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I want to recommend the penshop La Couronne du Comte. They have a great webshop (www.lacouronneducomte.nl ) as well as B&M in Tilburg, The Netherlands.

 

Had bought a Waterman Edson NOS from another country and decided to go for another nib.

Although the pen is not bought in the shop they take care of all the hassle (forms, sending back and forth). Where do you find service like this?

 

Recommended! :thumbup:

(Just a very happy customer).

 

Rob

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Agreed.

 

The store is wonderful, the website is very good, and the service is superb. Dennis van de Graaf is terrific to deal with. This is one classy outfit.

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Thanks. I have been looking for a good dealer in Europe.

 

They have good prices and great selection.

 

For US buyers, register for the site. The prices displayed include VAT, but if you register they will show the prices without the VAT.

 

They are having a moving sale, alot of ballpoints, but they do have a few fountain pen steals.

Your life really starts when you buy your first Dupont fountain pen; so stop aimlessly wandering through life and buy a Dupont!

 

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i'm going to watch they site immediatly ;)

A people can be great withouth a great pen but a people who love great pens is surely a great people too...

Pens owned actually: MB 146 EF;Pelikan M200 SE Clear Demonstrator 2012 B;Parker 17 EF;Parker 51 EF;Waterman Expert II M,Waterman Hemisphere M;Waterman Carene F and Stub;Pilot Justus 95 F.

 

Nearly owned: MB 149 B(Circa 2002);Conway Stewart Belliver LE bracket Brown IB.

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+1. Dennis is a pleasure to deal with.

True bliss: knowing that the guy next to you is suffering more than you are.

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I visited the store Friday for the first time. Every item on my list (Sailor limited edition ink and other)was available. The Pelikan ink Turqoise was only available in the bigger bottle... so: I got the big slosh for the price of the small bottle. Mr. de Graaf is very nice, friendly and no effort is too much. (His tea got cold after he helped me through all my inquiries. :embarrassed_smile:)

The shop is small and cramped with high class pens. The owner told me the shop is moving soon to a bigger shop nearby.

Talking passionately to a complete stranger next to me about being a FP-junky it turned out to be a well respected FPN member:WIMG! B) ......In the flesh, from Maastricht.

This made my visit to the shop even more fun.

So, if you visit the store, keep your eyes open for other FPN-members. Could just stand next to you :P

I ordered a hardcase pen-etui for 4 pens in my favorit color turquoise and its going to be hand made for me on order.

Prices are really good, but more important is the impressive assortment. And he's going to sell Noodlers in the future. :cloud9:

(no affiliation, just a happy customer)

" Go with the inkflow, my friend "

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A niggle about La Couronne Du Comte. Ordered something from their website for the first time, and they've taken payment despite the item not being in stock.

I think I'll email them in future about stock/availability before placing any further orders.

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A niggle about La Couronne Du Comte. Ordered something from their website for the first time, and they've taken payment despite the item not being in stock.

I think I'll email them in future about stock/availability before placing any further orders.

Sadly, they did this when I placed an ink order too. They refunded the money when the stock didn't come in, but by then it was a few weeks later and the conversion rate had changed so I actually got back less than I had paid and had nothing to show for it.

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I appreciate they're a small business, but it would be nice if they could update their website to note which items are out of stock

 

I'll see if I can source the pen from somewhere else, although bizarrely the pen (Delta Unica) doesn't seem to be as widely available in Europe as it does in America.

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I appreciate they're a small business, but it would be nice if they could update their website to note which items are out of stock

 

I'll see if I can source the pen from somewhere else, although bizarrely the pen (Delta Unica) doesn't seem to be as widely available in Europe as it does in America.

I do not like LCC at all ;)

 

Want to know why... Just click the link and read about my epic journey into Fountain Pen Heaven....

 

There are even photos of the inside of Fountain Pen Elysium and

of hte divine Fountain Pen highnesses Dennis and Rik :)

Ihttps://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/277861-fountain-pen-heavenlivela-couronne-du-comte/

 

well I will give htem a call (although living in Austria now I am Dutch and was born and raised in the country of cheese and cannabis :D ) and tell about the website thing... will let you know of course

 

Have a nice evening

 

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Peter

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An update. Cancelled the Delta Unica order and was refunded very quickly. Placed a new order for a Visconti Rembrandt and received the pen in the UK from the Netherlands in two days, wrapped beautifully.

 

Pen itself wrote beautifully, and had blue ink residue in it, tested by La Couronne before sending out I guess ?

 

In short, would definitely buy from again

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I've bought quite a lot of ink from them in the past. Communication is great and they ship very fast. I recently ordered one measly bottle of ink and it arrived all wrapped up in textured green Christmas wrapping.

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Prices a bit high (no offence :) ) But I recently bought some inks from them and am a very happy customer. :thumbup:

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