freddygirl
May 31st, 2012, 09:53 AM
Hello everybody! I am a refugee from FPN since they've been down the last few days and the thought of actually WORKING while I'm here at the office is quite upsetting. Anxiously awaiting the start of the Triangle Pen Show, which will be my first time. I've read Richard Binder's articles on what to expect but I'm still a little intimidated by my relative "newbie-ness".
I do need some advice from someone who's been there before. I've got two items I want to deal with while I'm there: 1) a Parker 51 Vacumatic that I would like to have restored (if I can't have it done there, I'll probably send it off to Tyler Dahl) and 2) I got a handmade FP from my mother for my birthday with an IPG nib and would like to have it ground into a fairly fine cursive italic or stub. Who will not turn up their nose at an IPG nib and happily grind away for me?
I was considering having the Parker nib ground as well, but I've been informed that the broad nib that it has is quite sought after and more valuable than F or M, so I think I'm just going to keep it the way it is.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
I do need some advice from someone who's been there before. I've got two items I want to deal with while I'm there: 1) a Parker 51 Vacumatic that I would like to have restored (if I can't have it done there, I'll probably send it off to Tyler Dahl) and 2) I got a handmade FP from my mother for my birthday with an IPG nib and would like to have it ground into a fairly fine cursive italic or stub. Who will not turn up their nose at an IPG nib and happily grind away for me?
I was considering having the Parker nib ground as well, but I've been informed that the broad nib that it has is quite sought after and more valuable than F or M, so I think I'm just going to keep it the way it is.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.