Waterman Audace

[Scrawler]

My daughter has set her heart on getting a Waterman Audace. As far as we can tell the fountain pen was never made available in North America. We sent some money to a friend in Europe to buy one and send it to her, but the Europeans wanted to take 60 percent of the value of our cheque in bank fees, which would not leave enough to buy the pen. My daughter had a small gift of US$ cash which would have been enough to buy this pen, which we used to buy the Euro's cheque. I have asked my friend to return the cheque, and when it gets back here I would like to find some other way to get this pen for her. She has taken a couple of my pens and has fallen in love with writing with the fountain pen. I would like to encourage young people to write with these, and her use of a pen like this, will set a good example at her school. I would like for her to have her own pen, in a style that she has chosen for herself for her first pen. Can anyone here help me to buy a Waterman Audace Enchanted Garden or Shiny Pearl? We are located in Canada, which, while once a hotbed of Waterman production and usage, now seems to be a wasteland as far as fine writing is concerned.

[Marek Badzynski]

You are located in Canada?

If by any chance, it's the Toronto/GTA region, you may consider dropping by the Toronto Pen Show - in 2 weeks time.

I presume the experts at the show will get you all the help you may need.

 

here

 

good luck with the hunt

Marek

[Scrawler]

You are located in Canada?

If by any chance, it's the Toronto/GTA region, you may consider dropping by the Toronto Pen Show - in 2 weeks time.

I presume the experts at the show will get you all the help you may need.

 

here

 

good luck with the hunt

Marek

Unfortunately I cannot get to Toronto. I live in the middle of the Boreal forest a few hundred miles from Toronto and it is not so easy to travel there. As soon as I found this site and read about the Toronto show, my daughter was after me to drive up there, but the cost of traveling and then staying in a hotel is prohibitive. I would certainly like to go, I need bladders and other items to repair my Waterman No 7. For the time being I will have to do everything my internet and mail.

[Peheme]

Hello,

 

I know sending cash in the mail is not allowed buy many postal services, but it could be a solution, if you send it registered.

Use your check to buy some euros, and mail them to your friend.

 

A safer solution would be to buy traveller's cheques. Your friend could cash them and buy the pen for you.

 

Or, even better, maybe one of the Canadian sellers listed on the Waterman site could help you with your request:

Waterman

[Scrawler]

Hello,

 

I know sending cash in the mail is not allowed buy many postal services, but it could be a solution, if you send it registered.

Use your check to buy some euros, and mail them to your friend.

 

A safer solution would be to buy traveller's cheques. Your friend could cash them and buy the pen for you.

 

Or, even better, maybe one of the Canadian sellers listed on the Waterman site could help you with your request:

Waterman

I bought a cheque in Euro's from my bank for the appropriate amount. It was a cheque on the same bank that my friend used in the Netherlands. They wanted 50 Euros to cash a 75 Euro cheque. Apparently they cannot deal with paper in the Netherlands any more, and this same condition would have applied no matter what type of paper was presented. Everything is apparently done electronically. I approached all the Waterman dealers in Canada I could find, including the importer in Montreal. They only imported the ballpoint pen into North America. I have seen this pen on sale through eBay in the UK, but I have never bought anything off eBay, and will not because I have had friends who have lost their money that way, and if I buy it from the UK they want to charge me a 17.5 percent tax of some sort.

[WRob]

My daughter has set her heart on getting a Waterman Audace. As far as we can tell the fountain pen was never made available in North America. We sent some money to a friend in Europe to buy one and send it to her, but the Europeans wanted to take 60 percent of the value of our cheque in bank fees, which would not leave enough to buy the pen. My daughter had a small gift of US$ cash which would have been enough to buy this pen, which we used to buy the Euro's cheque. I have asked my friend to return the cheque, and when it gets back here I would like to find some other way to get this pen for her. She has taken a couple of my pens and has fallen in love with writing with the fountain pen. I would like to encourage young people to write with these, and her use of a pen like this, will set a good example at her school. I would like for her to have her own pen, in a style that she has chosen for herself for her first pen. Can anyone here help me to buy a Waterman Audace Enchanted Garden or Shiny Pearl? We are located in Canada, which, while once a hotbed of Waterman production and usage, now seems to be a wasteland as far as fine writing is concerned.

 

Do you have an eBay and PayPal account? If you do, then follow this link, and buy from Lewertowski, or "Pen Seller From France" - he seems to be the choice of everyone here on FPN who wants to buy cheaply and reliably, even if they're in N.America.

 

My link

[pen2paper]

Do you have an eBay and PayPal account? If you do, then follow this link, and buy from Lewertowski, or "Pen Seller From France" - he seems to be the choice of everyone here on FPN who wants to buy cheaply and reliably, even if they're in N.America.

 

My link

Mr. Lewertowski is well recommended here.. in the earlier link to Canadian reps of Waterman products, Phidon Pens, Ontario (Cambridge?, I think) is highly recommended. Across the border, here in Michigan, Pam Braun of Oscar Braun pens is an authorized Waterman seller with stellar reputation.

edited to add: love the kitten sleeping on the laptop.. Any warm Lap will do for naptime aye?

Edited October 11, 2009 by pen2paper

[Scrawler]

Do you have an eBay and PayPal account? If you do, then follow this link, and buy from Lewertowski, or "Pen Seller From France" - he seems to be the choice of everyone here on FPN who wants to buy cheaply and reliably, even if they're in N.America.

 

My link

Mr. Lewertowski is well recommended here.. in the earlier link to Canadian reps of Waterman products, Phidon Pens, Ontario (Cambridge?, I think) is highly recommended. Across the border, here in Michigan, Pam Braun of Oscar Braun pens is an authorized Waterman seller with stellar reputation.

edited to add: love the kitten sleeping on the laptop.. Any warm Lap will do for naptime aye?

 

I am a terrible cat rescuer LOL. After rescuing so many I have learned to love them, so I have a cute cat motif, but that one is not one of mine. I am going to find out about setting up a penpal account and then after my daughter wakes up, I shall go through the Lewertowsky site and have her choose the exact pen, because the "Enchanted Garden" which was the one she chose from the Waterman site is not available. I have tried all the Canadian and US dealers that do mail order that I could find, without luck.

[Scrawler]

Thank you all for this information I have joined eBay and bought the pen from Mr. Lewertowski, so now my daughter is excitedly awaiting the delivery of her very own new pen.

[pen2paper]

Thank you all for this information I have joined eBay and bought the pen from Mr. Lewertowski, so now my daughter is excitedly awaiting the delivery of her very own new pen.

Aw, nice Dad:)

May I also suggest paper? In Canada you have access to Whitelines, which is Very nice..

Also, very inexpensive, fountainpen ink friendly, + eco-green, is: From Staple's "Eco-Friendly" Bagasse paper..

comes in lined school filler paper, composition books, which make nice journals, and pads. Some is wide ruled, some college ruled, in case that is important.

Daughter needs to avoid calligraphy/India inks, which will clog her pen.

Waterman, Lamy, Skrip, Pelikan, are fairly inexpensive.. Noodlers, Private Reserve for saturated colors. Aurora, but prices go up for some inks.

[Scrawler]

Thank you all for this information I have joined eBay and bought the pen from Mr. Lewertowski, so now my daughter is excitedly awaiting the delivery of her very own new pen.

Aw, nice Dad:)

May I also suggest paper? In Canada you have access to Whitelines, which is Very nice..

Also, very inexpensive, fountainpen ink friendly, + eco-green, is: From Staple's "Eco-Friendly" Bagasse paper..

comes in lined school filler paper, composition books, which make nice journals, and pads. Some is wide ruled, some college ruled, in case that is important.

Daughter needs to avoid calligraphy/India inks, which will clog her pen.

Waterman, Lamy, Skrip, Pelikan, are fairly inexpensive.. Noodlers, Private Reserve for saturated colors. Aurora, but prices go up for some inks.

I have given her a bottle of Pelikan Violet ink to start with. I have to take my car in for a recall next week, and have agreed to give her a day off school so she can accompany me on the trip and we shall go to an art supplies store, where I have been buying my supplies. I agree that she should not use India Ink, and if she ever wants to do calligraphy I will introduce her to stick pens. I have given her my old travel writing case. It is a brown leather case with blotter, note paper and places for pens. I bought it in the 1970's when an old store in London was closing down and it was found under a pile of dusty old things. It dates to the 1930's or 40's, before ball pens and email. I have some conqueror bond left over which I will give her, but that is best suited to black ink. I will keep my eye open for some Basildon Bond and take a look in Staples for the Bagasse paper. I like the heavier recycled paper. I have also agreed that she can keep one of the other pens that she took off me, so that she can have a black ink pen. It is an old Hero which she gets on with very well.

[Scrawler]

Thank you everyone for the help you have given. The pen arrived from Mr. Lewertowski today. It arrived with a cartridge in a yucky Florida Blue, and no converter. The spare Faber converters that I had were too long, so I took the converter out of my Rotring 600, carefully washed it of its Koningsblau and filled it with Pelican violet for her. She is now pleased as punch and is off somewhere writing away. I have had a little scrawl with it and I like it. It is a nice smooth writer. The medium nib is good for general purpose note taking and letter writing. So now that I know that Mr. Lewertowski is reliable and I have a paypal account to pay him, I think I will buy myself a few items I do not need, and maybe let her keep the eyedropper Hero that she also filched from my desk.

[penrivers]

Well, Montgomery pens in New York has it Waterman Audaces in ball points. I'm sure they have fountain pens.Greetings from México.

[Scrawler]

Well, Montgomery pens in New York has it Waterman Audaces in ball points. I'm sure they have fountain pens.Greetings from México.

 

No they do not. I contacted Waterman in France and they told me that only the ball pen was imported to North America. I had great difficulty finding one for my daughter. She actually wanted the "Enchanted Garden" but we could not find one anywhere. I contacted the importer in Montreal and they had one "Enchanted Garden" ball pen that was sent to them and it did not sell here in Canada. They still have it. My girl goes not want a ball pen, and in the end I bought her "The evening in Paris" fountain pen, from Lewertowski in Paris and despite my trepidation about mail order and using eBay in general, I am absolutely delighted with his service and from now on, that will be the first, not the last place I look.

[penrivers]

Well,you found it and I am glad.