• Laywine's
• Montblanc Boutique
• B. Sleuth & Statesman

Laywine's
25 Bellair
Toronto, Ontario
M5R 3L3
Tel: (416) 921-7131

 

The store has a goodvariety of pens. Their recent new location is larger than their former store. Comments from a number of individuals over the past while affirm a good level of service and an encouragement to trying pens to make sure its right for you. For example, recently (2005) Claudio writes: "Laywines, Toronto, is staffed with classy people! I returned a faulty, three month old Rotring convertor and they provided me with a new one - at no cost! Now that's customer service!". Don Duval notes that "Peter seems to foster a positive attitude and a camaraderie among the people who work there that shows up in their service." They also have a extensive variety of domestic and foreign diary/organizers and refills. If you see Joy you will be getting service from someone who as been there for quite a while and really knows her stuff.

 

 

Montblanc Boutique
151 Bloor Street, West
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1S4
(416) 925-4810
Fax: (416) 925-8495
Toll Free: 1-800-388-4810

 

When I met with proprietor Wayne Kingsland, he talked with enthusiasm about the wide range of Montlbanc pens carried in the Montblanc Boutique located in the upscale shopping area of Bloor Street West in Toronto. As of the time, this is Canada's only free-standing Montblanc Boutique store.

 

Wayne, previously a Vice-President with Montblanc, opened up the Toronto Montlbanc Boutique around the end of 1997. He acknowledges the importance of top level service in making a pen store great. And they treat their stock with care! It is with white gloves and care that he and his other staff showed some of the various lines that he carries. The store is very smart looking. Besides just about every Montblanc pen you can imagine, the store carries all the Montblanc accessories such as writing accessories and jewelry items.

 

 

B. Sleuth & Statesman
100 King Street West, Toronto, ON M5X 1K7
Telephone : (416) 955-9696
Toll-free: 1-866-835-7575

 

I will have to get to Toronto and visit B. Sleuth & Statesman as I hear it is a great store. They have moved to a new location on King Street. They sell Cuban cigars, pipes and men's grooming supplies (razors, shaving supplies, leather goods, etc.) but also stock a good selection of pens and accessories. The lines include Montblanc, S.T. Dupont, Lamy, Faber Castell, Pelikan, Caran d'Ache, Parker, Cross, Waterman and Visconti. On the ink side you will find Private Reserve and Herbin inks. As well, journals by Mignon, Clairefontaine and Graphic Image and a lot of leather pen cases and chests.

 

Owners Murtaza Amarshi and Akil Rahemtullab are passionate about customers buying the right pen and using it properly too. Murtaza loves special nibs, and favors oblique broad, so he carries a nice range of nibs for Pelikan, Parker, Waterman and S.T. Dupont fountain pens. They also operate the Handwritings store in First Canadian Place.

 

I like the fact that they encourage customers to 'dip and try before they buy'.

 

Vancouver, B.C.

• Vancouver Pen
• Charals
• Perks

Vancouver Pen
512 West Hastings St
Vancouver, B.C.
Tel: (604) 681-1612

 

Living in Vancouver, this is one of my regular stops. Vancouver Pen is a great place to buy a pen. They offer a great selection as well as great service. Reason enough to come to Vancouver!   Vancouver Pen is owned by Margaret Leveque. She and husband Paul, who has now passed away, have been in the pen business for more than 40 years.   On your visit you can meet with Margaret, Margot, Shannon or the other staff. They are all enthusiastic about pens and helping you select the right pen for you. You will never feel rushed when you are trying out different pens for weight, and then different nibs for smoothness of writing. What more can you ask.

 

Even when you come back to the store and try the pen for the 10th time they never seem impatient. The staff know that the choice of a pen requires time. I have been shopping here for years and have always found the staff to go to all ends to help you out. In buying my Edson Waterman, I must have tried every nib out a couple of times and their patience prevailed.

 

The store stocks a wide line of pens, various nibs, a good selection of inks -- including Private Reserve. They also carry Clairefontaine paper and books -- you got to have good paper to write on!

 

The store, is located on West Hastings Street between Richards and Seymour, down a few blocks down from the main Georgia/Granville shopping area and right opposite the Simon Fraser downtown campus.

 

 

Charals
757 West Hastings St
Vancouver, B.C.
Tel: (604) 689-3497
or 1-800-811-7333
Fax: (604) 689-5764
E-Mail:charals@charals.com

 

Al Charania has operated this great pen store in Vancouver for over 10 years. It is located in the upscale Sinclair Centre near the waterfront.   Al carries carries a good selection of pens including Montblanc, Waterman, Parker Cartier etc. He will also custom order special nibs on request.   I always enjoy visiting the stylish store store because of the good selection of pens, desk accessories such as leather organizers and briefcases.   You will enjoy your visit I am sure. The store is easy to find, it is located West Hastings and Granville is the upscale Sinclair Centre Shopping concourse.

 

 

 

Perks
5844 Cambie Street
(Between 42nd and 43rd Avenue)
Vancouver, B.C.
(604) 266-3911

 

Store carries the big lines of pens as well as pen and desk accessories. It has a Montblanc boutique section. Richard Clark doppped me a note in September to let me know of their new address (they used to be inside Oakridge Shopping Centre) and the fact that they carry Noodler and Private Reserve inks. Great news for Vancouver.

 

Victoria, BC Canada