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Hi, last Saturday was the Cologne Pen show. The venue was at a hall along the River Rhein banks.

 

The first thing I saw was Axel's(penparadise in FPN) Montblanc bag pile. Each bag is number xxxx/4810.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7277/6872780168_1132b06740_z.jpg

20120324_122710 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

Just opposite to Axel was Lutz of Penboard's table

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6236/7018891809_d06665a831_z.jpg

20120324_123326_01 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

Further down the aisle is David Parisi's pencils

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6214/7018895951_c1eb3da711_z.jpg

20120324_124404 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

Next to David is Osman's table :notworthy1:

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6107/7018900793_6535d7966c_z.jpg

20120324_125220 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

and his 3 coloured caps... :cloud9:

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6111/7018905857_9e619931f8_z.jpg

20120324_125422 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

Osman also got a set of size 0 Azure Blue which is just drool material.

 

The room - Facing the back of Jan, who is the organiser of the Tilburg show.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6109/6872801340_0a8e9d6fcf_z.jpg

20120324_131714 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

Sorry I can't remember whose pens these are, but there are some very nice overlays.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6098/6872806578_9c3b393f45_z.jpg

20120324_134758 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

The two elderly gentlemen had so extremely nice pens to sell, e.g. a clear demo 139 made by Torelli.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6233/7018919841_c404cce044_z.jpg

20120324_134832 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

Rolf (of Missing Ink) and his inks

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6104/6872815804_fe44a4a9f1_z.jpg

20120324_135212_01 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

Other traders

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6040/7018923687_748cc60ef7_z.jpg

20120324_135226 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

Another shot of the room - lots of people there! Can you spot someone from FPN there?

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/7018924615_4159451318_z.jpg

20120324_135608 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

Tom Westerich's goodies

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6102/6872819774_5f3232bb36_z.jpg

20120324_140002 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

Tom waving his Goldfink :-)

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6051/6872821076_5485aceb3e_z.jpg

20120324_160634 by 2careless, on Flickr

 

I met up with Michael R (of FPN) and we had lunch together. I love the Koelsch beer now - way better than what I get in Muenchen. We chatted for over 2 hours - that's how long it took the food to arrive! What a lovely time!

 

So that was Saturday. On Sunday I was at a flight from Cologne to Munich. Sitting next to me was an Italian couple. The wife went to the toilet after taken off and the man took out a 10 pen box and opened it to check if his pens were in order or not. I saw there were like 4-5 MB coral red and a few marbled 24x. So I asked the guy if he was at the Cologne pen show or not, yes, he was. Then he said his name is Roberto. I asked "Possaro?" Yes. bingo.

So we spent the next 40 minutes chatting on pens and he showed me most of his pens in his pen cases. This is really the first time I have ever had such a chance encounter. Very happy indeed... :thumbup:

 

I didn't buy much at the show, only got a nice black MB#30 and a coral #20.

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7133/7018313605_0d6cc18a28_z.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7219/6872205864_e60ecd76c9_z.jpg

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Best regards, Kai

Montblanc 13x, #20/25/30/40, 244/6 Green Marbled, 322 Azure Blue, 234 1/2 G/PL, 256, 220, 34.

Montblanc 144G Grey, 146G Green Striated, 146 Silver Barley, 149 (50s-00s).

Montblanc WE Christie, Imperial Dragon, Wilde, Dumas, Dostoevsky, Proust, Schiller, Verne, Mann, Twain. PoA Prince Regent, Morgan...

Visconti Pontevecchio LE, Metropolitan Gordian Knot, Ripples. Omas Paragon Royale Blue HT, Extra Lucens Black LE. Pilot Silvern. Pelikan 620 Shanghai, 800 Blue o Blue.

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That was fun Kai, thank you.

Do you speak German, or could you do transactions in English?

Tell us more about the pens - what kind of nibs, how do they write, filling mechanisms?

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Great report, Kai! Sounds like you had much fun!

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." -- A. Einstein

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Thank you for sharing and really nice find! I think I'll be like a child in a candy store if I'm there :cloud9:

 

Thank you for the report.

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FPN's special pen show correspondent does it again. Excellent report :clap1:

 

Thank you very much for sharing Kai.

 

Pavoni.

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Thanks!

 

Yes I was feeling a kid in a candy store :embarrassed_smile:

There were just too many goodies. Most of the traders can speak quite good English so I have no problems doing transactions. The only issue I have is that they only take cash, no credit cards and also no haggling.

 

I bought the #30 from Osman. As most who attends European pen shows would know he is the "goto" trader on MB vintage pens. The #30 has a medium semi-flexible nib that has still visible imprints on both barrel and cap. He had quite a few safetys that were just so beautiful and in pristine conditions. As I had to consider my meagre budget I had to decline them.

 

As for the #20 I got it from Gary Lehrer. I bought it from his website last month and picked it up at Cologne. It's got an extra fine to fine nib also semi-flexible.

 

Apart from MB I also bought a nice little rolled gold Yard-o-Lad pencil for my wife, a Soennecken 305 in Lapzui blue, a Faber Castell #884 green striped, and a Osmia Duofold junior in lapzui blue.

Best regards, Kai

Montblanc 13x, #20/25/30/40, 244/6 Green Marbled, 322 Azure Blue, 234 1/2 G/PL, 256, 220, 34.

Montblanc 144G Grey, 146G Green Striated, 146 Silver Barley, 149 (50s-00s).

Montblanc WE Christie, Imperial Dragon, Wilde, Dumas, Dostoevsky, Proust, Schiller, Verne, Mann, Twain. PoA Prince Regent, Morgan...

Visconti Pontevecchio LE, Metropolitan Gordian Knot, Ripples. Omas Paragon Royale Blue HT, Extra Lucens Black LE. Pilot Silvern. Pelikan 620 Shanghai, 800 Blue o Blue.

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Thanks for the report and the great pics - I'd like to go one of these days. Mix my love for pens with my love for travel. :thumbup:

Dayne

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