Best Ink Retailers

[dickens]

I thought it would be fun and informative to share in one place information about our favorite ink retailers. Who are your favorites, and why? I know some dealers are better for certain brands. I also know of some I am hesitant to deal with because they charge very high shipping charges for ink.

 

I'll start:

1. I love Pear Tree for inks. Because they go to the trouble to sell samplers for a very reasonable price, I tend to buy ink from them whenever I can. Their service is quite good, they are reliable, and their shipping charges are reasonable.

2. I also like Swisher Pens a lot for inks. They have a great selection, reliable service, and reasonable shipping charges.

[Bookman]

Swisher Pens. It gets the ink to me faster and more cheaply than the other online sellers I've tried.

[hookem11]

Swisher Pens. Great selection, in stock, fast shipping

[Deirdre]

Pendemonium and Swisher are my favorites.

[bwnewton]

Swisher, Pen City & His Nibs (for Private Reserve only)

[bphollin]

I like to buy as much ink locally as possible because I buy more ink than pens, but I can't always find all the brands I like in town. When that's the case, I've had good transactions with Swisher (see a pattern emerging?) and JetPens.com in the US -- I'm sure other places are good too, I just haven't tried them yet.

[MothRa]

Swisher is my favorite.

[tnmike1]

Pear Tree and Swisher usually; BUT often Greenman on ebay has a wide selection of Noodler's both domestic, Russian ad others that Pear Tree or Swisher don't carry.

[welch]

Art Browns. Biggest selection of inks...and I can walk to the store!

[downwiththepc27]

You gotta love Jetpens for their large selection (of Noodler', PR, and Iroshizuku that is) and best of all, the free shipping for orders $25 and over! They sell their ink at retail, but I save five bucks everytime I order from them.

[WendyNC]

To this excellent list, I'd like to add Paramount Goods, LLC, more commonly known as xfountainpens.com, and their Chesterfield inks. The bottles are simple jars, but I've found the inks quite satisfactory and it's free shipping for orders over $15.00 (USA only).

[sallywally]

I thought it would be fun and informative to share in one place information about our favorite ink retailers. Who are your favorites, and why? I know some dealers are better for certain brands. I also know of some I am hesitant to deal with because they charge very high shipping charges for ink.

 

I'll start:

1. I love Pear Tree for inks. Because they go to the trouble to sell samplers for a very reasonable price, I tend to buy ink from them whenever I can. Their service is quite good, they are reliable, and their shipping charges are reasonable.

2. I also like Swisher Pens a lot for inks. They have a great selection, reliable service, and reasonable shipping charges.

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I agree about Pear Tree. I have reeived a huge number of samples from them and now do try to buy because that service has been so helpful. They have a sale on Caran d'Ache Colors of the Earth inks right now.

 

I've bought several from Art Brown's store, after I got Subway Series Sepia from there. They do seem to always have the ink on hand. Some others are out of stock a bit of the time.

 

I got my first inks from A Pen Lover's Paradise. They are also very nice to deal with.

[OtterNZ]

His nibs for Private Reserve.

 

He's the only international site I've used for ink, but it was a good experience. I've used local shops/ national sites at other times.