San Francisco Pen Show - 2015 Update

[JonSzanto]

Actually, you missed them last year because they weren't there.

 

However, this year, they will be there for you to miss them!

 

I think we should have a "Miss Stylo Art" pageant. Maybe even a swimsuit competition.

[pepsiplease69]

Actually, you missed them last year because they weren't there.

 

However, this year, the will be there for you to miss them!

That's right, I don't remember seeing Stylo art last year and I had prowled the floor enough times on all 3 days.

 

The excitement is building to a crescendo for me to attend the show this year.

[dms525]

 

I think we should have a "Miss Stylo Art" pageant. Maybe even a swimsuit competition.

 

I might be tempted to enter, if there were a talent competition, but entering a swimsuit competition would not be something I would inflict on my friends.

[FarmBoy]

Stylo Art was at last year's SF pen show. I know because last year I had budgeted for them, but missed them.

 

 

Actually, you missed them last year because they weren't there.

 

However, this year, the will be there for you to miss them!

 

 

 

I think we should have a "Miss Stylo Art" pageant. Maybe even a swimsuit competition.

NO Jon, NO. I've seen Tenny's shirt pull up when he was removing his coat. More than enough for all of us to not need a swim suit competition.

[FarmBoy]

Stylo Art was at last year's SF pen show. I know because last year I had budgeted for them, but missed them.

 

Actually, you missed them last year because they weren't there.

 

However, this year, the will be there for you to miss them!

 

 

I think we should have a "Miss Stylo Art" pageant. Maybe even a swimsuit competition.

NO Jon, NO. I've seen Tenny's shirt pull up when he was removing his coat. More than enough for all of us to not need a swim suit competition.

[tenney]

Hey, Farmboy, repeating that twice - I might just raise a shirt again...

 

As for "Miss Stylo Art" --- just not me, or as Loren and Farmboy noted you'd regret it :-)

 

With all the talk of Stylo Art last year I clearly confused the LA Pen Show with the SF Show. After this year's show, NO ONE will EVER confuse the SF Pen Show with any other show!!!

 

Now, I purposely didn't ask ahead of time for any specific woods, because I think that selecting a Stylo Art pe and wood has to be a very personal, touch, sensory, experience... and it either will happen for me this year (I can hope) or maybe not.

[JonSzanto]

Brings a new meaning to "We have wood!"

[kernando]

Speaking of wood, even the SF pen show could use more kilts.

[travberg]

WAS FARMBOY's B-DAY YESTERDAY OR TODAY?

 

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Todd, happy birthday to youuuuuuuu!

 

The real reason they moved the SF SHOW by a week, is so I wouldn't be allowed to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY again:(((((((

[JonSzanto]

The real reason they moved the SF SHOW by a week, is so I wouldn't be allowed to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY again:(((((((

 

This will have to suffice:

 

[pepsiplease69]

WAS FARMBOY's B-DAY YESTERDAY OR TODAY?

 

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Todd, happy birthday to youuuuuuuu!

 

The real reason they moved the SF SHOW by a week, is so I wouldn't be allowed to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY again:(((((((

 

 

Happy Birthday farmboy!

 

Best wishes and many happy returns of the day.

 

Is this the year that you might change your alias from farm-boy to farm-man?

[JonSzanto]

WAS FARMBOY's B-DAY YESTERDAY OR TODAY?

 

BTW, Trav - Feel free to copy the YouTube and post it... over there. The Doctor has banned me from his board, so if you are doing BD wishes to the Boy of the Farm, I'd be pleased for you to post it at FPB.

[tenney]

Y'all know that we're still going to sing it for farmboy - a week makes no difference.

[ac12]

copy from FPGeeks

 

The show is only a few days away. Just a reminder of the show schedule.

Friday*
9:00a - 11:00a Dealer Setup
11:00a - 6:00p Dealers and Traders

Saturday
8:00a - 10:00a Dealer and Traders
11:00a - 6:00p General Public

Sunday
8:00a - 10:00a Dealer and Traders
11:00a - 6:00p General Public


* Friday attendance requires either a dealer badge, 3-day trader pass ($60) or Michael Sull's class attendance. There is no general admission on Friday

[ac12]

Latest show update copied from FPGeeks

 

Michael Sull Handwriting Class

Michael Sull’s Spencerian class is sold out with a waiting list. We have a few slots left for the American Cursive but act fast if you want to take this class.



New!!!

Deborah Basel Handwriting Classes

Deborah Basel will be offering shorter two hour classes on Handwriting. She will be offering a shorter version of the American Cursive class on Saturday. On Sunday, Deborah will offer a class on italic handwriting. The classes are $40. To register, send an RSVP to sfpenshow@gmail.com with the subject Deborah Basel class. Payment should be made at the show. Course summaries for the two classes can be found below. The Cursive class is scheduled for Saturday 1:30p-3:30p. The Italic class is scheduled for Sunday 11:00a-1:00p. The times are still tentative. We will update the schedule on the website as soon as possible.

Basel Cursive Writing Class Description

Did you miss out on cursive writing in elementary school? Do you find that your cursive writing is mixed with block printing? Do you want others to be able to read what you write and to take pride in your script? This class is for all levels and ages.

The amazing penmen (and women) from the Golden Age of Handwriting didn’t have any special penmanship muscles. They used their writing skills to write legibly for hours every day without getting tired, by learning a few simple techniques. We will begin with pencils and warm-up exercises and progress to using pens for upper and lower case alphabet letters. Handouts are excerpted with permission from Michael Sull’s American Cursive Handwriting book. The ability to write legibly and beautifully lies within all of us. All materials are provided. All you need to bring is your willingness to practice.


Basel Italic Writing Class Description

The workshop will be an overview of the Italic hand. Students will work with Shaeffer student fountain pens. The goal is to have a lot of fun, learn basic strokes and some letters, and see how the letters are related to each other, thereby making learning the whole alphabet a less daunting task. You will have enough information to take your studies to the next level – through self study or via opportunities through a local guild. You CAN do this! And Deborah will show you how.

Deborah Basel is a certified American Cursive Handwriting instructor. She is a Contributing Editor for Pen World magazine and a past President of the Washington DC Calligraphers Guild. She has taught classes at Bertram’s Inkwell, Roland Park Country School’s Kaleidoscope program in Baltimore, Maryland, and at Pen shows all over the United States.


Ink Testing

The ink testing stations are ready for the show. For the show, the SF Bay Area Pen Posse will have 500 inks available for testing as well as a variety of different papers. This has been made possible by the efforts of SF Bay Area Pen Posse who donated the ink testing stations and much of the inks and papers. We also want to thank pen friends and dealers from around the world for contributing to this effort. We are currently deciding which 500 inks we will have for testing. Believe it or not, we have to down select to a group of 500. We will post a list of available inks once we have down selected.






New Dealers

We are pleased to announce a number of dealers new for this years show. Vaness Pens will be at the show with a large selection of unique inks. Many of their inks will be available for testing and sale at the show. Stylo Art Pens from Japan will also be in attendance. For those not in the know, Stylo Art are makers of small batch custom pens from Japan. Mr. Kuzuno Motoshi is a master of turning pens from rare Japanese woods. These pens can be fitted with a range Japanese nibs from the big three in Japan (Pilot, Sailor, and Platinum) including many of the specialty nibs not available in the US. Staedtler-Mars will be in attendance. Staedtler are well known for their technical pens and pencils, but have recently launched a line of fine writing instruments. They will be at the show showing off their range of fine pens. Kenro Pens, distributor for fine Italians pens such as Aurora, Montegrappa, and Omas and many others, we will at the show showing off their newest pens. Check out the show website for the current list of exhibitors.


Seminars

In addition to the handwriting classes, the show will offer a wide range of seminars on both Saturday and Sunday. The current lineup is posted below and are still tentative. We are working on adding a few more so the schedule is still subject to change.

Saturday

Susan Wirth “WHY SOME FOUNTAIN PENS CAN MAKE ANYONE’S WRITING LOOK GOOD!” 10:30-12:00 pm
Susan Thom “JOURNALING - WRITING AS A PRACTICE”WHY SOME 12:00- 1:30 pm
Pens 101 1:30pm-3:00 pm
Micahel Sull 3:30pm-4:30 pm




Sunday

Susan Wirth “WHY SOME FOUNTAIN PENS CAN MAKE ANYONE’S WRITING LOOK GOOD!” 10:30-12:00 pm
Susan Thom Letter Writing 1:00-2:30 pm
Greg Minuskin 2:30-4:00 pm

 

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Stylo Art from Japan will be at the show. They make custom pens using rare Japanese woods. The pens can be fitted with most nibs from Pilot, Sailor, or Platinum including the full range of Pilot #10 and #15 nibs. (No Sailor Specialty nibs). Nibs like a Platinum Music nib or Pilot FA, Po, Su,, etc. nibs are brought over in small quantities. So if there is a nib you are interested in, please let us know so I can inform Stylo Art.


Additional dealers are committing to the show. Ryan Krusac Studios will return to the SF Pen Show with his range of custom made pens. Paul Erano of the Black Pen Society will also be in attendance. There are a few more that we are trying to confirm. We shall update as additional information comes in.

 

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Greg Minuskin's seminar on Sunday will be entitled, "“Vintage Flex Nibs; Affordable Calligraphic Fun”. Greg will have a good supply of flex pens for sale at the show

I. What is flex?
a) The ability to apply pressure to a nib and achieve about a 10-14 fold increase in line width.
b ) Must have a tipping width of only .10 or .20mm size for best flex results
c) The ability of the nib to “snap” back once pressure is released from the user.
d) User’s ability to control pressure the “key” to desirable line width.

II. How do I know what nibs will have good flex?
a) Alloy of the gold in the nib is key.
1. Vintage 14k nibs are the right “Ratio” of gold to other metals, durable .
2. Tempering to achieve the correct “spring” in the nib.
3. Capillary action down the slit is well made.

III. Its all about the Feed!
a) Vintage pens have deep feed channels
1.Three direct channels for ink to flow
b ) Very often ebonite/hard rubber feeds.
1. Air return on these feeds is also ideal

IV. Modern 14k gold nibs, and feeds The Good, The Bad, the Ugly
a) The Good; While 14k ratio is correct, tempering is missing.

 

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Michael Sull's seminar is titled "With Pen in Hand, the Story of American Penmanship"

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Susan Thom's Journaling class

Journaling

Writing as a Practice.

Are you wanting to start a journal but can never seem to keep it going or even get started?

This workshop is intended to get you over the hurdle and into writing in a journal on a regular basis. Find out why journaling is so important and can contribute to your health and creativity. Bring paper and pen and find out how writing on a daily basis helps to explore your inner world, solve problems, and develop new ideas.

The workshop will be an hour in length and will be of value for those who have never tried journaling or those who already keep a journal but are looking to expand their writing.

The only requirements is that you bring multiple sheets of writing paper and a pen.

This is a way to make great use of all those pens that you love. We will also talk about all of the tools available for journaling that help you get even more enjoyment out of your pens.

Susan Thom resides in San Francisco and collects fountain pens, vintage and modern. She has been using them for over 40 years to keep journals.

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Edited August 26, 2015 by ac12

[alaskazimm]

I'm getting excited for this! It will be my first pen show and I can't wait.

 

Does the above schedule supersede the website's schedule? The site says general public opens at 10, and your post says at 11. I'll be coming down from Lake Co and if I could sleep in another hour that would be nice.

[pepsiplease69]

Is there anything special we need to bring (other than our person) to the Michael Sull American Cursive class?

[Conan the Grammarian]

Not to be a troll or anything but, whoever is responsible for the sfpenshow.com site may want to change a couple of things.

 

The Web site announces that at 6:30 the doors will be loked. I assume they will be locked.

 

And hors d'hovres is, I assume, meant to be hors-d’oeuvres.

 

If we're going to insist that the world learn proper handwriting, we'd best be up on our spelling.

 

Looking forward to the show.

[ac12]

Is there anything special we need to bring (other than our person) to the Michael Sull American Cursive class?

 

A pen that you will be comfortable using for the 4 hour class.

Edited August 26, 2015 by ac12

[ac12]

 

I'm getting excited for this! It will be my first pen show and I can't wait.

 

Does the above schedule supersede the website's schedule? The site says general public opens at 10, and your post says at 11. I'll be coming down from Lake Co and if I could sleep in another hour that would be nice.

 

Checked, General Public opens at 10am.

Edited August 26, 2015 by ac12