Pen Shops In The Los Angeles, Ca , Usa Area

[Nimmireth]

I'll be in the L.A. area over Labor Day weekend. Any pen shops I should check out?

[rockydoggy]

One place to hit is Flax on Gayley in Westwood (near UCLA).

 

http://www.flaxpentopaper.com/about.html

[Nimmireth]

One place to hit is Flax on Gayley in Westwood (near UCLA).

 

http://www.flaxpentopaper.com/about.html

 

Is this affiliated with the Flax store in San Francisco?

[Chthulhu]

Fred Krinke's "The Fountain Pen Shop" in Monrovia:

 

http://www.tmgp.com/cgi-bin/nph-tame/penshop/index.html

 

Great little shop, great people. The site doesn't mention their hours, so call first before driving out that far, but it's worth the drive!

[rockydoggy]

One place to hit is Flax on Gayley in Westwood (near UCLA).

 

http://www.flaxpentopaper.com/about.html

 

Is this affiliated with the Flax store in San Francisco?

 

Not sure. The emphasis at the LA Flax is mostly on pens, pen supplies, and stationary. By the looks of the SF Flax website, they are more of an art supply store, but I might be wrong about that.

[tknechtel]

Fred Krinke's "The Fountain Pen Shop" in Monrovia:

 

http://www.tmgp.com/cgi-bin/nph-tame/penshop/index.html

 

Great little shop, great people. The site doesn't mention their hours, so call first before driving out that far, but it's worth the drive!

 

A second vote for Fred's shop - wonderful pens, lots of great vintage at very good prices, and Fred is very generous with his time and advice. Really worth the extra time for the drive to Monrovia!

[yoitzo]

third vote for Fred's. I got my first FP there and it was a treat. Fairly good prices (it's not internet cheap but it's pretty good for in store) and the place itself is filled with all sorts of fps (new and vintage).

 

I've never seen LA's Flax. DEFINITELY must check it out when I move back to LA next month.

[Basset]

Fourth vote for Fred, ask right away for his vintage trays.

[pmsalty]

Fred's is great. Also in Pasadena is Vroman's , their pen shop is next door to their book shop (695 Colorado Blvd) , pens ink and stationary.

http://vromansbookstore.com/

PMS

[HeartMan]

Flax in SF and Flax Pen to Paper in LA are somewhat related, when I asked in LA they said they were more like cousins. Flax in LA has a much better pen and ink selection than SF. Flax in SF is a full-fledged art store with a room devoted to paper that is more than twice the size of the entire LA store. I found the assistance for pens to be much better in LA than in SF, but both were very friendly

[Marsilius]

Time for visit to Monrovia! Say hi to Fred Krinke and family!

Best,

Mars