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I'm just wondering if anyone's been to the Santa Fe Pen Fair? If so, would you recommend it? I'm considering going, but I know that I'll be super busy during that time and not sure if I should make room to attend.

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I live in Albuquerque and I have gone every year. It is very small, with just a few tables with vendors. If you are looking for a particular pen, one of the things I have found lately is that some of the vendors seem to have old stock and not the latest and greatest from pen companies.

 

If you have time it is worth going though, just for the eye candy.

 

Just don't expect anything like the big pen shows around the country.

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It's a smaller show, to be sure, but if you live in SF, it's worth making a stop.

 

Mostly newer pens are for sale, although Neil Frank's store, Santa Fe Pens, has a good assortment of vintage pens as well. I will typically stop in for a little bit to see if anything catches my eye. Friends have purchased a number of pens at the show, and been well pleased.

 

As well, the bookstore Op Cit is in Sanbusco Centre, which is always worth a quick walkthrough.

 

If you've not attended, I'd recommend seeing it.

 

 

 

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Hmm. I guess I'll have to make a point of stopping by! I'm a fan of Op Cit Books actually. They're probably my favourite bookstore in Santa Fe next to the one at St. John's College!

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Hmm. I guess I'll have to make a point of stopping by! I'm a fan of Op Cit Books actually. They're probably my favourite bookstore in Santa Fe next to the one at St. John's College!

 

There's another fine bookstore in walking distance from Sanbusco, Books of Interest, on Aztec between Guadalupe and Sandoval. The store has parking behind the building, so it's not another of the "move, pay, move, pay" parking idiocies of SF, but it's also about five minutes easy walk from Sambusco. Highly recommended. Combined with the Santa Fe Pen Show - which I can't visit this year because of a business trip, alas - it's a good mix of books and pens.

 

I need to get over to Saint John's College bookstore one of these days myself... Great location, and likely the best selection of classics in the state.

 

 

 

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Since we moved to Colorado over 30 years ago, my wife and I try to get down to Santa Fe once or twice a year to see friends and relatives and to get our chile fix :). Since I got into pens about ten years ago and discovered that Neal's was the second closest b&m pen shop to my house, I usually swing by when I'm in town. I've been trying to coordinate the timing of our spring visit with Neal's extravaganza over the past several years. Last year I was able to score a Faber-Castell Ondoro in orange at a very good price.

 

I'm planning to visit this year if our goats are through kidding by then.

 

It's a good opportunity to see some stock in person that you won't see unless you visit a major store or a big show. If I was as close as Albuquerque, I'd make it every year for sure!

 

The NMPCC has their meeting in Albuquerque the following weekend - that's a good bunch of folks to hang with, too.

 

And if you find yourself looking for a pen fix in the fall, we'll be putting on our Colorado Pen Show in Denver on Columbus Day weekend.

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The first day was today. Runs tomorrow as well, from noon (I think) to closing. Lots of pretty pens, friendly dealers. The special edition pen looks a lot nicer in person than in the ad. But Number 27 is gone.

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