Hello from Kirkland, WA (originally from San Jose, CA)

[gregamckinney]

Hey there, I see many familiar names/ faces/ avatars here.
I know many of you from FPN, Pentrace, Zoss, etc.

I've been collecting fountain pens since 1995. I started with Pelikan 800-family pens, particularly the LE's.
A couple years later, I discovered the even wider world of vintage.

I still collect both vintage and modern. I usually carry modern pens day-to-day, since they are generally easier to replace than special vintage ones.

I have around a thousand pens now, and particularly focus* on:
Modern: Bexley, particularly the Poseidon family; Omas Tokyos; the chunkier Deltas; Lamy Safaris
Vintage: Early (pre-1935, but the earlier the better) Waterman; LeBoeuf; Esterbrook (everything); Sheaffer PFM; Sheaffer Tuckaway; Sheaffer Petite Balance; Sheaffer Signature/ Autograph; Wahl Bantams

Looking forward to spending some time here,
greg

* I know, this is clearly not much of a "focus." :)

[Jeph]

:welcome: zoink! "around a thousand" Thanks for making me feel better! :)

[tandaina]

KIRKLAND! :)

I'm moving to Kirkland in two weeks! (Actually two weeks from today the truck gets filled with our stuff!) :) Perhaps it is time to form a Kirkland pen club!

(I was born in Michigan, have lived in Texas for almost 7 years)

[DrChumley]

Hola! I'm based down in Renton, so not too far away from your neck of the woods.

[cwent2]

:welcome:

[johniem]

Welcome, Greg! I can't comprehend that many pens, but I am impressed. Having just shown the Lovely Ms. Marie most of my meager accumulation just last week, I am no longer apprehensive. I can always tell her that I know a guy with a thousand pens!
:welcome:

[caribbean_skye]

welcome welcome

[inlovewithjournals]

:welcome: Wow so many pens. How do you store them?

[gregamckinney]

I keep my nicer Waterman pens in this old dealer cabinet.
http://www.gergyor.com/images/waterman-display/waterman-case_full-front.jpg

I keep most of the rest of the pens in a re-purposed blueprint cabinet. I joke with my wife that if I ever outgrow this case, I'll need to be able to live in it.

http://gergyor.com/images/the_monolith.jpg

It holds A LOT of pens. Here is an older pic of one of my Esterbrook drawers:
http://gergyor.com/images/esterbrook-drawer.jpg

Best Regards, greg

[dr.grace]

Hi Greg,
I enjoyed talking with you some years ago at Ron Meloche's store in Lakeside, CA.

Don

[Mags]

Welcome to the forum from Canada.

[TerraNoir]

:welcome: Awesome photos of your storage. I hope you share some more photos of your lovely collection!

[earthdawn]

WOW that Waterman's case is awesome !

Thats a LOT of storage as well lol

Welcome... :welcome:

[gregamckinney]

Thanks! It has been a while, but I enjoyed your visit, and the many Saturday's at Ron's shop.
greg

[pengeezer]

Welcome,Greg! I'm envious of those printer's cabinets,but I know I'll never have that many pens
in my collection!

I remember you from the "other" pen forum.


John

[jfsisler]

Welcome to the madness, though I think you've been down that road well enough on your own. Somehow I feel much better about my 20 pens;) Anyway, I'm sure someone with 1000 pens has a lot of knowledge to go along with them - I'm looking forward to learning about your pens and yourself!

[VertOlive]

Now that's a collection! Welcome!