Visconti Rembrandt Fountain Pens Reviews

quality:
quality rating 5 out of 5
function:
function rating 5 out of 5
style:
style rating 5 out of 5
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value value 5 out of 5
Overall rating:
4.4
out of 5
(14 reviews)

 
I recently purchased this pen with the fine nib. I flushed it out. It wrote perfectly upon touching the paper. I am running Noodler's x-feather in it. No issues at all on cheap USA made work paper. I appreciate the discount and free shipping. Nice service and pen. Regards.
overall: 5 out of 5
overall rating 5 out of 5
quality:
quality rating 5 out of 5
function:
function rating 5 out of 5
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style rating 5 out of 5
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value value 5 out of 5
I was very excited to purchase the Visconti Rembrandt. Visconti is an elite fountain pen manufacturer so when I saw I could get this pen for $165 I made the investment. I know in the pen universe that's not a lot of money especially when you are buying a Visconti, but to me it's a lot. Anyway I bought the pen from The Pen Chalet and they did a superb job handling my order. Why I inked the pen it wrote beautifully, but after a half a page to a page it ran dry. I must say I'm disappointed in this pen. I love the clip, I love the magnetic closer, but my writing experience was not so great. The Pen Chalet did a great job and I will and have purchased more pens in the future.
overall: 4 out of 5
overall rating 4 out of 5
quality:
quality rating 5 out of 5
function:
function rating 5 out of 5
style:
style rating 5 out of 5
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value value 5 out of 5
If you’re looking for a beautiful piece of artwork in the shape of a pen, then this “writing instrument” is for you! If you’re looking for something that actually writes on paper, steer clear. This device is absolutely NOT a writing instrument (hence the use of quotes above).

I really want to love Visconti’s products. They are creative, beautiful, and well made, with the exception of the polishing job on the nib. The problem with Visconti is that they do not make pens that write. I can say this with confidence because I now have three Visconti “pens” (a Rembrandt and two Van Goghs) and they all have the exact same problem. EVERY Visconti pen is delivered to you with a severe case of baby’s bottom. If you don’t believe me, see some of sbrebrown’s videos where he also complains about Visconti for the same reason. I had seen the videos, I had read other reviews, but I wanted so much to disbelieve them and thought that perhaps I’d get lucky and receive a functioning Visconti pen. I wanted a working Visconti so much that after my first one arrived with baby’s bottom I bought a second, which came the same way, and then a third. Now I am 3 for 3 with pens from Visconti that don’t work. I even tried ordering them from different vendors hoping for different results to no avail.

Just for background, I know how fountain pens are supposed to work. I have more than 50 of them, and so far the trend (although not a rule, thanks mostly to Pilot) is that the more expensive the “pen”, the worse it writes. If you are looking for a true writing instrument, get something that costs between $2 and $40. All of my Jinhao pens cost <$10 and every single one of them writes better than any of the three Visconti “pens” I have. Other good brands I’ve got multiples of that write well include: Hero, Baoer, Platinum, Monteverde, Conklin, Lamy, TWSBI, Noodler’s, and most of all Pilot. Pilot (I have at least 20 Pilot pens) is by far the most consistent nib maker. EVERY SINGLE ONE of my Pilot pens has written flawlessly from the day I got it, so if you really want a good writing fountain pen that you don’t have to mess with at all, just get a Pilot and you won’t be disappointed.

So why is it that I can buy 20+ pens from Pilot that all write superbly, yet spend almost $600 on pens from Visconti and not get a single one that actually writes on paper? I don’t know. I would like to hear an explanation from Visconti as to why they think it’s ok to send out beautiful, well made things sold as “pens” that have nibs so over polished that they can’t even put ink on paper! This is inexcusable as far as I’m concerned. Perhaps it’s just an Italian thing, similar to how Ferrari’s and Lamborghinis are beautiful cars but also notorious for being horribly unreliable—don’t’ use them as daily commuters or you’ll end up missing quite a few days of work. Yet go buy a Nissan GT-R NISMO and you can drive it to work every day and then take it to the track on the weekend. Look to the Italians for form, but NOT functionality!

So there you have it:
Visconti = Ferrari or Lamborghini (good for a nice view in the pen case or garage, but not designed to actually do what its main function is purported to be)
Pilot = Nissan GT-R (not quite as pretty, but outperforms the competition in both performance and reliability)

Bottom line: if you want a pen that writes, PLEASE do not buy a Visconti! And whatever you do, don’t make the same mistake I did and think “well, this person just got a dud, I’m sure all Viscontis can’t be that bad” because I had the very same thought THREE TIMES IN A ROW and now have three pen shaped pieces of art that don’t do anything but sit there looking pretty in my pen case.
overall: 3 out of 5
overall rating 3 out of 5
quality:
quality rating 3 out of 5
function:
function rating 3 out of 5
style:
style rating 3 out of 5
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value value 3 out of 5
The purple Rembrandt is a beautiful pen. It's round and a little lighter than its Dali and Michelangelo cousins. But it writes like a dream. The nib is ever so slightly stiffer than the nibs in the others but I find that makes it more practical for daily office use.
overall: 5 out of 5
overall rating 5 out of 5
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quality rating 5 out of 5
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function rating 5 out of 5
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