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Bangkok - Where To Catch Your Pelikan (And Other Inks)

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I've been in Thailand and Cambodia for the last six weeks, and with the solitary exception of a vintage Hero '61' copy, found no pens worth buying (I'm not counting the million fake MBs, some of them for sale at close to real MB prices).

 

But I did find a stationer's on Charoen Krung Road which sells Pelikan ink at 50 baht (90p, $1.50) a bottle. From Wat Mangkon Kamalawat (Chinese Temple) it's about three or four blocks in the direction of Hualamphong Station, on the other side of the road. There's a Pelikan sign clearly visible. Very friendly English-speaking staff.

 

Pilot ink was pretty widely available in Thai stationery stores at around 15 baht, sometimes 20 baht a bottle, in red and royal blue. Sheaffer and Parker I found occasionally but at quite high prices.

 

 

Too many pens, too little time!

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Thanks for the great information. I'm currently working in Bangkok, but finding various inks hard to find. In particular, I actually cannot find Pilot Blue ink anywhere. (B2S, Isetan, etc.). Are there particular Thai stationery shops that you have gone to that have Pilot Blue ink in bottles? (Or cartidges too?) Every place I go tells me they are out of stock and the only place to buy it is at the official Pilot retail location on Silom.

 

Thanks for the tip on Pelikan inks. I'll try to find this shop you mentioned.

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Pilot blue was in Isetan when I was in Bangkok. I got three bottles! But the ink selection was rather eccentric with some colours impossible to find (and no Iroshizuku, alas).

 

I think there was also Pilot in the stationery store in Phimai, should you want to take a little weekend trip to Isaan - the Angkor period ruins in Phimai are well worth a visit, probably not worth running out there to see if there's Pilot ink, though!

Too many pens, too little time!

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