Since 1930, Bob Slate Stationer has served the needs of Harvard, MIT, Cambridge & Greater Boston with distinctive stationery products & expert consultative services.
Choose from our wide selection of stationery, from refined museum art styles, to trendy design-focused styles, to irreverent humor styles.
Our broad offerings help you express your personal style, whether you are journaling, sketching, planning & organizing, giving gifts, or sending greetings across the miles.
Restock your favorite pens and papers, or explore new ones to help you express yourself and connect.
We invite you to unplug and explore the joys of thinking with your hands!
I went in this past Monday and discovered a place of haven for planner, journals and notebook lovers!!! This is such a great traditional stationery spot.
Parking can be tricky and hard to find but it's worth the price and time. Service was excellent and patient and what a nice gift shop for out-of-towners. I was so glad they already had 2026 Regional Calendars.
They have Campus, Moleskine, Rhodia, LEUCHTTURM1917, Traveler's Company etc.
Respectfully Reviewed.
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Shino Takahashi
Sep 29, 2025
5.0
Came in to browse fountain pens and inks. The staff member was very knowledgeable and we sampled inks together as their swatch book wasn't available. I ended up purchasing something several beautiful inks and a pretty Platinum Preppy pen. They let me know of a pen show happening that weekend and I ended up going and having a blast!
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K P
Sep 24, 2025
5.0
Lovely shop with knowlwdgeable, friendly staff. I found a nice selection of fountain pens and a great selection of papers, along with some fun other little things.
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Ryan Korsen
Sep 23, 2025
3.0
This store has a good selection of fountain pen inks, pens, and paper. Though when I asked few questions I got some pretty lukewarm responses from the lady behind the counter. Later found a notebook I wanted but it was marked up by I think like 40%, it was a Rhodia notebook. I asked if they could price match and they declined.
I just wanted to enjoy the store experience of an obscure hobby to pick up some fun stuff, and hopefully meet some people there who were passionate about the hobby too. Maybe I just came at a bad time since it was near closing. I ended up finding that experience at Top Drawer down the road later on though.
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Clemente Sánchez
Sep 6, 2025
5.0
Truly one of my favorite stores in the Boston area. Great staff, and great selection. And not just Rhodia or Clairefontaine either. A lot of Japanese stationery that you wouldn’t expect to find too: Midori, Life, Maruman, Apica, Itoya, etc. Honestly pretty impressive. Definitely worth paying a premium to be able to compare paper, pens, and inks.