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May Day Meeting In Portland: Pens And Penkala!

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Another great meeting by organizers Michael McNeal and Stuart Hawkinson. This time a group of 20+ met at the Lucky Lab Beer Hall. And it is a big hall ... in fact it was an assembly plant for some of the first Freightliner 18 wheelers. In keeping with the spirit of craft brewing, the wonderful selection of beers were enjoyed by the attendees.

 

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http://luckylab.com/quimby-beer-hall/

Pens were shared, dipped, quick brown foxed, and admired by the group at the long communal tables. All that was needed was an ooopah band and a barmaid holding 8 steins on a bounteous bosum.

 

Interesting pens predominated with details supplied by their owners. A college student had just received that matte purple Safari and it is a beauty! Another younger attendee is a colorist for comics. The inked figures are sent out for coloring and the coloring is as distinctive an addition to the style as the original ink work. Here is a case in point, although made in quite a different way ... be sure to check the comparison of the originals from the 50's in bendays with the computer generated coloring and shading as done now.

 

http://www.gocomics.com/lastkiss

 

But I ramble ... the artist brought along six work-of-art Japanese pens with very special nibs he uses for his own drawing. The music nib with the thick/thin line available was an eye-opener for me.

 

And Stuart shared the story of Penkala of Croatia, I thought it was some sort of pen-related trademark but it is in fact the last name of the entrepreneur/inventor.

http://www.penkala.net/Penkala/penkala.html

 

Not only was his name Penkala, but he became the logo!

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I blathered on about ephemera and connections of pens to the times using Pelikan and Markant as examples.

 

Another good meeting ... pens and beer. What can go wrong?

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Aahh, had I only known! If there's another, that would be very fine.

 

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