BUYING FOUNTAIN PEN INKS IN MANILA – UPDATED

As of 2015, the following fountain pen inks may be bought from the following purveyors in Metro Manila:

National Bookstore:  Faber-Castell (selected branches only), Lamy, Parker, Sheaffer, Inoxcrom (cartridges only)

Montblanc branches – Makati (632) 813-3739, Powerplant Mall (632) 898-2347, Shangri-la Mall (632) 633-4636, Manila (632) 521-1140, Robinsons Place (632) 551-2095, Ayala Town Center (632) 850-5532

Scribe Writing Essentials – 3/F Eastwood Mall, QC  (632) 900-0053, Shangrila (632) 654-5071, Glorietta 5 (632) 386-4826, SM Aura (632) 519-5346 and SM Megamall (632) 631-8477. – J. Herbin, Lamy, Sailor, Pelikan (4001 and Edelstein), Noodler’s, Platinum, Omas, Private Reserve.

Cutting Edge (Greenbelt 5, Trinoma, Eastwood, Megamall, Mall of Asia) – Waterman

Times Trading– Lamy

Everything Calligraphy – Diamine, Sailor, Rohrer & Klingner, De Atramentis, Pilot Iroshizuku (50ml and 15ml), Robert Oster

PenGrafik – Diamine, KWZ

Cosmos Bazar – Pilot Iroshizuku, Pilot (Black, Blue, Blue-Black bottled)

Pens Galore – Pilot Iroshizuku (50ml and 15ml), Pilot (Black, Blue, Blue-Black – cartridges)

Hope this is useful, happy shopping! (Not affiliated with any of these stores, the evangelism is part of being a member of Fountain Pen Network-Philippines.)

DON’T MISS FOUNTAIN PEN DAY 2015!

We’re celebrating International Fountain Pen Day 2015 on Saturday, November 7th, at the Cinema VIP Lounge of Century City Mall in Makati!

Fountain Pen Day was established in 2012, to celebrate handwriting, and to share and promote the use of fountain pens in both art and the written word. The Philippines first officially celebrated it in 2014 with a successful 3-day event at SM Aura in Taguig, bringing together the fountain pen lovers of Fountain Pen Network-Philippines and Urban Sketchers Philippines.

Our organization, Fountain Pen Network-Philippines (FPN-P), began in 2008 with thirteen pen enthusiasts. Today, it has nearly 2000 members on its Facebook page and over 500 registered members on its Internet forum. Lawyers, civil servants, doctors, writers, artists, executives, entrepreneurs and students are just some of the people who attend the regular meets. The group’s activities online and at pen meets in the last few years has been responsible for a boom in the number of fountain pens, ink and paper products now available locally to accommodate a  growing interest in the lifestyle.

This annual event is open to the general public. Among the activities planned are a pen and ink art exhibit, a calligraphy workshop, a sketching session, as well as an introduction to fountain pens for children. Guests may also avail of services such as vintage pen restoration, appraisals and nib tuning.

Supporting the event are Manila’s leading purveyors of quality writing instruments such as Everything Calligraphy, Faber-Castell, Lamy, Parker, Scribe Writing Essentials, Sheaffer and Wahl-Eversharp/PenGrafik. A special thanks to Asia Brewery for their material donations. Visitors may peruse the fine offerings of our sponsors throughout the day.