As many have seemed to enjoy my write-up on visiting a NYC landmark on shaving, (Pasteur's Pharmacy), I decided to drop by another NYC landmark, The Fountain Pen Hospital, and see what I could get away with before security intervened.
The Fountain Pen Hospital, ("FPH" from now on), is an established institution in lower Manhattan conveniently located near public transportation, so you can easily take a PATH to the WTC station or muck about the subway and find yourself within a short walk to it.
FPH was established in 1946 by the Wiederlight family, who still own it today, per their website. You can view and order much online, but with the friendliness and amount of products they have, visiting in person is a true pleasure. (As one of the employees noted, quite aptly, it is the only one in NY with all that it has.) He isn't being misleading, they have countless brands of fountain pens, (new and vintage); inks; other types of pens; paper and journals; books; tools; cartridges; and a guy in the back named Sal who, for ten bucks will give you a back rub and a shot of cheap whisky.
In any event, and in my usual style, I am going to just barf up a ton of photographs of the place for you to expand and ogle.
Easily found from the street.
And products galore!!!
(Continuing in next post. . .)
The Fountain Pen Hospital, ("FPH" from now on), is an established institution in lower Manhattan conveniently located near public transportation, so you can easily take a PATH to the WTC station or muck about the subway and find yourself within a short walk to it.
FPH was established in 1946 by the Wiederlight family, who still own it today, per their website. You can view and order much online, but with the friendliness and amount of products they have, visiting in person is a true pleasure. (As one of the employees noted, quite aptly, it is the only one in NY with all that it has.) He isn't being misleading, they have countless brands of fountain pens, (new and vintage); inks; other types of pens; paper and journals; books; tools; cartridges; and a guy in the back named Sal who, for ten bucks will give you a back rub and a shot of cheap whisky.
In any event, and in my usual style, I am going to just barf up a ton of photographs of the place for you to expand and ogle.
Easily found from the street.
And products galore!!!
(Continuing in next post. . .)
I'll see what other place of interest will be on my hit list next.
