ink. With a finer nib you may not have this problem.