Opening a new pen retail operation is still possible!  Goulet has a good reputation in the pen community. Fast-growing Goulet Pen Co. created a culture squad to keep a positive culture on the forefront Brian and Rachel Goulet never planned on operating a full-fledged company. So when their specialty fountain pen e-commerce business began to … Continue reading Goulet Pen Co Bio

Among my top pen pushers. Fountain Pen Hospital celebrates the handwritten word https://w3.cdn.anvato.net/player/prod/v3/anvload.html?key=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%3D NEW YORK (FOX5NY.COM) - On Warren Street in downtown Manhattan, you'll find a unique hospital. The patients are pens of every kind. And the staff services and sells them. Terry Wiederlight is the co-owner of the Fountain Pen Hospital, a store his … Continue reading Fountain Pen Hospital

Unfortunately the video is no longer available, but could this really be the last surviving fountain pen repair shop in Europe? Video: This is Europe’s last surviving shop repairing old fountain pens and mechanical pencils This small store in Croatia is run by an old woman who repairs pens which can no longer be serviced … Continue reading The Last Fountain Pen Repair Shop in Europe?

Feelss impossible to me that a store opened in 1980 could possibly be almost 40 years old. Popular Nottingham independent to close after 38 years in the city Specialist writing instrument retailer Pen Sense, a familiar sight just off Old Market Square for almost four decades, is to close its doors next week.  The business … Continue reading UK Looses a Brick & Mortar

Avalon is a well known name to pen collectors, and their Private Reserve inks were at the forefront of the current rainbow of colors available. Avalon closing after 27 years on Main Street You’ve seen her on Main Street for the past 27 years. Soon, she will be letting go of her brick street storefront … Continue reading Indiana Pen Store Closing

I was going to ask, is thought by who to be the only pen shop to have undertaken such a venture, but then I saw the additional qualifiers of the only, "pen shop proprietor" and, "in the country".  Seems to me that there must be other pen shops with exclusive limited editions, but perhaps those … Continue reading UK Exclusive from Scribo

Brick and mortar pen stores... I live near Philadelphia, the 5th largest city in the US.  We have a pen show, but no pen stores.  When I started collecting pens in the late 1980s there were at least two in the city and another in a suburban mall.  Little Rock, I'm jealous. Special ink, chance … Continue reading Little Rock Pen Shop

I didn't know Jack but he sounds like, as our friend Terry says, quite a character.  I picked out what I thought were some of the more interesting and relevant (to me at least) lines in the article. Pen store’s quirky owner remembered Jack Price, the longtime owner of Vintage Fountain Pen Sales & Repair, … Continue reading Columbus Ohio Pen Store Owner Passes