Finding A Good Pen Shop

[tim armstrong]

I'm looking for a good pen shop in Bangkok. Not too expensive, but one that carries more than the plastic gel types. I used to have a Lamy fountain pen, but lost it. Is there such a place where they don't cost as much as a laptop. Thanks.

[j0hnga1t]

Go to Siam Paragon, The Big Department store there that spans a few floors (I forgot the name) has a large stationary/business supply section. Or at Central World there is a stationary store

[crazygreg44]

In the Banglampoo area, go to the corner of the Phra Aathit Road with the Sam Sen Road. There is the Siam Commercial Bank. Walk a little bit into the direction of the river/ old Fort , there is a small Stationery shop about 30 meters away from the bank. The old lady and her family will be pleased to show you their quite still impressive collection of Parker ballpens - best quality you can find in Thailand - and if lucky , they also have Lamy's. Me too, these cheap , thinly writing gel pens were driving me crazy. They are by no way a professional writng tool, yet everyday I can see Thais fumbling and fighting with this cheap crap.

[CWMcMurray]

Have seen a few decent pen shops in the Mall Bangkapi...

[tim armstrong]

Thanks to you all, I will follow up the suggestions. Glad to see that the art of handwriting has not yet died. Regards

[random]

the department store at Central rama 3 also has a decent pen section on ground floor, in that respect i would imaging all Central dept stores will have the same.

[saraburioz]

The Emporium - saw some diamond Dupont ones.

I have a thick gold Dupont one my mother-in-law gave me - worth about 50,000 baht. I don't like it - anyone know if it could be sold easily, where?

[craigt3365]

How about we move this over to the Bangkok forum? Good luck with your search!

//Moved//

[lazygourmet]

The Emporium - saw some diamond Dupont ones.

I have a thick gold Dupont one my mother-in-law gave me - worth about 50,000 baht. I don't like it - anyone know if it could be sold easily, where?

Basement floor at The Landmark -close to Huntsman pub- there is a buy/sell shop for collectible watches, pens, lighters...

[dddave]

There is a second-hand shop with a large selection of pens and a whole lot of other stuff (watches, rings, guitars) on the fourth floor of FORTUNE TOWER, the IT shopping mall that rivals Pantip.

From the escalator, walk towards the center of the building. Once you pass a very large discount electronics store on the right, look for the 2nd hand shop about 20 yards past on the left side.

FORTUNE TOWER is directly above the RAMA-4 MRT stop.