J. Herbin 1670

[cwent2]

This has become a favorite ink. Used it on all of my Christmas cards. It has attained Buy-A-Bottle status on my list. Wondering who out there might have an original stash.....

I do not have a stash - but I have a first generation bottle that once dried turns from red to a very golden sheen.

[ac12]

This has become a favorite ink. Used it on all of my Christmas cards. It has attained Buy-A-Bottle status on my list. Wondering who out there might have an original stash.....

That is a neat idea.
I used Waterman Green out of a Lamy Pur with a 1.1 italic nib for my 2013 Christmas cards.
The 1670 sounds like it would look much better.

[earthdawn]

No stash here either but I do indeed have an original bottle ....

One tasty ink for sure !

[Sinistral1]

Update:

The bottle of Rouge Hemitite arrived yesterday in -6 degrees temp (both Mont Blanc inks - JS seaweed green and Leonardo chalk red were frozen solid!). It was pretty cold, too, but not frozen. After giving it time to warm up, I tested it and my initial impression is that while it does have a gold sheen, it is not nearly as pronounced as my samples from Goulet were. It is still a very cool bottle and beautiful ink, and like the Mont Blancs, welcome additions to my ink collection.

[KrazyIvan]

Not that I do not like the Goulet Samples but for these types of inks, sometimes I think a sample can be off and may not represent the true color of the ink. The gold sheen comes from the gold stuff, whatever it is. If not mixed consistently when drawing ink for samples, they are going to vary.

[AndyT]

Not that I do not like the Goulet Samples but for these types of inks, sometimes I think a sample can be off and may not represent the true color of the ink. The gold sheen comes from the gold stuff, whatever it is. If not mixed consistently when drawing ink for samples, they are going to vary.

Definitely. I don't go much on sheening inks usually, but for what it's worth my policy is to use a pen which is easy to strip down, and shake the bottle before filling.

[heath]

Does anyone know if the sku is differnt between formulas? How do you know what you have?

[Jon Szanto]

Does anyone know if the sku is differnt between formulas? How do you know what you have?

You can only tell by looking at the bottom of the bottle and seeing the gold sediment there. If you don't see it, it isn't there, and no amount of shaking will cause it to be anything but a red ink.

[john]

I've bought a bottle of 1670 two weeks ago, I checked the bottom of the bottle and find some stuff stick on it. But when I try it , nothing else but red ink. So I add some gold sediment in it and write with dip pen. It looks great.

[tandaina]

I got my old bottle back out because of this thread and inked it up. Dang I love this ink, and it does add such a lovely gold glisten to your pen's feed. I have never had it cause issues, adore it.