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gold, gold flakes, gold particles, I AM DISAPPOINT, ink sheen, J. Herbin, j. herbin 1670, j. herbin rouge hematite, mont blanc, mont blanc british racing green, montblanc, parker penman sapphire, red, red ink, Rouge Hematite, rouge hematite 1670, sheeny ink
Here’s the response I received from J. Herbin regarding my question about their dulling down of Rouge Hematite:
Yes, we had to take the gold like die out of the formula as it had a
tendency to thicken too fast and there was a danger of clogging some
fountain pens.
I’m very sorry.
I guess I’ll be taking only tiny sips from my bottle of the original formula like people do with Parker Penman Sapphire and MB British Racing Green…
*le sigh*
😥
The Five Cat PENagerie 
That is such a sad news! I guess I would be conserving my bottle of Hematite…
They should have left it the way it was and notified all buyers – “This ink for dip pens only”.
I agree, and oddly enough they did have a warning. I’ll dig up the old box later and see exactly what it was, by it’s always had a warning that it’s heavily pigmented.
I had the worst ink crud I’ve seen, with that shade. At first I thought it had corroded the nib/feed, but flushing and cleaning the pen solved the problem. Mine is one of the earlier bottles, so I hope removing the gold has solved the issue, although I know it’s the gold that made it so attractive to many people.