Pics From Cent Ohio Pen Club Mtg

[whichwatch]

The Central Ohio Pen Club held out regular monthly meeting when it was “European Pen Day”. Members shared pens and ink from a variety of European countries, including some that are not the most common sources of pens. Here are some pictures that illustrate just a small portion of the variety members had the chance to see and play with.

Italy was well represented by this group of VIscontis along with a few additional of their countrymen.

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Three Homo Sapiens – left to right the Florentine Hills, London Fog, and Crystal. One even changed owners during the meeting.

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Moving on to Germany, we found two vintage Montblancs, a 172 and a 244 both circa 1950’s.

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Very neat little Kaweco set from the 1970’s in its original case

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Lotsa Lamy’s

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Two of the Lamy Lx’s

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a Faber Castell Loom

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And of course some birds…. little birds,

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and bigger birds.

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Birds of many colors.

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UK was represented by a Mabie Todd Swan Self Filler

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and a group of vintage Conway Stewarts. L to R a CS15 Casein, CS36, CS388, C77 Herringbone, and CS Exec 60, all circa 1940’s to 1950’s

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Two artisan produced pens from Spain, one turned from olive wood and the other from a corn cob!

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And two Inco brand pens from Poland, thought to be from the 1950’s. The red pen was engraved “cena det. 25 zl” which means “suggested price 25 Polish dollars”

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And of course there was plenty of European ink. Spotted in this group were KWZ (Poland), Akkerman (Netherlands), Diamine (UK), J Herbin (France), Edelstein (Germany), and Rohrer & Klinger (Germany).

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We had a blast, as always. Want to join the fun? Our next meeting will be Sunday May 13 from 2 to 4 pm at Columbus Metro Library Northern Lights Branch, 4093 Cleveland Ave, Columbus when our theme will be: “Pens you Regret Buying”. Bring such a pen for Show & Tell.

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[Tasmith]

Thanks for sharing!

[gweimer1]

"Our next meeting will be Sunday May 13 from 2 to 4 pm at Columbus Metro Library Northern Lights Branch, 4093 Cleveland Ave, Columbus when our theme will be: “Pens you Regret Buying”. Bring such a pen for Show & Tell."

 

Do I have to buy them all back?

Most of the pens I regret buying have most likely been dumped. I'll see if I have any left....

[eharriett]

"Our next meeting will be Sunday May 13 from 2 to 4 pm at Columbus Metro Library Northern Lights Branch, 4093 Cleveland Ave, Columbus when our theme will be: “Pens you Regret Buying”. Bring such a pen for Show & Tell."

 

Do I have to buy them all back?

Most of the pens I regret buying have most likely been dumped. I'll see if I have any left....

Yeah, I've got a $200+ one I've regretted since buying too. I've been procrastinating on selling it too. Maybe this would be a good motivation to get its box out for selling.