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Hi,

 

I was wondering are there any good pen stores in NYC besides Joon, Fountain Pen Hospital and Art Brown? Particularly ones that carry Stipula?

 

Thanks,

 

MiamiArcStudent

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I did a tour of NYC pen shops and visited six of the shops. You've named the top three. The other stores may have a pen counter and carry three for four brands but they're not in the same league. Fountain Pen Hospital and Art Brown Pens were, to me, the ultimate in pen stores.

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I did a tour of NYC pen shops and visited six of the shops. You've named the top three. The other stores may have a pen counter and carry three for four brands but they're not in the same league. Fountain Pen Hospital and Art Brown Pens were, to me, the ultimate in pen stores.

What are the other 3. When I go, I must go just to see, and definitly, Art Brown is one of the best stores I was in, besides Webster's Pens, but that is in the UK

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What are the other 3. When I go, I must go just to see, and definitly, Art Brown is one of the best stores I was in, besides Webster's Pens, but that is in the UK

 

I no longer have my notes. I did reviews of FPH & Brown stores (those are posted in the Market Watch forum). There were two stores a few blocks north of Art Brown. One was primarily a stationary and paper products store that had a pen counter. The other was a small pen and watch shop, about 1/6 the size of Art Brown Pens. Then, there were two stores I stopped at mid-town. One a large, three story store full of Japanese imports with lots of disposable pens, ink brushes, paper and supplies but only a couple of brands of Japanese fountain pens. The last midtown shop was an upscale stationary store at about 26th Avenue, half-way between Art Brown and FPH.

 

I'm sorry if this sounds vague but if you do an Internet search I think you'll recognize the stores I'm describing. Again, I'd not invest the time in visiting them. I originally planned to write an article for FPN on "fountain pen stores of New York." After my visit, I just wrote reviews of Art Brown and Fountain Pen Hospital instead. There was also a Mont Blanc outlet that I didn't see as I was looking for stores that carried a wide selection.

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Altman Luggage:

Hours:

Sun-Thurs: 9am-6pm

Friday: 9am-3pm.

 

Our Address:

 

135 Orchard St (Cross Street: Delancey & Rivington Streets.)

New York, NY 10002-3103

Phone: (800) 372-3377

NYC: (212) 254-7275

 

I don't think they list Stipula on their website, but I know they carry them since I bought one there a while ago. Just let them know what you're interested in, they carry more pens than they list on their site, so you might get lucky. They also have some of the best prices around.

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Hi Art Brown would be my pick, but Venture Stationers is a cool store on Madison Ave, and Kate's Paperie is also good and also carries Stipula. All 3 are excellent stores, and don't miss the tiny Joon store in the Trump Tower Lobbey near the 5th Ave entrance. Also, Lees Art Shop at 220 W 57th St has a great selection of fine pens. Nice store, super people. Of course, the Fountain Pen Hospital (have not been there yet)

Go to the link below to find most of the above and other Stipula dealers in the States:

 

http://www.penemporium.com/stipula/dealers.php?id_country=US

 

Good Luck, all of the stores above are staffed by great people. Go to as many as you can. New York is my favorite pen city.

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PatientType & AKAGodSent & Karmakoda,

 

Thank you all for the wonderful information. Based on PatientType's review of Art Brown I am definitely going to have to go there when I'm in the city this Tuesday. Hopefully, they have the Stipula Vespri Siciliani or the Novecento?

 

I'm also looking forward to seeing their ink selection!

 

Thanks,

 

MiamiArcStudent

 

 

 

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Haven't been there in years, but Berliner Pens was a great shop for vintage pens of the first order.

Caught them on a day when I was the only customer, and must have spent an hour just talking.

Enjoy the trip,

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