Mumbai Pen Shops

[yash_666]

Hey Hari, I can not thank you enough for this post. I visited Apsara and shukla pen mart recently and my experience was nothing less than amazing. One quick question though, I got a 1.1 mm stub on my lamy safari at 1000 rupees, was it a fair deal? The mrp is 1100

[jay.is.here]

I think its a fair deal.

[hari317]

Hey Hari, I can not thank you enough for this post. I visited Apsara and shukla pen mart recently and my experience was nothing less than amazing. One quick question though, I got a 1.1 mm stub on my lamy safari at 1000 rupees, was it a fair deal? The mrp is 1100

great. the current mrp appears to be 2200, so I feel you got a good deal?

[yash_666]

great. the current mrp appears to be 2200, so I feel you got a good deal?

[yash_666]

2200 for a replacement nib? Wow, lucky me.

[hari317]

2200 for a replacement nib? Wow, lucky me.

hello, I thought you had purchased a full pen with a 1.1 nib for 1100. 2200 is the price of the pen, not just the nib. I have no idea of the nib prices, but any price less than the stated mrp should be fine. enjoy!

Edited November 27, 2015 by hari317

[yash_666]

hello, I thought you had purchased a full pen with a 1.1 nib for 1100. 2200 is the price of the pen, not just the nib. I have no idea of the nib prices, but any price less than the stated mrp should be fine. enjoy!

Thats what I thought too. The pen comes in for less that 2200 if you ask for a deal on a regular color. Thank you anyway.

[Helen350]

I know this is an old topic, but reading through it, and enjoying the pictures of the pen store and the marketplace, was fascinating. I have two vintage pens needing new sacs, and will be installing those sacs soon. Thanks FPN for the education given on how to replace a sac, and clean up an older pen making it look new!

[hari317]

I know this is an old topic, but reading through it, and enjoying the pictures of the pen store and the marketplace, was fascinating. I have two vintage pens needing new sacs, and will be installing those sacs soon. Thanks FPN for the education given on how to replace a sac, and clean up an older pen making it look new!

Thanks Helen. I am glad this thread continues to be interesting even after 8 long years. The shops are all still there, some have been re-modelled/face lifted,

[MarkSimenhoff]

I never thought I would go to Mumbai...but these photos may cause me to consider changing my mind.

 

Thanks!

[RayyanSheriff]

I asked the price for a pelikan m1000 in Apsara pen mart, they said it is around 38k, where as the online price of m1000 (william penn and even in flipkart before they went out of stock) is around 62k which is too much. Is the service provided by Apsara pen mart reliable enough to purchase such an expensive pen and what are other alternatives to buy an m1000 in INDIA.

[darazs]

Thanks for sharing those pictures. India ia such a fascinating country!

[hari317]

The original article along with the now missing pictures is available for download as a pdf file at the following link:

 

https://ia801507.us.archive.org/20/items/MumbaiPenShops/Mumbai%20pen%20shops.pdf

 

I hope it is useful.

 

Best

Hari

[nightfury11]

Hair, great post. Thank you for sharing this. Any place in Bandra to look for fountain pens? My Mumbai hosts are meeting me in Bandra to help with some chappal shopping for my wife. I would rather go to the Fort neighborhood to look at some of the great shops in your excellent post, but I am trying to be a good guest...

There is one in Khar......

 

It's called Maharashtra Stationery and Xerox, on Ambedkar road.

 

He had about 10-12 Sheaffers, 4 old vintage Camlins, 11 or so Parkers, and 6 Lamy's.

 

I bought 6 Sheaffers at bulletproof prices, 3 Parkers, and 2 Camlins (one was a 47 and the other was an 18r)

 

Hopefully he has new stock hahahaha. PS: for 11 pens, I only spent 2700

 

Also,

 

Try National Stationery and Xerox in Bandra West, near Guru Nanak Park

[Yohaanrods]

I visited a few shops the other day. Unfortunately the stock of vintage pens are depleting. As you all have said , their prices are good

[hari317]

I visited a few shops the other day. Unfortunately the stock of vintage pens are depleting. As you all have said , their prices are good

Did you find some good ones ? The vintage stock gets continually replenished. People sell pens to them which becomes available to buyers. If in mumbai better to check every week. One can build a good collection this way.

[1nkulus]

Did you find some good ones ? The vintage stock gets continually replenished. People sell pens to them which becomes available to buyers. If in mumbai better to check every week. One can build a good collection this way.

I am hoping to get someone to do a Mumbai pen run.

 

What sort of brands/models are you likely to find? Is the niche of this market mainly mid priced sheaffer, parker, waterman?

[hari317]

I am hoping to get someone to do a Mumbai pen run.

 

What sort of brands/models are you likely to find? Is the niche of this market mainly mid priced sheaffer, parker, waterman?

They have a wide variety of customers. So you can get MB WEs, PoAs, other LEs etc. ST Dupont and other luxury well regarded brands as well. Less of Pelikans.

[1nkulus]

They have a wide variety of customers. So you can get MB WEs, PoAs, other LEs etc. ST Dupont and other luxury well regarded brands as well. Less of Pelikans.

 

How is the pricing? It is pointless if you can get them cheaper abroad.

Are the sellers selling MB authorized dealers?

[hari317]

 

How is the pricing? It is pointless if you can get them cheaper abroad.

Are the sellers selling MB authorized dealers?

the mbs are genuine but grey market. You will get them much lower than discounted retail. You have Mb authorised outlets but you can buy cheaper than them in USA.