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REVIEW: Yard-o-Led Viceroy Victorian Standard


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Hey, it's great that you like the pen! Not so great that the converter is leaking, but thankfully standard international converters are easy to replace.

 

Thanks for the writing samples!

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I bought a Yard-o-Led Viceroy Victorian about four years and I can only agree that it is a great pen to write with.

 

The only problem is that it started leaking a couple of years ago. Since I was living in China at the time, I couldn't find anywhere that could fix it. Now I am in Hong Kong, I chanced a upon a former stockist, who tried to fix it and failed. Ironically, Yard-o-Led is based in my native Birmingham, but I really can't be bothered to send it all the way there.

 

Despite that, I'm still a massive fan of YoL, and I am thinking of splashing out on their new limited edition (forgotten what it is called).

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Is it the post costs holding you back? YOL do a wonderful job on section leaks. I sent a barley standard in some years ago and they replaced about 1/3 of the pen at no charge! Swapped out the black section for a silver one and gave me a new nib while they were at it. Came back looking and acting like a new pen and I was ecstatic.

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Thankfully i got my leak repaired. I took it back to the shop, and the replaced the converter with a standard one, and 2 1/2 weeks on no leaks. Very happy!

 

Now i just need to speak to them about getting my medium nib!

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I'm not normally into pens with flowery patterns, but this is such a graceful pen! This pleasant and thorough (as always, QM2) review deserves a bump from the current reader who right now is very interested in YOLs and am planning to join the fan club very soon.

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Excellent review, lovely pen, thanks.

And how can this be, because he is the Kwisatz Haderach.

 

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I got to try this beauty a few hours ago. It this the same pen but with a different finish? Would it also take the Waterman size long cartridge? It certainly felt slim yet comfortable even with a comparison trial with a MB Solitare Sterling Silver and some Montegrappas: Mya & Extra. Held up well in this company.

 

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