Caran D'ache Madison

[sandy101]

Hello. I'm thining of purchasing a 2nd hand Caran D'Ache Madison.

 

I believe it is a Madison 1, not a Madison 2. Could anyone advise what type of refills/convertor this pen will take, please? I know the newer Caran D'ache pens will take international standard, but what about older ones?

 

Thank you.

 

 

[jar]

Should still be the International Standard.

[sandy101]

The pen turned up today, with a convertor attached full of ink, which had exploded all over place as a result of being in the baggage hold.

 

So now, I've got very inky fingers.

 

I'm surprised at how thin the pen actually is, but it writes very well. It has a beautiful nib, that has with a little (pleasant) grip. A bit of pressure produces a broad line, no pressure produces a more sensible medium line.

 

Now, I'll have to give it a good clean out but it looks like it might be a keeper. It cost me just under £90.

[Bo Bo Olson]

No pictures to drool over?????????????????

[sandy101]

Ok, here we are. It's back from a repair by Caran D'ache, which seems to have replaced everything.

 

[Tas]

Ok, here we are. It's back from a repair by Caran D'ache, which seems to have replaced everything.

 

[sandy101]

Here's what it looked like before. The plastic section had several cracks in it, and was leaking. Caran d'Ache said to send it for repair, they charged me £65 and fitted a new nib and section - so the pen now has an 18k nib, when it used to be 14k and the section is metal. Either they fitted a new section, and polished the old bits, or just replaced the whole pen.

 

[Tas]

Here's what it looked like before. The plastic section had several cracks in it, and was leaking. Caran d'Ache said to send it for repair, they charged me £65 and fitted a new nib and section - so the pen now has an 18k nib, when it used to be 14k and the section is metal. Either they fitted a new section, and polished the old bits, or just replaced the whole pen.

 

 

 

I love hearing stories of customer service and value like this.

 

I sent my Classic off to them to swap an M nib for an EF and I think the round trip was just three days.