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Nice Coverage Ricky! Some day, I will be in a picture for you, smiling, not fuzzy or off guard, I promise! :)

Bry

The picture with you and Sarj was pretty good.

2020 San Francisco Pen Show
August 28-30th, 2020
Pullman Hotel San Francisco Bay
223 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City Ca, 94065

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NICE!

 

Oh, I know I'll like your nibs. I always like your nibs. I've got my Nakayas with me to battle the nib envy -- or nib coveting.

 

Ha ha ha, about being married still. Did Sandi get a pen, hm? Are your converting her...?

 

Sandi spent much of the time out and about, successfully avoiding the pen crowd. I've tried to convert her, but there was that red ink fiasco...

 

I managed to finally meet Bryant, and for some reason, my photos came out a bit blurry too! Nice pens there Bryant and I can't wait to take some of them off your hands! :)

 

Mark

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Super kudos Ricky ~ This may be the best EVER pen show pictorial review!!! We are all blessed by the way you captured and displayed it and your encouraging, friendly presence. It filled in the missing pieces for me since my nose was so kept to the literal grind stone I did not get to see a lot beyond my tale boundaries. It really makes me want to be at the San Francisco Show!

 

Thanks to all you other guys who made it such a joy: Ron, Loren, Todd and of course "he whom must not be named" ... and all the lovely ladies who graced the show by daylight. What a fabulous gathering of peeps and pens!

 

Blessings to all ~

Pendleton

 

PS ~ As discussed Ricky, I expect to be borrowing a few of your fine/fun photos for a Pennant review.

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~ May the Lord smile on you ~

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Really fantastic! Thank you, Ricky.

 

(It must have been difficult to walk away from that LeBoeuf Tiger Eye, but you kept your focus. :))

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Thanks very much for the great coverage! I'm still waiting for the bridge to be built...

Aloha,

dnb

What else do we have in life if not to help each other?

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Sandi spent much of the time out and about, successfully avoiding the pen crowd. I've tried to convert her, but there was that red ink fiasco...

 

I managed to finally meet Bryant, and for some reason, my photos came out a bit blurry too! Nice pens there Bryant and I can't wait to take some of them off your hands! :)

 

Mark

 

Oh yes. The Red Ink.

 

Aw... I'm sad I missed the evil Evil Pen Purveyor. Drat.

 

And Pendleton, too.

 

Double drat.

 

Stupid other priorities.

 

Actually, not stupid. Actually, more important than (I KNOW BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT ANYWAY) pens.

 

I hope everyone comes to the San Francisco Pen Show in October. Because I'm selfish that way.

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etherX in To Miasto

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Thank you very much for the great review. I have been to several shows in Atlanta and I love the experience. I'm very excited about the upcoming show in April. Your review makes me want to make more of a weekend of it and go to more shows. I would really like to go to the DC show someday!

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Super kudos Ricky ~ This may be the best EVER pen show pictorial review!!! We are all blessed by the way you captured and displayed it and your encouraging, friendly presence. It filled in the missing pieces for me since my nose was so kept to the literal grind stone I did not get to see a lot beyond my tale boundaries. It really makes me want to be at the San Francisco Show!

 

Thanks to all you other guys who made it such a joy: Ron, Loren, Todd and of course "he whom must not be named" ... and all the lovely ladies who graced the show by daylight. What a fabulous gathering of peeps and pens!

 

Blessings to all ~

Pendleton

 

PS ~ As discussed Ricky, I expect to be borrowing a few of your fine/fun photos for a Pennant review.

 

 

No problem PB. You can find more pics on my Flickr site. I culled the pictures from the larger group to tell this story.

2020 San Francisco Pen Show
August 28-30th, 2020
Pullman Hotel San Francisco Bay
223 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City Ca, 94065

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Really fantastic! Thank you, Ricky.

 

(It must have been difficult to walk away from that LeBoeuf Tiger Eye, but you kept your focus. :))

 

 

No. It was pretty easy. I was out of money. :roflmho:

 

I walked away from a lot of pens. About 10-12 other vintage Italians, a bunch of Parker Vac from Sarj, the red Danish Wahl Personal point, etc.

2020 San Francisco Pen Show
August 28-30th, 2020
Pullman Hotel San Francisco Bay
223 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City Ca, 94065

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I thank everyone who advised me as a newbie to cough up the extra $ to go on the non-public days. It was truly worth the extra, and I should have gone on Friday as well as Saturday!

 

I took in 4 seminars, got Pendleton Brown to modify the nib on my Waterman Exclusive to a cursive italic, met Mr TWSBI aka Speedy, lunched with the So Cal/LA Pen Posse, bought 2 pens - an italic Duofold Pearl and a mint Parker 51 (another 51 that doesn't cost $50) - and had a blast meeting Bjor and buying all sorts of great paper items at her RefillMonster booth. I barely saw 20% of the displays.

 

The seminars were so informative; watching John Mottishaw adjust a badly-performing nib in the near-darkness of the seminar room with his LED loupe, his thumbnail and a bit of soft abrasive cloth was amazing. The dealers and experienced pen people were so kind to the newbie, and a couple of them generously ID'd my odd-ball pens, my 1960s Tip-Dip Sheaffer (or is it Dip-Tip?), and my 1980s Pilot Minuet.

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Ricky, did I forget to thank you... my gosh...

 

Thank You, a wonderful report and pics!

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Glenn (love those pen posses)

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Wow, I am so envious right now. We barely even have a pen show in Australia, let alone up north here in Gold Coast/Brisbane. This would present some serious temptations. Hope everybody in attendance enjoyed themselves and grabed something special.

 

By the way, great coverage of the show.

“You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'”

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”

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Wow Ricky, thanks for that report!

 

If I can get to the pen show can I hang out with you so I can see the, uh, secret pens from under the table?

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...and a pen that's comfortable in the hand.—moi

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Ricky, could you provide a link to your Flicker site with the photos? Thanks!

 

 

If you double click any of my pictures on this thread it will take you to my Flickr site. From there just click on my Photostream. I've organized the pics by the day into sets.

2020 San Francisco Pen Show
August 28-30th, 2020
Pullman Hotel San Francisco Bay
223 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City Ca, 94065

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