Newest Acquisitions (Virtual "Show & Tell") ~ part 561

We'll close out 2025's blog posts with Christopher's review of another wonderful vintage Parker model, beloved by many...

Christopher writes:
"If we were to find a second generation Parker pen in the wild and it broke a few rules in its general make up but, at the same time, those broken rules added up to one amazing and very personally satisfying writing instrument, I for one could and would be very forgiving. So exactly what do we have here?"

(all photos courtesy of Christopher ~ please click on images to enlarge)

"First off, it is a very late 1930s emerald Streamlined Parker Vacumatic Canadian long Major measuring 139mm. The emerald pearl finish is not only on the cap and the barrel, but also on both cap and blind cap jewels and, for that matter, on the grip section. Yes, a Canadian Parker Vacumatic first rule broken."

"The fittings are all 14K gold filled and in just lovely condition with no sign of brassing. In fact, I would have to say that the entire pen is in near mint condition. The emerald pearl finish has a brilliant luster and extremely good overall colour.. But the Parker Vacumatic arrow clip is not a 'Blue Diamond' warranty second generation type, which was applied to all Parker Vacumatics in 1939 priced at $8.75 and over -- second make up rule broken."

 "This pen, in fact, has the standard wide feathered Parker arrow clip. It also has a long blind cap with the Parker Speedline filler, which, to my mind, was a great improvement over the Parker Lockdown filler, since it could be operated single-handedly. Back at the business end of the pen, in that matching finish grip section, is a securely held 14K Gold Parker arrow nib, supported underneath with a 'W' marked wide channel feed. This all adds up to a great writer with a responsible consistent ink flow. The barrel transparency is red ambered, but about a C8 in its clarity. In closing, I have to ask myself, what is there not go like about this pen? So with no more ado, I will ink it for the week ahead and after it will become part of my vintage pen collection."

Thanks again, Christopher, for all the informative vintage pen reviews you've sent in for our club's blog! 🙂

Wishing everyone a very happy New Year 2026 🍾🎉!
~Maja 

Newest Acquisitions (Virtual "Show & Tell") ~ part 560

Back to vintage Parker fountain pens we go, with Christopher's review of an all-time classic!

(all photos courtesy of Christopher ~ please click on images to enlarge)

He writes:
"A must for any vintage pen collector has to be the Parker Chinese red Senior Duofold, especially as it was first presented in hard red rubber. But the story of just how the Parker Duofold came about is, in fact, an interesting one. George Parker, the president and founder of the Parker company, had a very strong sales force, but for one western-based salesman, Lewis Tebbell. Mainly based in Spokane, Washington, Tebbell had the lowest sales in his department and was on George Parker's radar for termination. At the same time, George took a sales and marketing development trip to Europe and the Far East, but was determined to deal with Tebbell when he returned. But Tebbell had come up with an extremely good idea involving the development of a new Parker pen and, in contacting the main Parker plant, persuaded one of the Parker machinists to make a prototype of his pen idea. 

Years earlier, Parker had using red rubber to come out with a huge fountain pen model branded the 'Red Giant', but the model had been prone to open end cap cracking and, in turn, was taken off the market. Tebbell's idea was to incorporate this red hard vulcanized rubber with the Parker 26 Jack Knife model, but keep both the clip screw and the blind cap in their original jet black. Tebbell tried to interest the Parker board, but being old and conservative men and with George Parker's absence, they turned Tebbell down flat. So Tebbell took a step up and, in turn, approached Kenneth Parker, who was fresh back from a year in the advertising business. Kenneth immediately saw the value in Tebbell's pen, which Tebbell had branded the 'Duofold', and let's say the rest is history. The Parker Duofold pen went on to be one of the Parker company's biggest sellers. And Mr. Lewis M. Tebbell won the respect of his boss."

"Still, the Duofold I am featuring in this article originally came out all of four years after the Duofold's inception. It is the largest pen in the line and branded (accordingly) a 'Senior'. The finish material is Chinese Red hard or vulcanized rubber and the inscription on the barrel, referred to as medium sized, indicates that this pen dates Circa 1924. The raised rolled 14K Gold cap banding, also qualifies that dating and both this fitting and the rolled 14K Gold ball ended ring clip, compliment the red and black rubber finish to perfection. One very nice additional feature to this Parker pen is that the barrel threading was designed with a three-point starter, so that the barrel logo could be lined up with the cap clip accordingly. This is a brass button filler, with very strong ink drawing power and, the overall size of the barrel being quite substantial, is capable of providing ample room for a very large ink sack. The jet-black section sports a very interesting Parker Duofold nib.

Late in the day, when Duofolds were returning to Parker for nib replacement, the company designed a very handsome 14K Gold arrow replacement nib. Often confused with the Vacumatic arrow nib, with a similar arrow engraved on the surface, the feather configuration of this Duofold replacement nib is indeed different; if you remove these replacement Duofold nibs from their sections, there is an 'R' engraved at the inside end to represent replacement. In my Duofold, this replacement nib is an extra fine model, but in writing with it, its performance is impressive.

Last, but far from least, is the pen part that this nib sits on. In a good number of Parker Lucky Curve feeds I have run across in disassembling these pens, the curved down back end of the feed has been cut off to provide ease of removal of the feed and nib. So, to have one hundred percent intact, and in the largest Parker Duofold Lucky Curve feed, is definitely a coup. And to put the so-called icing on the cake, this is what is referred to as a 'Christmas Tree' or Spearhead feed. Brought to bear in 1905 by George Parker, and called as such for its barb-shaped notches, which increase the capillary action to draw ink into the pen, this type of feed was just a blessing. Admittedly. I do have several Chinese red Senior Duofolds, but all from different periods of this Parker pen line. Subsequently, this pen will be a welcome addition to my vintage pen collection."

Newest Acquisitions (Virtual "Show & Tell") ~ part 559

Today we're shining a spotlight on another one of the "Big Four" vintage pen companies;  Waterman was featured on Sunday and Parker yesterday, so that just left Sheaffer and Wahl-Eversharp. Today's write up is by Christopher and it's about a vintage Sheaffer fountain pen. Christopher writes: "Currently, I have a number of Sheaffer Snorkel pens in my collection, but if I was asked to select only one to retain, I would have to say this one is it."

So...which one is it?
To find out, read on!

 (photo courtesy of Christopher ~ please click on image to enlarge)

Christopher writes:
"When it came to filling mechanisms back in the day, I would have to say that Sheaffer's 'Snorkel' definitely was a leader and a sheer bit of mechanical genius. Complex, yes, but with a neat and tidy way of putting ink into a pen. The beauty was that the nib never had to be immersed in or touch the ink. Instead, it was a thin narrow metal tube which, by turning a knob at the end of the barrel, could be extended out of the feed.  A Sheaffer 'Touch Down' mechanism was also incorporated and by pulling that knob up, a metal tube was extended out of the back of the barrel. A further 'push back' of this knob in turn pushed the tube just mentioned back into the barrel. creating a capillary vacuum, which drew the ink into the barrel. Of course, the thin filling tube was of need of a wipe free of ink and then it was simply a matter of screwing the knob back into its original place which, further in turn, brought the thin filling tube back into the feed. Although complex, the filling system worked extremely well

In taking a good look at this particular Sheaffer Snorkel pen, the finish on the gold-filled barrel and cap consists of groups of five vertical chased lines running horizontally from end to end, broken by a cartouche engraving band at the open end of the cap. The section is jet, sporting a silver threaded ring to accommodate and screw on the cap, and at the business end of this grip is a most substantial and quite impressive Sheaffer platinum-masked Triumph 14K Gold nib. This is a white dot warranted Sheaffer pen, which sits extremely well in the hand, posting at a full 6 ½ inches, but capping back responsibly to 5 ½ inches. The Sheaffer catalogue model is 1125ky and had a successful retail run from the mid-fifties up to 1959. If you have your sights set on a Sheaffer Snorkel, I think this is the one that ticks off all the boxes and will definitely find a place in my vintage pen collection."

Thank you, Christopher, for sharing this very cool vintage fountain pen with us! For a more detailed look (with illustrations) of Sheaffer's Snorkel-filling mechanism, check out Richard Binder's article here.

Newest Acquisitions (Virtual "Show & Tell") ~ part 558

If you're a regular reader of Christopher's pen reviews here, you'd know that he's a huge fan of vintage Parker Vacumatic fountain pens :) Here's a really nice write up (with some historical background) on his latest one:

(photo courtesy of Christopher ~ please click on image to enlarge)

Christopher writes:
"Can there be enough said in praise of a vintage Parker Vacumatic, the design of which was sheer genius? Following the world-breaking Duofold, which literally put the Parker pen corporation on the map, the Vacumatic was the commendable idea of Kenneth Parker, son of the company's founder. There were just so many pluses for those of us who had a Parker Vacumatic back in the day. For one, the design and finish was a step above most of the pens produced by Parker's competitors. Plus, the finish was so in advance of anything that had been considered back in the early 1930s. Parker had moved from the hard Vulcanized rubber to plastic for their Duofold line of pens. Still, when it came to the new Parker Vacumatic, Kenneth approached the DuPont company to develop and produce a strong plastic that would give the Parker new products a luster jewel-like finish. And although there was an initial step to ending up with the Vacumatic that hit the retailers in 1934, the Vacumatic has some really unique qualities. Think of a pen which used a rubber diaphragm to draw ink into a welcoming barrel. And without an ink sack to limit what was actually drawn into the pen. The barrel could, in fact, be filled with a generous amount of ink. Plus, the barrel's (in part) transparent finish allowed the user to gauge exactly how much ink was inside the barrel at any given time. The finish also involved coloured horizontal rings which, coupled with the Lucite luster, made the finish pop and sparkle.

Initially the filler for the Vacumatic was a mechanism that sat partly outside the barrel and had a spring-loaded tube which could be pumped and then locked back down into the back end of the pen. Again, allowing for a greater ink capacity. There was also a relatively long breather tube inside the barrel, which helped to compensate for the different air pressure and offset leaking problems. But that was just the tip of the so-called iceberg.

So, what of this pen I am featuring? Well, it has a golden pearl finish with amazing luster. It has the lock down filling system that I mentioned and is a Parker Vacumatic Standard model, identified by its triple cap banding. The cap sports a wide feather Parker arrow clip which, as with the other fixtures, is 14K Gold filled. But I think the true beauty of this Parker writing instrument is the matching striped finish on the barrel, cap, double jewels and grip section which, may I add, sports a two tone, 14K Gold Parker arrow nib. Plus, this pen holds its own as a pre-streamlined model and, in doing so, mirrors its big brother, the oversized Vacumatic. To my mind, this pen is big enough to sit well-balanced in the hand, posting at all of 6 inches but capping back to a pocketable 5 inches. As for a writer, I would have to say this is a medium flex general writing pen. Will this pen see its way into my vintage pen collection? Is there any doubt?"

Newest Acquisitions (Virtual "Show & Tell") ~ part 557

Thought we'd close out 2025 with some of Christopher's newest reviews! Here's the latest addition to his Waterman 100 Year writing instrument collection...

(photo courtesy of Christopher ~ please click on image to enlarge)

He writes:
"The Waterman company was innovative in their approach to pen and mechanical pencil design at the outset of the 1930s. So much so, in fact, that the finish of a new line of their pen and pencils branded 100-year (relating to the warranty) was simply exquisite! Finished in transparent coloured Lucite plastic, supplied by the Dupont corporation, the design department at Waterman rendered this fashionable line of pens and pencils in an Art Deco style. Add to this, lateral ribbing on caps and barrel and a fine Waterman 14K Gold nib installed in an adequate section, and there was no amount of 'Wow' which could describe the Waterman 100 Year fountain pen. And to tie the pen with the pencil, decorative banding was the order of the day. Saying all this, Waterman 100-year pens and pencils are not exactly common in the wild. In fact, and to be quite frank, the Lucite used in a lot of cases was far from stable and prone to fatigue and -with it - crystallization. So to find a flawless Waterman 100-Year pen or pencil these days can be both a challenge and costly.

But what of this 100-Year pen and pencil I am featuring? Well, in a way, it is not a true set for several very good reasons. First off, the mechanical pencil is a late first-year production, while the fountain was brought to bear a year later. Secondly, the first-year production pencil is a standard sized model, while the fountain pen is a lady's model. Still, what I think really ties these two writing instruments together and in essence makes them a set, is their very attractive 14K gold filled banding, their matching horizontally ribbed finish, stunning transparent blue colour, and the identical personalization on the banding. My educated guess, would be that they were in fact bought at the same time as a set to be used accordingly.

The lady's pen, like the mechanical pencil is in stunning near mint condition. It is a lever filler, and the barrel sports the typical Waterman 'Boxed' lever. The pen has an adequate grip section that firmly support a superb Waterman Ideal 14K Gold, 100-Year marked super flexy nib. The cap also has both the model and company branding inscribed near the banding, but just above the top end of the horizontal ribbing. What just puts the icing on the cake with this fine pen, is its vibrant jewel like blue transparency. A definite feature of the Lucite plastic incorporated in the manufacturing. The standard sized 100-Year pencil matches the pen in its blue transparency and condition and, in turn, is a magnificent writing piece. But, being a late first year model, it does not have the 100 Year model inscribed on the cap. That came with the second year as such. All in all, Waterman treasures to be favoured and they. in turn. will be a wonderful addition to my vintage pen collection."

Our thanks to Christopher for the photo & write up!

December meeting breaks attendance record!

Yes, 44 Vancouver Pen Club members were in attendance at our December meeting (held on Dec. 18th at the VPL's Kitsilano branch), smashing our previous attendance record of 40, set in September! 😲 

We had ten (!) newcomers at the meeting --Alicia, Aumbrine, Denzel, Giselle, Glen, Jaden, Jun, Kai, Mariesa and Sheila-- which made for a very busy meeting for me... meaning that I didn't have time to snap many photos (actually, I only remembered at the very end of the meeting). The photos don't convey how much fun our December meeting was, but many of those who attended it told me they had a really good time :) Thank you to all who came to the meeting, and special thanks to Godwin and Oscar for the great door prizes! 👏

(photos by Maja ~ please click on images to enlarge)

I remembered to take a photo of the fountain pens that Stuart brought lol (left to right, in photo below) -- a lovely Graf Von Faber-Castell 'Intuition' "Fluted Ivory", a Graf 'Tamitio' "India Red", a sterling silver Otto Hutt 02 model he recently acquired, and a Pelikan M200 "Golden Lapis". The Pelikan box in the photo has the Pelikan Edelstein "Apricot Achat" ink gift from this year's Pelikan Hub.

Well, as Porky Pig would say...."Th-th-that's all, folks!" 😄 (I promise to take more photos at our next meeting :)

Thanks again to everyone who came to our last meeting of 2025...and to all the other meetings we had this year! Check back here in late December for info about our January 2026 meeting; we hope you can make it to that one, or another meeting in the New Year 😊

Best wishes to you & yours for a happy and peaceful holiday season,
~Maja (VPC President)

Reminder re: meeting this Thursday!

⛄🎄 December 2025 meeting info 🎅🦌:

When: Thursday December 18, 2025 (this Thursday!)

Where: Branch Meeting Room (in the basement) of the Vancouver Public Library's KITSILANO branch at 2425 Macdonald Street (between Broadway and West 8th) in Vancouver, BC.

Time: 5:00pm - 7:30pm

We'll get back to themed meetings ("show & tell" ones) in 2026, so this month's meeting is just a casual get-together where you can chat, buy/sell/trade pens/inks and generally have a good time talking with other pen lovers. Hope you can make it! 😀 (no need to RSVP)

More photos from our 200th meeting! (at Buchan's in November)

(** Part 1 of the photos were posted here**)

As mentioned in December 7th's blog post, our November meeting (held at Buchan's Kerrisdale Stationery) was actually our pen club's 200th 🎉😄 ! Yugo at Buchan's posted a great Instagram video about the event, and then was kind enough to send me the photos he took that night. Without further ado, here they are...

(all photos courtesy of Yugo ~ please click on images to enlarge)

That's Asifa (left) with Buchan's owner Inna -- thank you again, Inna, for hosting our meeting! :)

Alvin was one of the five winners of a Leuchtturm1917 Drehgriffel Nr.1 "Mix & Match" ballpoint in the door prize draws! Buchan's recently became one of Leuchtturm1917's Canadian flagship stores, so the company generously provided some of the evening's prizes to celebrate the occasion. The "Mix & Match" pens aren't available commercially--they were just a special promo--but you can buy the regular lineup at Buchan's!

Alvin and his wife Yen happily showing off their new Leuchtturm1917 goodies from Buchan's :)

(Above) Alvin putting together his custom-made Leuchtturm1917 "Mix &Match" ballpoint; I believe he selected a "Sage"-coloured barrel with a "Forest Green" end cap & nose cone - great choices!

There were also several door prizes by stilform (a German design company) donated by Buchan's, including two stilform writing instruments. Grant won a stilform pen, and the other stilform pen was won by Rumi!

(Above) Rumi excitedly examining her prize pen :)

Me (Maja) and the custom Leuchtturm1917 Drehgriffel Nr.1 "Mix &Match" ballpoint I was fortunate enough to win :)

Above: Assembling the parts I wanted for my custom Leuchtturm1917 ballpoint -- "Rising Sun" (orange) barrel and black end cap and nose cone...

The store was bustling with activity that night!

Beautiful writing by Renz (@pen.traveller on Instagram) using an amazing 'Kosumi' fountain pen by Kyuseido

Our thanks, once again, to Inna, manager Irena, and the staff at Buchan's for making our 200th meeting so much fun!

(~blog post by Maja~)

Happy 19th birthday to us! 😀 (and another big milestone!)

  

It's hard to believe our pen club was founded on December 7, 2006 🎉 --time sure does fly! (this post has some info on our history) --but our club also reached another milestone recently...

Yes, our 200th meeting was held at Buchan's Kerrisdale Stationery last month! 🥳

It's so nice that we had our 200th at a special location (even though I didn't realize it was our 200th at the time lol); thank you again to Buchan's for being such great hosts. Our next meeting (our last one of 2025)  will be held at a more utilitarian venue ---the Branch Meeting Room at the Kitsilano branch of the Vancouver Public library (which we love having the free use of--thank you, VPL!) -- but we hope you can join us for our 201st 😊 

The December meeting information is posted here; if you have any questions about it (or about joining our club), please feel free to contact us via email at vancouverpenclub@gmail.com 

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our pen club (in any way) since its founding nineteen years ago! 🤗

(~blog post by Maja~) 

December 2025 meeting information!

Here's the info on our last meeting of 2025!

⛄🎄 December 2025 meeting info 🎅🦌:

When: Thursday December 18, 2025

Where: Branch Meeting Room (in the basement) of the Vancouver Public Library's KITSILANO branch at 2425 Macdonald Street (between Broadway and West 8th) in Vancouver, BC.

Time: 5:00pm - 7:30pm

We'll get back to themed meetings ("show & tell" ones) in 2026, so this month's meeting is just a casual get-together where you can chat, buy/sell/trade pens/inks and generally have a good time talking with other pen lovers. Hope you can make it! 😀 (no need to RSVP)

Photos from November meeting at Buchan's!

Many thanks to the good folks at Buchan's Kerrisdale Stationery for hosting our November meeting at their lovely store last month (November 20th, to be exact)! There were refreshments, great prizes, lots of fountain pen eye candy to look at, and the company of our amazing pen club members (and guests), so I think everyone had a good time 😊 Sherman took some photos during the meeting (thank you, Sherman!), so in case you couldn't make it, here's what you missed...

(pics courtesy of Sherman, except where noted ~ click on images to enlarge) "Selfie King" Sherman with (left to right) Linda N, Carmen L and David L.

All smiles! (left to right: Lawrence C, myself/Maja, Nathan, Andrii and Sherman)

Door prize time! That's Buchan's staffer Yugo (who's also in our club :) in the black hoodie recording the prize draws; Yugo made a really nice short video about our meeting and posted it on Buchan's Instagram ➡️ here ⬅️ (thanks so much, Yugo!)

Everyone checking their door prize tickets ... 

Amy H. (above) won one of five Leuchtturm1917 Drehgriffel Nr.1 "Mix & Match" ballpoint door prizes and got to create her own pen (with Paul --in cap--looking on) ! The separate components (barrel, end cap & nose cone) were in the box of Leuchtturm parts shown above, as well as the ("Parker-style") ballpoint/gel pen refills the pens take. The Drehgriffel Nr.1 "Mix & Match" ballpoints aren't sold in stores or online, but the nice thing about the versions you *can* buy is that they come in a multitude of colours :) Our thanks to Leuchtturm1917 Canada for donating the ballpoints! 👍

Grant (who was kind enough to call out the winning numbers--thank you, Grant!) was one of two winners of a stilform pen! Rumi won the other stilform pen, and Stuart was one of two winners of a bottle of Stilform fountain pen ink, a new product Buchan's is now carrying in their store. Congratulations to everyone who won a stilform or Leuchtturm door prize! 👏

From stilform's website:
"stilform is a design studio based in Hamburg, which is operated by Christoph Bohrer and Martin Wagner. It was founded in 2013 and creates high-end office products and pens. Always with the focus on creating visually appealing products with clear lines and esthetic form language, attributes like emotions, function and innovation are of utmost importance in the design process.

All parts are from high-grade titanium or aluminium. The superb materials are well known for the extremely high durability and exceptional light weight. The unique magnetic mechanism makes it easy to open and close the pen in just one movement.
Stilform received the Design Award in 2019 and 2021."

I also won one of the Leuchtturm ballpoints! (that's Asifa on the far left of the photo, Renz --who came all the way from Winnipeg!-- on the far right of the pic, and Buchan's owner Inna in the bright blue top)

A quick shot of me assembling my custom Leuchtturm1917 ballpoint (Liz R and Amy are also in the pic; apologies for not identifying everyone in the photos--it was a packed house!). There were a ton of possible colour combinations, but I immediately knew which combo I wanted -- orange ("Rising Sun" colour) barrel with black end cap & black nose cone! It's not my first Leuchtturm Drehgriffel Nr.1 ballpoint (I bought my first one at Nikaido) but I've always loved the weight and balance of these capless & clipless German-designed pens, which are made of precision-milled aluminium and brass.

Buchan's also had a "Guess the Inks" contest where you had to identify a set of mystery ink swatches! Linda N and Carmen L both got 6/12 correct (that's my photo of the answer key above), and each won a bottle of Ferris Wheel Press ink---bravo! 👏   Thank you to Sheila L of Buchan's (Sheila is also in our pen club :)  for putting the quiz together!

Sherman brought a few pens to the meeting to show our fellow members (and somehow managed to colour-coordinate them with the lovely Christmas card--in the upper left corner above-- he got from Mark & Sharon at PenDen.ca lol)

Sherman's classy Cleo Skribent Classic Gold Bordeaux fountain pen....

....his Rhodia scRipt ballpoint made of brushed aluminum.....

...and his handsome vintage Waterman '52V' Red Ripple fountain pen!

Above: My mini haul from Buchan's---my prize (and prized, LOL!) Leuchtturm1917 Drehgriffel Nr. 1 ballpoint resting on a Leuchtturm1917 A6 Forest Green Notepad (debossed with my name on it), and a bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku "Shin-kai" ink (** Buchan's has complimentary in-store debossing with Leuchtturm notebook purchase until the end of the year! **)

It might not look busy in my photo above, but I counted over 65 people (at least 60 members & guests plus a few folks I didn't recognize) in attendance! Thank you to everyone who came to our November meeting at Buchan's!!

Our warmest thanks to Buchan's owner Inna for her generosity, store manager Irena, and everyone at Buchan's for their great customer service and warm hospitality! 🙏

Buchan's is located at 2141 West 41st Avenue in Vancouver, BC and they're open Mon-Sat: 10:00 am - 6:30pm and Sunday: 11:00am - 5:00pm for your shopping convenience. Official web store at https://www.buchanst.com/

(** Update--more photos from our meeting at Buchan's were later posted here)

(~blog post by Maja~)

Some local Black Friday sales--updated! (Buchan's, Nikaido & now Van Pen, too!)

Web store: https://www.buchanst.com/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/buchans_stationery/

Buchan's is located at 2141 West 41st Avenue in Vancouver, BC and their business hours are: Mon-Sat : 10:00 am - 6:30pm; Sun: 11:00am - 5:00pm.

Nikaido 5-day Sale

We hope you can join us for a   25% off (almost everything)   S T O R E W I D E S A L E     November 26 - 30 11.00am - 6.00pm     Cannot attend the sale in-person? You can still participate in the sale by emailing us  at nikaidotea@hotmail.com with a list of items you  would like to order. We will then send an invoice,  which is payable via e-transfer. Orders can be picked up at a later date.     *Nikaido Tea & Uji Matcha are excluded from sale Twsbi pens are 15% off Sale applies to in-stock items only.     Thanks so much for your continued support, and hope to see you!     the team at Nikaido

Website: https://nikaidotea.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikaidotea/

Nikaido is located at 3580 Moncton Street in historic Steveston village (Richmond, BC)  and they're open Monday - Sunday from 11:00am - 6:00pm  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vancouverpenshop/

The Vancouver Pen Shop is located at 555 Howe Street in downtown Vancouver, BC and their store hours are Monday- Saturday from 10:00am - 6:00pm