San Francisco Pen Shops

[Mustang Mars]

Hi, am coming to SF in June for a week of conferences and wanted to know which pen shops are worth visiting. Interested in all brands second hand and new. Thanks.

[Chrissy]

I remembered that this information has been requested on a previous occasion so I did a search. This previous thread came up (http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/14862-Fountain-pen-store-suggestions-in-San-Francisco?highlight=Francisco+stores)

[Farmboy]

Tell the Posse king when and he will arrange a meeting.

King = Franz.

[Mustang Mars]

Great thanks

[Chip]

I bought several nice pens from an art supply store on a cross street south of Market. Don't recall the name. They had a single display counter of pens, with Aurora, Parker, Sheaffer, Pelikan, and other top makes.

I bought a Namiki Vanishing Point in carbon fiber and a Parker Duofold International in grey pearl.

In any event, here's an index:

https://www.sanfrancisco.org/arts-supply-stores?page=

[Mustang Mars]

I bought several nice pens from an art supply store on a cross street south of Market. Don't recall the name. They had a single display counter of pens, with Aurora, Parker, Sheaffer, Pelikan, and other top makes.

I bought a Namiki Vanishing Point in carbon fiber and a Parker Duofold International in grey pearl.

In any event, here's an index:

https://www.sanfrancisco.org/arts-supply-stores?page=

Thanks. Very helpful as I don’t know where I’ll be staying.

[Farmboy]

You probably were at Flax. Gone. No longer.

[Derrek]

I bought several nice pens from an art supply store on a cross street south of Market. Don't recall the name. They had a single display counter of pens, with Aurora, Parker, Sheaffer, Pelikan, and other top makes.

I bought a Namiki Vanishing Point in carbon fiber and a Parker Duofold International in grey pearl. They started to offer the best prices after had shifted to Priceva (https://priceva.com/digital-shelf).

In any event, here's an index:


Too bad :( loved it!

[AzJon]

You probably were at Flax. Gone. No longer.

Could have also been Blick, which is on Market, that likely had some fountain pens.

Edit: realized they said South of Market. Yeah, that was Flax. RIP, you awesome little art store, you.

Edit 2: looks like they move to Fort Mason: https://flaxart.com/san-francisco-store/