Mark B.
Yelp
I love this shop.
I am an educator and in the last year I got interested in reconnecting with handwriting. I wanted to see if writing longhand, like I did years ago, would improve my research and my teaching. I found Wonderpens at their old location on Dundas West. I picked up a pen and was instantly hooked.
I'm now a regular customer. The two owners, Jon and Liz have put together not only a very cool pen and stationery shop, but they are also helping to build a community of like-minded pen and paper lovers. Calligraphy classes, Letter-writing clubs, and now an Antique pen market all serve a growing community of handwriting enthusiasts.
Their shop features an amazing collection of hard to find goods, like rare papers from Japan (Tomoe River), Midori notebooks and brass accessories (clips, stencils, rulers, clipboards - oh that clipboard!), as well as high grade G. Lalo writing paper, and much more. Palomino blackwing, Pearl, and the 602 are all there, if pencils are your thing - they also carry some really great mechanical pencils - check out the Kaweco Sketch!
On the pen side they have a very impressive array fine writing instruments. From high end Japanese fountain pens, such as Sailor and Pilot to finely-engineered pens made by Kaweco (check out the copper Lilliput!), to starter pens for kids made by Lamy. My favourites are the gorgeous resins on the Edison Pens. I've explored nibs from. 2.4mm through the Extra fine Kaweco nibs, and I've been able to make good choices because Jon and Liz have such thorough knowledge of their products.
Ink? Got that covered too. Diamine, J. Herbin *including all 4 from the awesome 1670 line!*, Private Reserve, a ton of Noodler's inks (including the infamous Bay State Blue), Rohrer and Klinger, Sailor, Iroshizuku (OMG, BTW), and more. It really is an impressive collection. And they have (check stock) Noodler's awesome new Plains of Abraham ink, which for my money, is the best ink I've ever used.
I'm obviously a supporter of this shop and their mission. Whether you are a collector like me, or someone new to fountain pens, or if you just want some stationery, I think you would be hard-pressed to find a nicer place to shop.