We will be leaving for the LA Pen Show soon. If I’m slow with emails this weekend, you’ll know why.
Below is a video showing all of the pens that we’ll be bringing with us.
The response to our Pneumatic Filling Beaumont has been amazing in the last couple of months. We’ve been real busy making those pens in preparation for this show. Currently, we have almost 80 Pneumatic Beaumont pens ready to sell!
If you can’t make the LA Pen Show, you can see the gallery of all Current Inventory here. Any of these pens are availalbe whether or not you are attending the show.
Our newest pen, the Beaumont Pneumatic, was a huge hit! The response to this new pen was wonderful!
Normally at pen shows, I’m able to get lots of photos, but at this particular pen show, I was able to get about half of the photos as I normally would. That’s how busy we were!
Slideshow of my photos are below. In particular, take a look at the Custom Bookbindings by Raymond Townsend! He’s a newcomer to the pen shows, and I was definitely entralled with his work!
I’m catching up on emails now and will continue to do so tomorrow, so if anyone is expecting an email from me, you’ll get by lunchtime tomorrow!
1. There is a delay on the arrival of ebonite for the Spencer Limited Edition Pen. I emailed everyone who has paid for a pen. If you did not receive this email by chance, please contact me.
2. OHIO PEN SHOW! We’ll be leaving tomorrow, and we hope to see lots of you there!
We had a great time at the Michigan Pen Show. Albeit a smaller show, it’s definitely worth the trip. I recommend attending even if you have a significant drive. This is a show that we attended this year for the first time, and we will be returning.
I could write my typical summary of a pen show, and I could share my typical pen show pictures….but I forgot my camera (darn!), and there is a much more interesting topic to discuss…
We brought along Andrew, our 7-year-old to his first pen show! He had a blast…mostly thanks to the PCA!
Andrew made out with around 8 pens…much more than me! He helped us set up and tear down our display and also helped us arrange the pens, materials samples, and our overall display. He loved checking out all of the dealer’s tables and learning more and more about pens!
But most importantly, he really enjoyed the Pen Collectors of America’s Pens for Kids presentation by Ralph Stilwell.
Seriously, folks….not only to do I recommend that YOU get to the pen shows if you have not, but I highly recommend that you bring your kids to the pen shows! They will enjoy the show overall, but the PCA will always have a great presentation aimed at the younger generations.
The PCA is an organization that is very important to our little hobby, but they do not always get the recognition that they deserve, my opinion.
If you are not a member of the PCA, I would encourange you to consider membership. It will only cost you $40 annually to support this wonderful organization. Besides supporting an organization who does great things for our hobby including getting younger generations excited about pens, you will also receive a subscription to The Pennant, a magazine that I personally find very valuable and informative.
I’ve been attending most of then pen shows for the last 6-7 years. At every show, I always hear that the announcement that the PCA Pens For Kids presentation is happening, and I always appreciate it, but honestly….I never fully understood it until I saw the look in my own 7 year old’s eyes and got some feedback direct from him afterwards!
And don’t forget…..Andrew has grown up in a penmaking house! I really thought that he might be bored by the PCA Pens For KIds presentation. So if the PCA can manage to get a 7 year old who has been raised in a house that manufactures pens excited about pens all over again…imagine what they can do for your child, and what that impact might have within our fun hobby!
The PCA gives these presentations for kids at pretty much every pen show. If you can attend a pen show, you’ll love it! If you can bring your youngsters, they will love the show and the PCA Pens for Kids Presentation!
Just a quick note to make everyone aware that we will be attending the Michigan Pen Show on the 28th and 29th of this month.
The Michigan show is sometimes sporadic, so I don’t always include it on my Pen Show Calendar.
So if you would like to make the trip to the Detroit area to see our Current Inventory live (see the slideshow below), or speak about a custom order, we’ll be there!
We’re back from the DC Pen Show, and as usual, I’m swamped with emails! I’m plowing through them now, so if you are expecting a response from me, you should get it today or tomorrow.
In the meantime, you might appreciate some photos that I managed to take from the show….
From Sarj Minhas’ (personal one-man-pen-show) collection….
A couple of gorgeous safeties!
Ariel Kullock’s interpretation of Bexley’s Poseidon….
And if you have not already seen it, you really need to watch the "walkthrough" video that the FPGeeks did! Entertaining, and you’ll get a pretty idea as to the size and scope of the DC Pen Show!
