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Having attended my first ever pen show (DC), interested to see what the lovely folks of FPN bought/received/got done at pen shows. I picked up a bottle of Sailor Apricot, a couple of ink syringes, a Nock Co Lookout case, and a Franklin-Christoph p66 in Antique Glass. It was awesome!

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Having attended my first ever pen show (DC), interested to see what the lovely folks of FPN bought/received/got done at pen shows. I picked up a bottle of Sailor Apricot, a couple of ink syringes, a Nock Co Lookout case, and a Franklin-Christoph p66 in Antique Glass. It was awesome!

 

Good for you - sounds like an excellent first experience for you!

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Went in looking specifically for a Parker 51 Aerometric in midnight blue, and it didn't take long to find a very nice one from first quarter 1949. Also picked up a new Nock case but I don't know the name as it isn't on the web site. It's a clamshell design that holds two pens on one side and has a business card sized pocket on the other, like a small version of the Seed. I got the Parker 51 book, a couple of Clairfontaine pocket notebooks, and copy of the "Da Book" pen repair book.

 

Other than that, I just enjoyed all the eye candy, talking to folks, getting some ideas for possible future pen acquisitions, taking the Italic calligraphy workshop, and attending a seminar about collecting vintage pens. Very good show.

Ink 'em if you got 'em!

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