Brick And Mortar Stationery Shop?

[CraigR]

Is there such a thing as a real, stick and brick, stationery store in the US anymore? Not the average Hallmark shop or big box office supply. I am looking for a real walk in store that offers a good selection that would appeal to a stationery collector/user.

Edited November 3, 2017 by CraigR

[kazoolaw]

I am looking for a real walk in store that offers a good selection that would appeal to a stationery collector/user.

 

Yes:

 

https://greerchicago.com/

 

https://www.paperchase-usa.com/stationery

 

NYC: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/shopping/best-stationery-stores-in-new-york-city

 

https://www.papersource.com/locations/nc_charlotte.html

 

http://origamiink.com/

 

Not on every corner; keep looking.

 

gary

[CraigR]

Thanks, Gary,

 

I will visit the Papersource store in Charlotte, NC. It is about an hour away from me.

[tmenyc]

Anderson Pens ... downtown Appleton, Wisconsin. A little further away for you, but well worth the trip. Written by a New Yorker.

[CraigR]

Thanks, Tim

 

I have visited their website a number of times but haven't been able to visit their store.

[carlos.q]

https://www.paperseahorse.com in Tampa

[Runnin_Ute]

http://www.tabularasastationers.com/

 

Tabula Rasa Social Stationers in Trolley Square in Salt Lake City. And they do have a selection of pens.

[Tweel]

You might be able to find something at the Papyrus stores in Durham or Raleigh.

[inkypete]

Sadly in Australia the big box stores have just about killed off all the smaller, independent stationers. The new Milligram stores look great and are aimed upmarket - no cheap stationery here - just quality brands.

Kinokinuya has a good range of mainly Japanese stationery but only in Sydney. Daiso and Muji have bits and pieces and usually great quality.

I lament the death of the smaller stationers but I hope Milligram will be a good replacement, to a degree, carrying ranges not found just about anywhere else in Australia.

Have the growth of the big boys had the same affect in the USA?

[Anne-Sophie]

Sadly in Australia the big box stores have just about killed off all the smaller, independent stationers. The new Milligram stores look great and are aimed upmarket - no cheap stationery here - just quality brands.

Kinokinuya has a good range of mainly Japanese stationery but only in Sydney. Daiso and Muji have bits and pieces and usually great quality.

I lament the death of the smaller stationers but I hope Milligram will be a good replacement, to a degree, carrying ranges not found just about anywhere else in Australia.

Have the growth of the big boys had the same affect in the USA?

I believe so, I have lived in many areas with state, as well as private universities and community colleges, and many high (secondary) and primary schools, both public and private.

 

It is not unusual, to have only a couple privately owned stationery stores, and/or art supply stores, which sell fountain pens and fountain pen friendly paper and supplies.

There may also be, a papyrus store and, a couple of high end wedding, birth and fancy galas invitations stores.

Edited November 4, 2017 by Anne-Sophie

[bogiesan]

Kinokuniya and Maido!

 

https://usa.kinokuniya.com/store-locations/

 

http://www.mymaido.com

[dapv]

Quill & Press in Acton, MA

[sharonspens]

Oblation Papers & Press in Portland, Oregon: https://www.oblationpapers.com

 

On Paper in Columbus, OH: https://www.onpaper.com/collections/stationery

 

Jenni Bick's in Washington, DC (this is mostly journals, but OH MY): https://www.jennibick.com

 

And if you get out of the country, Laywine's in Toronto, Ontario CA: https://www.instagram.com/laywines/

 

I may or may not have visited all of these spots, and made unnecessary but satisfactory purchases each time.

 

Sharon in Indiana

[dapv]

Book stores and stationery stores are where hours pass without notice, and satisfying purchases are always made.

[inkstainedruth]

There are a couple of places in the Pittsburgh area. Scribe Fine Papers is mostly the type of place to order wedding invitations or get fancy Christmas cards, but they do carry various brands of notebooks including Rhodia and (IIRC Excompacta). They also carry several models of Kaweco pens, and Kaweco and some J Herbin ink.

About a block from them is Kards Unlimited, which is a cross between a card shop, a bookstore, and a novelty shop (they carry Paperblanks notebooks, as well as Aurora and Sheaffer pens and inks and now (for those on budget, I think some Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop pens.

At the other end of that shopping district is of course Birmingham Pens, but they're only open on Saturday afternoon. I know they have Rhodia and Clairefontaine paper for sure, and of course a nice range of pens and inks.

For more business end type stuff, there's Weldins, which is in Downtown Pittsburgh. For years they were on Wood Street, and had a lovely big pen counter. They've now into a space in the Gulf Tower (entrance off the 7th Avenue side of the building), in -- at best -- maybe a quarter of the space they use to have (although they still have a bit of a pen counter).

​I think there may be a couple of places in the suburbs.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Edited November 6, 2017 by inkstainedruth

[pgmrdan]

http://letterperfectdm.com/

 

 

Update: Scratch that. They went out of business.

Edited November 7, 2017 by DanielWS

[PAKMAN]

If you are ever down Arkansas way try out Vanness Pens in Little Rock!

[Lloyd]

Bob Slate in Cambridge, MA

[Wolverine1]

Yeah, Vanness Pens in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Droomgooles in Houston, near Rice Univ's campus are 2 B&M pen stores you ought to visit.

[Bookman]

Thanks, Gary,

 

I will visit the Papersource store in Charlotte, NC. It is about an hour away from me.

 

I'm a Paper Source fan. That's where I've gotten my rubber stamps.

 

 

 

 

I was there yesterday. I went in to buy a box of Crane's thank-you cards and bought a thank-you stamp instead to make my own cards. Excellent store.