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Hey guys,

 

I've got a lovely bottle of this gold and red ink, about 40% used (I tend to use it in dip pens). I believe it's the first formulation of it, as it's quite sheen-heavy.

 

Now I understand that this ink has undergone some changes of late, and I'm terrified that one of my favourite dip inks no longer has that amazing Lannister-style red/gold sheen!

 

Can anyone tell me if the most recent formulation has the gold particles still in it? If so, does it still compare to the old one? I personally didn't mind the clogging, as I used it for dip pen work.

 

Cheers guys!

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Sheaffer Triumph, Saratoga, Targa Slim and Targa Standard; Waterman 3V and 52 1/2V; Mabie Todd Swan Self Filler x 2; Eagle Unbreakable in sterling silver; Eversharp Bantam; Parker Duofold Lucky Curve BCHR and Duofold in red hard rubber; Spors Co. glass nib pens x 4; Conklin 2NL and 20P.

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I am behind on this issue, I have an unopened bottle of this stuff from about 4 years ago, is it safe to use in a fountain pen, are there problems?

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There are, to the best of my knowledge, three formulations of this ink. The first one is the extremely sheen-heavy one that you have in your possession, while the second one has no gold particulate (they attempted to emulate the sheen of the first formulation using dyes, as with other inks). The third formulation is what I have in my ink drawer: it's not quite as sheen-heavy as forumation 1, but there are gold particles in it, unlike the ink's second iteration.

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first ink came out 4 months after V2 came out 1 month after v3 came out as far as I can tell this is the Rouge Hematite saga I'm not sure about the dates but I think only months were the difference for that ink for 1 year of celebration but it became too good...

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