STORES

I recently had the opportunity to return to Edmonton, Alberta. There I visited with Stylus Pens - See Great Pen Stores.

PEN VIEWS

Some of the new pens for 2012

A gift for someone who uses a pen? Easy. Lots of options

Pen repairs, the bad side of owning a pen.

INKS

I had the opportunity to pick up a bottled of Rohrer & Klingner ink. Interesting colour and the ink I selected has great performance.

 

With so many inks I can never really note one as the single best ink, but I must admit, for the past six months or so I have really enjoyed using Iroshizuku ink by Pillot.

Using a beautiful blue: asa-gao which is now one of my Inks of Note.

PENS OF NOTE

After many years of admiring this pen, I finally have one of the iconic pens of Italy - the Delta Delcevita Oversized with a stub nib and it quickly became a Pen of Note.

 

September - 2011 - At Mora Stylo in Paris I selected the Stipula Etruria Fiesole fountain pen. A pen with a classic look and a great broad nib.

Welcome to Glenn's Pens

This web site is all about fountain pens, inks, stores, pen companies and the pleasures of owning and writing with a pen of choice. In writing with a fountain pen, the nib and the ink both give character to your writing. It is a very different experience than writing with a ball point pen.

Listing of Pen Stores & Great Pen Stores.

On my travels I have always try to find a great pen stores. My earlier travels would require looking in phone books, or asking at the hotel. So I started collecting names and addresses of stores that sell fountain pens and published a listing on this web site. For those I thought were of a note, I list those as Great Pen Stores, Stores of Note.

I thank those who visit the site and provid recommendations of stores they have come across in their travels. Please do send me a note with your thoughts on stores, pens or inks.

This year I look forward to visiting pen stores in Italy and France.

New Pens Coming

So one pen is never enough. That is pretty much an established fact. So keeping an eye on new pens coming or just issued is always an interest to many. OMAS previously isued the 360 Vintage in a see through blue body and cap. It is a stunning pen. I just received word that the next pen out will be the 360 Vintage in Red.

Now red in one of my favorite colours and this pen looks equally stunning as the Vintage Blue previously released. I put some of my thoughts in my Views Column on some of the new offerings.

Delta Pen

I will be visiting with Delta Pen of Italy this year. I am looking forward to the visit and tour of their new facilities. They are one of the last of the big Italian pen manufacturers that I have yet to visit.

Delta Dolcevita, Oversize, Vermeil Trim - to be in the right mood, I recently picked-up the Dolcevita, and it quickly became one of my Pens of Note. It is a pen I have been wanting to own for years. It is a beauity. In my Pens of Note Collection.

I have previously visisted with the other major pen companies that include Aurora, OMAS, Stipula and Visconti.

Pens and Paris (2011)

In September I spent a week in Paris and that provided an opportunity to visit a number of pen stores. I have updated the Great Stores - Paris.

I had the opportunity to meet the owners and staff of a number of stores. All were very gracious is making time to talk with me, to discuss the pen business and provide their perspective on pens and the the value of written communications.

There was very consistent themes expressed as to what is important to pen stores and those who buy and use pens. A passion for pens clearly came across. The need and value of good style, good production quality and good service was consistently part of the discussions. I thank everyone that I met and found the visits very interesting.