A little advice needed with my first high end Visconti.

**chojo** · January 6th, 2016, 08:40 AM

The replacement Divina seems to be behaving well, I have it filled with Diamine Sapphire and am thoroughly enjoying it. It's only my second Visconti but I'm sure it won't be my last! I was eyeing up the room in arles as I have a thing for brown pens but having seen a better photo of that pollard willows now, I may just change my mind. That is beautiful.

**Anne** · January 6th, 2016, 04:03 PM

Good for you! Thanks for updating everybody

**Llewellyn** · January 7th, 2016, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by chojo

The replacement Divina seems to be behaving well, I have it filled with Diamine Sapphire and am thoroughly enjoying it. It's only my second Visconti but I'm sure it won't be my last! I was eyeing up the room in arles as I have a thing for brown pens but having seen a better photo of that pollard willows now, I may just change my mind. That is beautiful.

Believe me when I say that it won't stop at one, or even two, Visconti's!! (just ask Tracy Lee who I think trumps us all when it comes to Visconti ownership). For all the noise from the critics, they are wonderful pens and I'm sure you will love them - congratulations. And we always like to see pictures.

**Tracy Lee** · January 13th, 2016, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by Llewellyn

Originally Posted by chojo

The replacement Divina seems to be behaving well, I have it filled with Diamine Sapphire and am thoroughly enjoying it. It's only my second Visconti but I'm sure it won't be my last! I was eyeing up the room in arles as I have a thing for brown pens but having seen a better photo of that pollard willows now, I may just change my mind. That is beautiful.

Believe me when I say that it won't stop at one, or even two, Visconti's!! (just ask Tracy Lee who I think trumps us all when it comes to Visconti ownership). For all the noise from the critics, they are wonderful pens and I'm sure you will love them - congratulations. And we always like to see pictures.

Bogon07 trumps me now by many. I am around 38 but I do love them. My Florentine Hills just went back because the knob on the filling rod came off and wouldn't go back on. Thankfully Coles fixed it stateside and it will be home today. I have had lots of my Visconti need repair, but they are such a pleasure to use and their customer service is really very good. I will admit, though, it has slowed down my purchasing desire for the time being. I've had 5 pens need repair or nib work out of the box just in the last year.

**carlc** · January 18th, 2016, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by Paddrino

Yea I've noticed the quality control argument as well. I guess the loudest voices will be heard.

It goes in cycles, a few years ago it was Parker, then Omas, then Pelikan, then Conway Stewart and even Yard-o-Led (and probably others, I switch off after a while). I suspect there is a herd mentality. Once one complaint goes up then others join in with their 'me too' and it snowballs.

**TAYLORPUPPY** · February 7th, 2016, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by Tracy Lee

Originally Posted by Llewellyn

Originally Posted by chojo

The replacement Divina seems to be behaving well, I have it filled with Diamine Sapphire and am thoroughly enjoying it. It's only my second Visconti but I'm sure it won't be my last! I was eyeing up the room in arles as I have a thing for brown pens but having seen a better photo of that pollard willows now, I may just change my mind. That is beautiful.

Believe me when I say that it won't stop at one, or even two, Visconti's!! (just ask Tracy Lee who I think trumps us all when it comes to Visconti ownership). For all the noise from the critics, they are wonderful pens and I'm sure you will love them - congratulations. And we always like to see pictures.

Bogon07 trumps me now by many. I am around 38 but I do love them. My Florentine Hills just went back because the knob on the filling rod came off and wouldn't go back on. Thankfully Coles fixed it stateside and it will be home today. I have had lots of my Visconti need repair, but they are such a pleasure to use and their customer service is really very good. I will admit, though, it has slowed down my purchasing desire for the time being. I've had 5 pens need repair or nib work out of the box just in the last year.

Thank you for the good report on Coles. I have an Opera crystal that needs work. I was just gonna throw it in the back of the drawer and forget about it. I'll contact Them, now. I'll mention your praise of them

**Chi Town** · April 2nd, 2017, 01:29 AM

I ve got about 24 Visconti's and the 1st problem I've just encountered is with the Salvador Dali, where I just noticed that it is bending? But my most expensive one is the Visconti Speakeasy LE, # 51 of 1,000. 2nd to my Luigi Einaudi LE - # 63 of 975

**Scooby921** · April 3rd, 2017, 09:44 AM

How do you like the Speakeasy? I wanted one for the novelty of it, but I haven't been able to convince myself that it's worth the money. It's unique, and that's great for a collector. I'd use it, probably regularly as I really like the design and colors, but I don't anticipate it writes any differently from the other Dreamtouch Visconti's I already own.

**WmEdwards** · April 3rd, 2017, 10:09 AM

Well, let me be brutally honest here. I have a whopping 5 Viscontis (BA HS (1), Wall Street LE (3-one of each color), Rembrant. Three of the five needed help right out of the box (skipping, hard starts, ink starvation, vac-filling knob cross threaded). The other two were awesome! I love the pens, but based on MY personal experience, Visconti does have current QC issues. I am glad for those that have never had an issue. I will keep buying them if they continue to produce pens that strike my fancy, but only from dealers who will inspect them first.