For vintage Pelikan fans: http://thepenguinpen.com/
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For vintage Pelikan fans: http://thepenguinpen.com/
Let's hope this will become a great resource thread.
A few places that I visit for purchases or simply to kill time :spider: (in no particular order):
- La Couronne du Comte (I love shopping duty free and for over 150 euro, it's free shipping too!);
- The Writing Desk and Cult Pens (two other UK retailers that offer competitive prices on selected models, especailly after deducting VAT. Reasonable worldwide shipping charges);
- Nibs.com for Nakaya beauty (When will I be able to afford one? :cry:) and other Japanese pens;
- www.engeika.com for other Japanese pens;
- www.gopens.com for vintage eye candies;
- GregMinuskin.com for vintage flex and custom stubs at great prices;
- Penboard, when I have Montblanc or Pelikan cravings;
- eBay;
the list goes on...
http://www.gouletpens.com ~ general stuff
http://www.nanamipaper.com ~ Paper .. AWESOME !
http://www.vulpennen.nl/nl/merken/ak...kkInkt000.html ~ INK !
http://www.nibs.com/NakayaMainPage.html ~ Pens, when I have some $ lol
http://fp-writings.blogspot.com/
Great italic nibs.
A couple of my favorite sites that haven't, I think, been mentioned:
http://silentseeing.com
http://personalgeographic.wordpress.com
http://estilofilos.blogspot.com
http://opiorach.blogspot.com
er... okay, a few not a couple!
ETA: http://karlotatad.wordpress.com Love this site!
In addition to several already mentioned - isellpens.com - Todd Nussbaum
Updated OP by consolidating links. Also, stickied.
I did not see http://thesebeautifulpens.blogspot.nl by Miss Elderberry. Does not post very often but regularly and like Dandelion she is very good with her camera. Has a soft spot for Japanese pens, broad nibs (yes, they go together) and nice papers.
Thanks, fountainpenkid! That is really encouraging.
Cheers,
Iosepus
Is there any european or UK (yes, I'm aware of the contradiction) retailers that do ink sampling like the Goulets and such? That would be great.
The fabulous Leigh Reyes blog is at http://www.leighreyes.com.
Clement Dionglay's ink and stationery review blog is at http://archer-rantings.blogspot.com.
+1 I love how the pens are compared or described not only on their technical merits (which is done thoroughly and well) but how you often talk about the history -- where they fit into the market, what they were competing with or replacing, what would replace them, what needs they were responding to, technical restraints, etc.
Excellent job. I always look forward to your posts.
Another +1 from me. Fantastic site.
And I also like http://kmpn.blogspot.com ... Huge pics!
Tony
The following pen related sites have been Bookmarked on my computer:
--nibs.com for Sailor (also other Japanese) pens, books, some ink & the information pages
--Goulet Pens for ink & accessories
--Stylus. ca (Edmonton AB) for Japanese Apica notebooks
--Pendemonium for large blotter sheets
--Edison pen Co. to window-shop for my next custom pen
--Richard's Pens to consult the Reference Pages
--Google Custom Search research FPN threads re: pens, ink, paper, plastics, etc......
--Laywine's (Toronto) ink, paper, organizers, desk accessories & pens.
Sorry, I have not yet learned how to attach a "link" to e-mail or post.
Cheers: Tintak
Not a pen website per se, but I did make a shortened url of a google search of kickstarter for the various pen projects that appear there, since (currently, at least) the ks search feature is lacking, imo: http://j.mp/Pens_ks
Also? It's now just a site for information (since Mike Scherer's stopped making them), but the site for my BOMAPen D6 model #3 - http://www.inklingpen.com
I only buy ink and paper from one place,
1) Gouletspens.com
As for pens, I buy from
1) ebay.com
2) pentime.com
3) Penboard.de
4) vintagewatermanpens.co/uk
5) gouletpens.com
6) the classifieds section on fountainpennetwork.com
I'm going to add a shameless plug here and say PenPaperInkLetter.com!
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I've put a lot into it and I am proud of what it has become in a short time.