Canada’s Largest
Fountain Pen Collection
Simply The Best carries what is likely the largest fountain pen collection in Canada: more than 10,000 pens in stock, ranging from $39 entry points to museum-grade pieces at $55,000. It is a range built for the student picking up their first fountain pen and the collector adding to a lifetime’s worth of them, under one roof in Victoria.
A Pen for Every Hand, and Every Budget
That $39-to-$55,000 range is not just a spread of prices, it is a spread of materials and craft. Alongside the classic resins and lacquers, the collection stretches into carbon fibre and titanium for pens built for daily carry, and sterling silver for pieces meant to be handed down. Whichever end of that range you are shopping, you are choosing from the same depth of selection, not a scaled-down version of it.Visconti: Handmade in Florence
Among the 10,000 pens on our shelves, one name deserves its own introduction. Visconti is widely regarded as the leading fountain pen maker working today, and every pen the brand makes is still made entirely by hand in Florence, Italy. Because each piece passes through a person rather than a machine, no two pens are ever truly identical, and Visconti’s most distinctive patterns and material runs are retired once their run ends rather than kept in permanent production. The result is that a Visconti pen is not just a writing instrument, it is a piece of artwork, and the one you buy will not be made the same way again.The Names Behind the Collection
Visconti is one voice in a much larger collection. Our shelves also hold LAMY, Kaweco, Parker, Faber-Castell, and Fisher Space Pens for the pens you reach for every day, alongside Diplomat, On Line, and Monteverde for everyday writing with a bit more character. At the top of the collection sit the houses that fine writing is measured against: Montblanc, Montegrappa, Caran d’Ache, and Graf von Faber-Castell, each bringing its own century of craft to the case. Together with Visconti, these are the brands that make Simply The Best’s pen collection what it is: a range wide enough for a first fountain pen and deep enough for a collector’s next great find.Come See It in Person
Numbers and photos only tell part of the story with a fountain pen; the weight in your hand and the way the nib meets paper tell the rest. Come down to Simply The Best in Victoria, spend some time at the pen counter, and see the collection for yourself.SHOP FOR YOUR SHAVE
