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Hi,

New here so go gentle but I need some suggestions.I am visiting the USA in October and want to take advantage of being in the states and ordering a new fountain Pen for delivery to my hotel. It would make sense for me to oreder a Pen that is made in the USA therefore. I would like to spend no more than $400 on an oversized pen with a gold nib. I would like a colourful pen and therefore not black.

I know this is a fairly broad set of choices but Im really happy to try something different,my nib choice would be fine. Forgive me if this is not the right area to post this question in.

 

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How long will you be on this side of "The Pond" and where will you be based? Just thinking that if possible, a visit to a Pen Show might be the best place to find your pen. Most have new and vintage pens, the Ohio Show is in early November and the Toronto Show (Scriptus) is at the end of October if you can make it North of the border. Happy travelling.

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Hey Pen Lady, thanks for the suggestions, I am in New England in late October and scoured the net for shows and stores but Alas there was nothing but one store in Boston. I don’t think I’ll be able to persuade my better half to travel north while we are on our vacation as we have a pretty clear itinery. Next time I think I will plan a little better :)

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Thanks Herrjaeger, I ’ll take a look to see what they have in the range.

When you look at their materials, be prepared to take notes. Their way of presenting the materials is to give you a slide show of various pens and materials. The show is rather dazzling, takes some time to watch, and at least the last time I looked at it, there was no easy way to look at a specific material: you had to go back through the slide show. Some of their pens are available through retailers in the US, with limited options on those pens, although they are considerably less expensive. One thing to note, some of their pens don’t post, if that’s important to you. Stephen Brown has reviewed at least one of their pens on YouTube. Enjoy.

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You could also order Nodler's Apache Sunset and a couple other of the highest rated Noodlers inks from Gulett (sp)...perhaps a couple pens from him too. He sends bomb proof packages. :notworthy1: :thumbup: I'd ordered from him delivered to my motel, and it was there when I checked in.

You could go to Inky Thoughts and start a thread of the top 5 most needed Noodler inks, and be good to go.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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You could also order Nodler's Apache Sunset and a couple other of the highest rated Noodlers inks from Gulett (sp)...perhaps a couple pens from him too. He sends bomb proof packages. :notworthy1: :thumbup: I'd ordered from him delivered to my motel, and it was there when I checked in.

You could go to Inky Thoughts and start a thread of the top 5 most needed Noodler inks, and be good to go.

Thanks for the guidance Bo Bo
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