Any Good Pen Stores In The St. Louis, Missouri Area?

[kansaskyle]

Lord wiling, I am flying out to St. Louis next week to teach some training classes, and I was curious if there are any good pen stores in the area? I saw an old post from 2009, but nothing recent.

 

Thanks in advance!

[SteveE]

I don't live in St. Louis, but I have family not far from there. I have never found a pen store in the St. Louis area in my visits there over the past 15-20 years. These used to be (and may still be) a Crane Stationery store in one of the malls (IIRC, it was the St. Louis Galleria) that sells some fountain pens and inks. The last time I was there they carried Pilot VP's, some Waterman and maybe one or two other brands of pens. All were priced at full list price. Their main focus was selling high-end fancy papers; the pens were an accommodation, I guess.

 

I've had more luck finding vintage pens at some of the antique malls around the area. My best luck was at an antique mall in Fairview Heights, a town about 15-20 miles from St. Louis.

 

If anybody else knows of any other possibilities, I'd be interested, too.

[kansaskyle]

Thanks for the insight.

 

Maybe I'll try to find some antique malls in the Chesterfield area since I have Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon free.