図鑑 · The Atlas
City
The Netherlands
By train, in order
Amsterdam
Stop 1Stop 1: P.W. Akkerman Amsterdam
A deep Japanese and Italian bench — Sailor, Platinum, Pilot and Namiki beside Scribo, Maiora and Leonardo — with engraving done in house while you are in the city.
Den Haag
Stop 2Stop 2: P.W. Akkerman Den Haag
They make thirty-one numbered house inks named after The Hague itself — Passage Blue, Hofvijver Gray — in the inkwell-shaped bottles, and this shop is where you buy them over the counter.
Delft
Stop 3Stop 3: Fontoplumo
Run by enthusiasts out of a listed building, carrying what the big dealers skip — Opus 88, Kakimori, Pennonia, KWZ and Wearingeul — plus their own exclusive Sailor inks.
Also, off the route
Appelboom
An in-house nib specialist who will tune or grind a nib on request, only at the Netherlands shop — the one place in the country where work can be done on a nib the same day you buy it.
- Off the route.
Hours drift — verify before visiting.