Namste From India

[stevejd64]

Hi,

I am Abhi From India

New to this forum ,I am very fond of pens specially fountain pens

from child hood i am collecting pens i have about 300 pen in my collection

but not like these very expensive pens discussed here.

i have pens starting from 1 Rupee to 1000 Rupees (1$=46 Rupees)

the thing i see is every pen should be different in some way.like Made from Bamboo,Sandal Wood, Marabel ,With Watch,Calendar

or old style fountain pen,with art work on it,gold plated ,silver pen and so many more

 

Now the topic is That i Want to add some International quality Fountain Pen in my collection

But the problem is that it should be Under $100

 

so please suggest me some good fountain pen to enrich my collection

 

 

Welcome Abhi. Plenty of FPs to choose from on this site. Whereabouts in India are you from. I travel frequently to Mumbai and Pune on business.

 

Steve

[bbbiswas]

Abhi, I think you are mistaking Legrosbisson All he meant was how did you manage to collect your treasure of 300 wonderful pens! And how to go about if a person visits India.

 

If I can answer that, the very first thing to know before doing anything in India is, it is incredible India! A shopping mall might be running out of business, but a street stall might be minting. A richly dressed man might be in debts for lifetime, but a beggar could be millionaire. So with this mindset you can start searching for your treasures.

 

Sapna Book House is a big book seller and stationer. But they have too less varieties of writing instruments. William Penn is a biiig name. But I can't find there a Camlin SD, a world class Indian pen, although he sells cheapest of Sheaffers and Pelikans. In my opinion, it is good to avoid these big names, (especially when you are hunting).

 

Instead you might find old FPs in nameless old stationery shops! It was a triple feast for me when I found Ambika, Status and Butterfly (local brand) FPs in a nameless stationery hole (you can't call it a shop, it's wide enough to accommodate just one average human body inside) in Bangalore. I had walked on that pavement not less than 300 times, but hadn't noticed the nook!

 

In a very similar kind of shop I had found good old wing sung pens.

 

There are revered dealers also in Bangalore like Dwaraka pens near Malleshwaram circle. A quick search in the net gives a list of Pen shops. But beware, many of them might not have bothered to update their new locations or phone numbers :ltcapd:

 

Regards,

Yogi

 

This is not exactly a reply to the above posting, but since Indian pens are being talked about, I just want to know why there are no Indian pen with gold nib. If not using an Indian made nib, these Indian pens at best use IPG steel nibs that are very stiff. If there is any Indian pen with gold nib, I would like to know.

Also, the Indian ED pens come with only F (Fine) nib. Does anyone make them with M or B nib in India.

 

Funnily, Indians buy foreign pens and foreigners buy Indian pens.

[Wolverine1]

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