Visconti

[kaisnowbird]

I've just ordered a musk green Van Gogh maxi with a fine nib to join my other Visconti - a HS Steel Age maxi, a honey almond Kaleido Voyager, and an RM Verona LE. This has come about because I've become a victim of more 'Bogon07 influence'.

Well, that's my excuse for this rush of blood anyway. If it writes anywhere near as good as the ones I already have and enjoy, then I will be delighted. It feels good to support a company that is interested in looking after its customers.

I love the old Van Gogh's materials and hope you'll be delighted with yours.
Mr Bogon's enabling/influencing powers are quite alarming, especially when it comes to Visconti pens.

[Murfie]

Mr Bogon's enabling/influencing powers are quite alarming, especially when it comes to Visconti pens.

Amen to that statement, Kai. But his enthusiastic and very helpful guidance and advice is invaluable, very much appreciated, and a testament to the quality of fellow pen enthusiasts that I have been so fortunate to meet via this forum.

[Bogon07]

Hi Murfie, while you are at it you may as well go for an even half dozen Visconti. You are almost there already !

Mr Bogon's enabling/influencing powers are quite alarming, especially when it comes to Visconti pens.

Amen to that statement, Kai. But his enthusiastic and very helpful guidance and advice is invaluable, very much appreciated, and a testament to the quality of fellow pen enthusiasts that I have been so fortunate to meet via this forum.

It is wonderful to be egged on in our obsession by other genuinely helpful unfortunates. Share it around I say.
And a big thank you to everyone here for their useful help and insights. Especially Tracy Lee the Queen of Visconti & Delta.

[pentorch]

I don't think this question is worth a new thread, but let me know if I need to take it out of this thread:

I was wondering if you could change the nib on the Visconti Opera Blue Typhoon? I like the double reservoir power filler, but the Smartouch nib, as smooth as it is, just isn't lively enough. Maybe if I could put an 18k nib on it

Thanks!

[Alex2014]

I must say that my experience with Visconti's Italian retailers were disappointing. They took the FP with one hand and post it with another. I bought in February a new VG that had big ink leakages. I sent it back to repair and from then on I wait.The seller said to me that they have no responsibilities (?).

[Murfie]

I must say that my experience with Visconti's Italian retailers were disappointing.

I would have to suggest that you change your retailer. My experience with Visconti and Marco at Novelli (Rome) is second to none. Plenty of comment in this thread about how Visconti stands by their product. Other FPG members deal with other Italian retailers and the feedback is excellent. So I think you have been unfortunate to strike a retailer who is not delivering on service. Don't let it affect your opinion of the brand.

[Llewellyn]

I must say that my experience with Visconti's Italian retailers were disappointing.

I would have to suggest that you change your retailer. My experience with Visconti and Marco at Novelli (Rome) is second to none. Plenty of comment in this thread about how Visconti stands by their product. Other FPG members deal with other Italian retailers and the feedback is excellent. So I think you have been unfortunate to strike a retailer who is not delivering on service. Don't let it affect your opinion of the brand.

+ 1 from me. Marco at Novelli is top-shelf. I've also had good service from Susanna at Giardino. They are my first choices if I'm buying Visconti's. They'd be my first choice for other brands as well but I only buy Visconti's

[Alex2014]

I've also had good service from Susanna at Giardino. They are my first choices if I'm buying Visconti's. They'd be my first choice for other brands as well but I only buy Visconti's

My experience with Giardino is not at all good. I got a bad Visconti from them. I sent it to repair and I am still waiting, after more than 2 months. If you could name it a "good service', I doubt. Giardino is a handler of FPs and nothing more.Perfectly disappointing. The only answer was I still have to wait.

[Murfie]

My experience with Giardino is not at all good.

Sounds like I should stick with Marco at Novelli. My experience (both in person when I was in Rome, and later via email contact) with him has been exceptional.

[Llewellyn]

My experience with Giardino is not at all good.

Sounds like I should stick with Marco at Novelli. My experience (both in person when I was in Rome, and later via email contact) with him has been exceptional.

My only contact with Marco has been via email but he certainly sounds like a really nice fellow. If I were ever to go to Rome I'd love to go into his shop. Admittedly my dealings with Giardino have only been on the purchasing side and both times it has been absolutely fine. I've never had to deal with a warranty issue so can't comment about that. But then again, I wasn't impressed with the local shop that sells Visconti when it came to a warranty issue, and haven't been happy with their sales service in general.

That's why Marco will be my first choice for my Visconti purchases (and he's cheaper than the local place too)

[Murfie]

If I were ever to go to Rome I'd love to go into his shop

Novelli is just a few minutes walk from the Trevi Fountain. I was treated so well, being offered any number of pens that I would like to try. Marco's stock is quite extensive and at no stage did I feel hurried. Nothing was too much trouble for Marco. I can't speak highly enough of the experience - a real treat.

[Bogon07]

If I were ever to go to Rome I'd love to go into his shop

Novelli is just a few minutes walk from the Trevi Fountain. I was treated so well, being offered any number of pens that I would like to try. Marco's stock is quite extensive and at no stage did I feel hurried. Nothing was too much trouble for Marco. I can't speak highly enough of the experience - a real treat.

Luckily you don't live in Rome otherwise you could have more Visconti pens than all of us combined. And it is only a short train ride to Florence too.

[Murfie]

Luckily you don't live in Rome otherwise you could have more Visconti pens than all of us combined. And it is only a short train ride to Florence too.

Yes, I did take the very fast train from Rome to Firenze and back for a day trip and the train service is just fantastic - especially if you come from Oz and are starved of access to modern trains. The only bummer was that I went on a Monday - the one day of the week that Visconti is shut! The hip pocket benefited greatly, but the pen collection suffered. But I'm now making up for it as there are four more on the way (2 Rembrandts and 2 Van Goghs). I'm now on short rations till the end of Winter (southern hemisphere).

[Murfie]

I've just taken delivery of a NOS older model musk green Visconti Van Gogh as pictured below. This and more photos can be seen in the FPG Photos Forum. I'm very pleased with this one, courtesy of the usual Bogon07 enabling.

[Tracy Lee]

Murfie, these are great pens, I have several and they are among my favorites. Enjoy, and thanks for sharing pictures! More, more, more!!

[Murfie]

More, more, more!!

As soon as my next shipment arrives from Marco at Novelli in Rome (dispatched via FedEx yesterday), your wish will be my command, Tracy Lee.

[Tracy Lee]

More, more, more!!

As soon as my next shipment arrives from Marco at Novelli in Rome (dispatched via FedEx yesterday), your wish will be my command, Tracy Lee.

Can you post the tracking info so we can watch for it too? I AM TOTALLY KIDDING!!! But I look forward to seeing more Visconti always!

[Murfie]

Can you post the tracking info so we can watch for it too? I AM TOTALLY KIDDING.

Are you SURE about that now? Tracking a purchased pen as it winds around the globe on its journey to Oz is one of the highs of purchasing another fountain pen. And FedEx is good as they have scan events for every leg no matter how short.

Then after all that, when the pen arrives we have to tune it to write upside down which Bogon07 avoids because he writes upside down here so the orientation of his pens doesn't alter!

[Llewellyn]

Can you post the tracking info so we can watch for it too? I AM TOTALLY KIDDING.

Are you SURE about that now? Tracking a purchased pen as it winds around the globe on its journey to Oz is one of the highs of purchasing another fountain pen. And FedEx is good as they have scan events for every leg no matter how short.

Hehe, too true. I've watched my shipments from Marco go from Rome to Roissy, then to Guangzhou, and eventually to Perth. I've driven my wife nuts with regular updates on their progress

[Llewellyn]

Not strictly FP related, but certainly Visconti related. My wife has always really liked my Bronze Homo Sapiens, but doesn't like fountain pens. But she caught me digging around Novelli and noticed that the HS came in a rollerball version.

"Oooh, that's nice" she said. Great!!. Her birthday is in June and I didn't have a clue what to get her. But I do now, and a Fedex van will be dropping a parcel off at my workplace very soon