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Welcome to Glenn's Pens

Through my travels I started collecting names and addresses of stores selling fountain pens. Some of the stores that I visited I found to be great places to visit.

Since starting "Glenn's Pen Page", others have provided reviews of stores they have visited. This has all created a reference point on pen stores. The information has expanded to fountain pen ink and the pen companies themselves.

When you come across a "Great Pen Store" or a great bottle of fountain pen ink or other pen accessory, send me an e-mail with your thoughts. If you can provide address information that would be very helpful. I will include it with the next update.

Great Pen Manufacturers

Over the past years I have had the opportunity to meet and tour some of the great manufacturers of fountain pens.

• Visit with Mongtegrappa Pen
• Visit to Visconti Pen Factory
• Visit to OMAS Pen Factory
• Visit to Stipula Pen Factory
• Visit to Aurora Pen Factory
• Visit to Waterman Pen Factory

A visit with a Great Italian Pen Company ...

In September I visited with Montegrappa, a company that has been making Italian pens since 1912. The company has a long history, and was a supplier of pens for soldiers under the brand name "Elmo". The company has a good solid history of designing and making a range of writing instruments. In 2000, Montegrappa was acquired by the Richemont Group, a company that also owns Montblanc. Now, in 2009 the company has left Richemont and will be distributed in North America by Kenro. I had a very good visit with CEO Giuseppe Aquila to talk about Montegrappa pens and the future vision of Montegrappa.

• Read about the Montegrappa Visit.

What's New

Visit with Montegrappa Pen

Sep 09 - Exclusive Pen for Rome

Take the poll - what is your preference in pen nibs?

Noodler's Midnight Blue and Borealis Black

Revisiting Novelli Pen in Rome

Penart in Florence

Trieste

Pen Cards

Cards with a big pen image