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Hello, my name is Ada, I'm an economist and a FP addict.  If you have a site about with FPs, please email me the link. If you find a broken link please email me also.  THANKS!

 
A box of Stylos and Pens Penseller based in Belgium, I've never bought from them.
Art Brown International Pen Shop Based in NY, recommended by many on acpp.
Andy Evan's Pens UK based seller of ready to write vintage FPs.
Battersea Pen Home UK pen seller based in London, also have info on London Pen Show.
Berliner Pen Great vintage pen seller in the States
Bill Enderlin The Pen Mechanic The pen mechanic repairs pens and is highly recommended by many Zossers
Bonham's World's top auction house that USED TO auction fountain pens. Now Cooper Owen does.
Blots Pens UK Blots Pens UK are a specialist mail order supplier of calligraphy sets and fountain pen supplies. They mail calligraphy sets all over the world.
Pen and Ink of Mississippi  
Christian Fricke
Pens! Of course! 		And of course you have to subscribe to his monthly email list for discounts and info about new pens.
Classic Pens Company Lambrou's Company [Lambrou is the guy who published Fountain Pens of the World.]
Cob And Pen Online pen seller based in UK. Anne and Charles Whitehead attend antique and pen shows around UK.
Cooper Owen A REAL auction house, unlike eBay.
Daniele Teppa - Pens and Pencils Special Sale Penseller based in Italy
David Nishimura This website provides omforting price info when you start wondering whether you've paid too much for that Waterman 52...
David Wells Pen seller / Restorer based in UK, specialises in Conway Stewart
eBay Sellers eBay sellers that I have bought from and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Edinburgh Pen Shop This shop is just behind Princes's Street (on Rose Street, click to see a map), you've got to go there if you're into Scottish vintage pens like Waverley.  Address: 194 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 4AZ.
Fountain Pen Hospital aka FPH, usually offer their pens at 20% off US list price
Fountain Pen Domain US penseller online.
Fountain Pen Resources US based website with loads of links, created by fountain pen lover Bruce Marshall.
Gerhard Baur collects Fountain Pens Website in both German and English
Giardino Italiano Italian pens on discount, not usually the cheapest on net, but loyalty program to keep its customers coming back.
Glenn Marcus's Pen Page Tons of info on pens, inks, and shop-list for major cities around the world.
Graham J. Oliver UK (Grantham) based online seller, specialises in British vintage.
Hal Arnold  A great pen restorer according to many Zossers.
Han Seiringer's Vintage Pens UK vintage penseller based in Sussex
HisNibs.com US penseller. You might want to know that Pauline in the BBC comedy The League of Gentlemen once enthuses about opening a stationery storeby this name...
Ink Pen  
Ink Sampler  Greg Clark publishes hand-painted ink samplers that illustrate 280+ modern and vintage inks
Jansen Lam's Fountain Pen Directory Brief history of pen companies and contact details)
Jim Gastons's Essential read for newbies, sell Sheaffer. He also used to sell LE Eversharp FP, e.g. the NY Yellow Cab.
Jim Griffiths Vintage Montblanc and Pelikans for Sale
John Mottishaw  Your one-stop shop for Pelikan with customised nibs. John also customise and repair all nibs.
John M. Gwin's Nib Collecting Site  
JOON (New York)  
Kate's Paperie US stationery store online, have discounts on Recife's pens occasionally
Levenger's  US based online seller for writing and reading tools. Their legal pads are loved by many Zossers.
Mont Blanc  (click here to read about MB users' comments)
Moose Meadow [Currently Offline] (US vintage pen seller, never bought from)
Nakaya Handmade Pen Hard rubber and celluloid pens made in Japan.
Namiki/Pilot  (Japanese pen manufacturer of Maki-e pens [expensive!!] and Vanishing Points)
Novelli.it Italian pen seller
NY Pens Vintage pens
OMAS OMAS stands for Officina Meccanica Armando Simoni. Bad news is that this Italian pen manufacturer that was recently acquired by LVMH in 2001. Good news is that we can now walk into a LV shop and buya bottle of OMAS ink if you're lucky enough to get served by one of their snobbish sales persons.
Oriane French stationery shop that didn't reply my email...
Oscar Braun Pen Shop Strongly recommended by many on the alt.collecting.pens-pencils
P.W. Akkerman Recommended by Marten van de Kraats on the alt.collecting.pens-pencils as the best pen store in Netherlands. The pen store is in Hague.  Please note that the P.W. Akkerman in Amsterdam, although going by the same name, is not the same company as P.W. Akkerman in Hague (Kalverstraat 149, 1012XB Amsterdam, 020-6023 1649).  Apparently they're originally from the same family but they've split.  I've asked the shop keeper at Amsterdam whether the two shops are the same and he kind of look offended by the question - so don't ask that question when you go there.  The Amsterdam shop doesn't look as grand as the one in Hague but they have that old fashioned understated look that I love.
Parker 75 Detail description of the design changes occurred during the 20-odd years this pen was in production
Pelikan German FP manufacturer since 1931, paint manufacturer since 1838, a company made possible by hefty import tax charged by German authority on foreign paint in the 19th century.  They make fantastic modern FPs with semi-flexible nibs though...
Pelikan's Nest Amazing Site with even more amazing collection of Pelikans
Pen Box UK based vintage pen seller.
Pen Collectors of America  
   
Pen Gallery Reputable pen shop based in Malaysia that sells modern pens at half of UK list price
Pen Hero Unmissable pen site with tons and tons of links
Pen Hotel "where pen lovers meet", a pen shop at Dordrecht, owned by Marcel van Eck
Pen Museum UK vintage pen restorer, owns the world's largest stock of spare parts, run masterclasses and sell videos on how to repair pens.
Pen Rescue UK based pen restorer Ron Felman.
   
Pen and Paper Cardiff (UK) based stationary store.  Free UK delivery for all writing instrument purchases over £50.  Students get 10% discount so pull out your student cards!
Pen to Paper Brighton (UK) based stationery store.  They sell French paper and ink in there.
Pens and Watches Place to drool at pictures and gather info.
The Pen Shop UK's major chain store for pens - sell pens at list price and charge £2 for delivery if ordered online.
Pendemonium Sam the pen goddess sells vintage leads for pencil (e.g. hard to find square leads for Eversharps), repairing tools, and books
Penfriend UK (London) based brick and mortar pen shop, in business since 1950.
PENguin Collector and seller of rare and expensive vintage Pelikan Fountain Pens.  This guy has loads of relatively common vintage Pelikan pens as well, like my beloved 400NN.
Penopoly US vintage pen seller.  The lucky strikers of the Parker Jackpot (They've found a whole box of vintage Parker pen parts back in 2001.  The box belonged to a guy who worked for Parker repairing fountain pens who has passed away some years ago.)  If you're patient enough you might be able to find the stories on the Zoss list archive or from the back issues of Stylophile (those issues are only available on CDs).
www.penpractice.com Lawrence Oldfield's website.  UK based, he does pen repairs and sell vintage pens.
Penthusiasm  
Pentrace Literature and discussions on the use of FPs and Inks and etc...
Pensations.com Penseller based in the US. Sells Bexley, Genoso, Laguiole, Martini, Pelikan, Sailor, Sheaffer, Stylpen, Vuarnet.
www.pensburymanor.com Syd Saperstein's webpage on pen repairs -
www.mikpens.com Mike North - Customised unique hand made olive wood pens & gifts made in Greece.
MK Pens Restorer and seller of vintage pens based in UK.
Monroe's Penshop.com  
Mr. Pen UK based online pen seller.
Nathan Tardif Want music nibs but don't want to spend a fortune? Send him an email!
Philip Poole  
Recife French pen manufacturer that produce pens by pen addicts, for pen addicts, of pen addicts???!?!?
Regina Martini's mailorder FANTASTIC penseller with an unimaginable large collection of pens, Germany based but v familiar with international orders.
RossPens.com A Zosser selling restored vintage pens, US based.
Richard Binder Fountain Pen  
Scription German pen shop in Bremen runs by a MB addict - oh if only I can go there once a month...
Siggi Stadtbaeumer Unmissable website for Pelikan collectors)
SJX Singaporean pen seller who advertised on Zoss list, whom I'd never bought from.
Snowstar  
Swisher Pens Reputable American pen shop for modern pens
The Writing Desk Britain's premier mail-order fountain pen ink supplier
Tozsu's pen collection Pelikan, MB, Visconti, OMAS
UK FOUNTAIN PEN websites Search engine provides links to a whole load of UK based pen sellers.
Visconti Italian pen manufacturer that invented: (1) travelling inkpot, (2) double ink reservoir, (3) made the Skeleton
Webster's Pen Shop UK based online pen store, they have big stash of Penman ink sitting in their store. (No Sapphire though, unless you get the multi colour pack.)
WetInc  US vintage pen seller, selling mainly Parker 51.
Werner Kleinhorst German penseller, related to enter-net.de?
Werner Ruettinger Great Pelikan site in German and English, contains vintage nib size description.
Wood Bin Ltd. Vintage pen seller and tools for pen repairs, based in US.
World Pen  
Zoss's Website Follow the links to subscribe to Zoss list, run by Tom Zoss.
Zoxx.com American distributor for Inoxcrom pens, made in Spain
400NN The KEF nib of my beloved Pelikan 400NN (K stands for Kugelschreiber, ballpoint in German)


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MB Users's Comments [back to Mont Blanc]

  • very annoyed
  • very satisfied  -  The page used to be hosted by "Mont Blanc Pen Collectors Net".  The page looks like the website has now gone under.  [accessed on 15 August 2005].

Markets / Fairs [Top of Page]

  • London Bermonsey Street Market, Tube/Underground: Bank.  Fair starts at 4.30am on Fridays, but most of the shops aren't set up until 6am.  (BTW I was there early not through sheer determination but more like I was staying at the student accommodation of King's College London just down the road from there, the room was yucky but cheap, the mattress and the pillow and the duvey stink so much that I had to buy a sleeping bag.)  The white truck on one side of the market sells really really nice homemade apple turnover and hot chocolate.  Always take a flashlight with you so you can see where you're going.
     

STATIONERY - You've got to get some paper to write on, right? [Top of Page]

  • The ITALIAN CORNER, 16 Royal Arcarde, London W1. Tube/Underground: Green Park. Tel: 020 7499 9469: If you're UK based, this is possibly the only place in UK that stocks Pineider paper (one of the few companies that make 100% cotton bond/rag paper, Napoleon, Byron and Maria Callas got their calling cards engraved by Pineider). They also stocks pens and inks produced in Italy (Stipula, Aurora, etc.).  BTW Pineider's website hasn't got much information about anything and it's down [accessed 15 August 2005] so don't bother clicking your mouse at it!
     
  • More about Pineider [added 15 August 2005] - they have shops in Rome (I saw 2 - Via Fontanella Borghese 22, and Via dei Due Macelli 68, +39 06 679 5884 - 06 678 9013, a slow traveller prefers the former) and at least one in Florence.  In Florence the shop is located in Piazza della Signoria (+39 055284655, you will most certainly pass by it if you're visiting Florence as a tourist because it's where you'll find Palazzo Vecchio and Uffizi Gallery).  Their shops look like boutique chains - think Chanel, Dior, Gucci - they sell expensive leather goods to hold their exclusive paper products (and some more, through the store windows the leather goods looks similar to Smythson's products) and they have some pens lying around too.  I was rather disappointed as from what I've read about the shop, I expected to find some crummy old men who know everything about paper and dies.  Instead I find several courteous professionally dressed ladies, which is what I should have expected given I walked into a shop selling paper that are like £1 or more for an A4.  Time has moved on and I'm left behind...
     
  • Smythson of Bond Street, London - They make fine stationery products too.  I contacted them a few years ago and asked if they do 100% cotton bond, they said no.
     
  • Crane & Co. - US stationery company, makes 100% cotton bond!!!
     
  • Clairefontaine - French stationery company.  I don't know if their paper is 100% cotton bond but loads of FP users vouch for it.

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