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Hello All,

 

Due to certain requirements, I will be traveling to Brisbane/Toowoomba during the month of May. I would like to gauge interest to see if anyone wants to do a meet up either or both in Brisbane/Toowoomba. I will be staying at my Toowoomba residence. As a plus side for those interested, during my trip, I willing to do nib work like Binderizing Nibs (Smoothing and Tuning), custom grinds like italics and so on. As an official TWSBI Dealer, I am also be able to bring down stock from Singapore and give a good price on TWSBI Pens. (Ask me for what other items I can arrange to bring from Singapore as well) Is there any interest for a meetup? Thanks.

From The Sunny Island of Singapore

 

Straits Pen Distributors and Dealers of Craft Rinkul, JB Perfect Pen Flush, Ohto Japan, Parker, Pelikan, Pilot Pen, Private Reserve Inks, Schrade Tactical Pens, Smith & Wesson Pens, Noodler's Ink LLC Pens, TWSBI Inc and Waterman in Singapore

Disclosure: I do nib work for others and am affiliated with those which do. I also sell and represent certain brands of pens.

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Obviously I need to read more posts. Just noticed yours studiohead. 12 months . . shocking!

 

Do you still commute to Brisbane? I'm new to repair and have just bought my first nib block. I have a lot to learn and very eager.

 

cheers . .

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It's well past the date but the same topic so I'll just open it up again.

 

Starting from the 11th October (2017), I will be running a mid-week fountain pen meet-up at Beenleigh (near Brisbane, Australia) and have booked the room for another six months. Wish I could say it was from popular demand! Hopefully the interest will grow. I'll be working on my stash of pens and you're welcome to watch/help or we can work on your pens.

 

It will be at the Beenleigh library so everything is free (no sales). My vintage pens will be on display in the Beenleigh library all month (October). Bring along your pens, we can discuss any issues, I'll clean them up, and check for any problems.

 

I've been kindly given quite a few fake Montblancs so we can talk about what to look out for. These are about 10 years old so you can see what happens over that time. Just like to mention, don't buy one because they're cheap and you were just curious. If we stop buying them then hopefully they'll stop making them.

 

Look forward to meeting you there.

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