Pelikan Hubs 2018 !

[jeremy15]

Can't wait to attend the Adelaide hub! It will be my first.

[inkstainedruth]

DON'T put that lovely pen in the fridge, Ruth!

 

Of course the pen would fit -- it's the potato salad I've got to cram in (when I make it I start with a five pound bag of potatoes).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[bbs]

Of course the pen would fit -- it's the potato salad I've got to cram in (when I make it I start with a five pound bag of potatoes).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Sounds fun at your hub - think we need to up our game in London!

[webgeckos]

I can't wait. Ottawa hub upgraded! They aren't giving away donkeys anymore, they upped their game to free unicorns!

[webgeckos]

 

While you did miss the deadline (a lot of folks sadly did, as noted in a few posts to this thread), it sounds like a lot of hubs are open to a couple of non-registrants showing up. Cyber6 is, as I understand it, a co-hub master for Toronto this year, so you may want to PM her for information.

 

Hopefully that helps!

 

 

 

We always over-charge Canadians. That's how we roll.

 

Especially Canadians shorter than me.

 

[Cyber6]

 

 

 

We always over-charge Canadians. That's how we roll.

 

Especially Canadians shorter than me.

 

 

 

I can take you !!!

[webgeckos]

 

 

I can take you !!!

 

 

I have SEEN the pony!!!! Its a Clydesdale, the winner in the Ottawa hub is going to beed a huge barn.

 

 

Pshaw! Cyber, PSHAW

[jmccarty3]

The Pittsburgh Hubmaster sent out mail yesterday evening that the package is on its way -- he'd just gotten the notification that it was en route.

I can't wait! Trying to decide if I should ink up the new M120 Iconic Blue now (in time for the regular Steel City Nibs meeting tomorrow night) or wait till the Hub. I got it at the Commonwealth Pen Show on Sunday, and just flushed out any residual manufacturing debris last night. Boy -- is it a pretty pen!

Hopefully the M nib will not be too boring (I didn't have any choice on the nib at the show, but the price was decent). Thinking that I DON'T want to put Olivine in it -- that would just look weird, IMO....

 

Ruth, I have found two inks that look fantastic in the Iconic Blue M120: Birmingham Pens Cathedral of Learning Panther Blue and Montblanc Homer Greek Blue.

[inkstainedruth]

Well, I don't have either of those (although I did get to try someone's Homer Greek Blue last night at the SCN meeting -- and you're right, that is a nice ink).

Right now the pen has MB Beatles Psychedelic Purple in it (one of the inks I picked up at the Commonwealth Pen Show last weekend. Of the other 3 ink purchases, I wanted to test the two Noodler's inks in other pens first (especially the show swag ink, which turned out to be a MUCH nicer green than the color printing on the label suggested); and since I don't tend to go "matchy matchy" with inks and pen barrel colors, that left the little bottle of Diamine Havasu Turquoise out of the running.... So the Beatles ink won out....

Oh, and I opened up the vintage-looking bottle of Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black (with the pen rest built into the bottle shape) but for someone else to use;, but I don't tend to use black ink as much as other colors.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[ScienceChick]

Still no Hub boxes so I emailed Chartpak. Everything is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. 😠 So much for going straight to the Hub from work. I sent a pretty nasty email to Chartpak. It won't change anything but it sure did make me feel better.

[Chouffleur]

Still no Hub boxes so I emailed Chartpak. Everything is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. So much for going straight to the Hub from work. I sent a pretty nasty email to Chartpak. It won't change anything but it sure did make me feel better.

In case you're lost for words next time: http://intellisult.com/

[Mulrich]

Still no Hub boxes so I emailed Chartpak. Everything is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. 😠 So much for going straight to the Hub from work. I sent a pretty nasty email to Chartpak. It won't change anything but it sure did make me feel better.

That stinks. Fortunately my box arrived today otherwise wed be out of luck. I have to leave early afternoon for the hub and UPS doesnt deliver until later in the day.

[Newjelan]

Hub is over for 2018. It was great fun meeting other FP Fanatics and spending 2 hours talking about pens and inks and playing with others’ pens.

[jmccarty3]

If Pelikan wanted to kill off the Hubs, they could hardly come up with a better strategy than waiting until the very last minute to send the materials. It's starting to remind me of all the people who write to Miss Manners wanting to know the proper way to give a party while getting your guests to pay for it.

[Rindy_Ruth]

Can anyone tell me where and what time the Atlanta location will be?

 

Thanks,

Rindy_Ruth

[Cyber6]

Honestly people... while risking getting booo'ed out of here, I will say that I have organized/managed/coordinated the Toronto Pen & PInts for years. Not even ONCE I gave away any gifts.. and SURPRISINGLY, every month we all meet and enjoy each others' company and get to talk and play with pens and inks. (plus food and booze).. What can be better??

 

Pelikan should STOP sending gifts (maybe something for the hubmaster) and let people just enjoy each others company. /rant

 

 

 

C.

[webgeckos]

I'm with Cyber on this.

 

The focus is about coming together with our tribe: to ink and greet, be amazed at each other's collections of pens or inks, and maybe have a meal together as we laugh and enjoy each other's company.

 

I make a lot of goodies for my hub and some for Portland. I bring a lot of ink to share. But those things are really icing on the cake.

 

It shouldn't be about swag Pelikan sends out, it should be about connecting with our tribe.

[Nylarev]

I did not know what a Pelikan Hub was until a few days ago but if I can see some pens like Pelikan M400 M600 M605 M800 or even an M1000 I would be 100% fountain pen geeked out. Last night my first and only fountain pen fell... More like rolled off the table, nib bent and in a panic I knocked over Walnut ink Noodler's... Lets just say. My hands are stained brown and I could really use a pick me up.

 

Thanks in advance!

Edited September 21, 2018 by Nylarev

[inkstainedruth]

Last year our Hubmaster got bottles of all currently available colors of Edelstein. So we were all able to dip test to see which colors we liked/didn't like.

I'll admit I blow hot and cold on the swag. The first one I went to there were advertising paper cups, and tins of Edelstein Amethyst cartridges (which I couldn't use because I didn't have any pens which took International Standard carts at the time; hoping that since the tin is mostly kept closed that there hasn't been too much evaporation). Another year we got really nice notepads (sort of 6" x 8"). I'd love to get more of those -- it was very FP friendly paper. Last year it was bottles of Smoky Quartz which I was NOT going to turn down!

Last year and this year the Pittsburgh Hubs were at a church hall (thanks to the minister, who is on FPN as reveric), and we had potlucks. Which reminds me -- I shouldn't be on FPN because I need to make potato salad for tonight!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Cyber6]

See if you can add some spinach to your potato salad... to turn all potatoes GREEN !!

 

 

You can call it.. Potatos Olivine !!

 

 

 

 

 

Last year our Hubmaster got bottles of all currently available colors of Edelstein. So we were all able to dip test to see which colors we liked/didn't like.

I'll admit I blow hot and cold on the swag. The first one I went to there were advertising paper cups, and tins of Edelstein Amethyst cartridges (which I couldn't use because I didn't have any pens which took International Standard carts at the time; hoping that since the tin is mostly kept closed that there hasn't been too much evaporation). Another year we got really nice notepads (sort of 6" x 8"). I'd love to get more of those -- it was very FP friendly paper. Last year it was bottles of Smoky Quartz which I was NOT going to turn down!

Last year and this year the Pittsburgh Hubs were at a church hall (thanks to the minister, who is on FPN as reveric), and we had potlucks. Which reminds me -- I shouldn't be on FPN because I need to make potato salad for tonight!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth