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    Thank you, Ricky! This was fantastic!! I always enjoy your LA Pen Show thread. Thanks so much for putting this together.
    Beware of oblique conclusions.

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    Sunday-The Penpolcalypse


    Once again it is Sunday. I got to the ballroom around 8 am a bit later than in year’s past. There is always a flurry of activity before the crowds arrive. I used the time to buy a pen Hirsch Davis and then sell it to Gale 15 minutes later. There was squeeing. As usual, the show’s entire character changes as the show gets ready for the masses. Due to the weather back east, a lot of the vintage guys had their flights cancelled so they stayed for the Sunday fun.

















    The Flexxie Balloon looked a bit deflated






    A made a last round around the room looking for cool stuff.



    Some lovely Swans.



    A nice group of Waterman Patricians



    Fred Krinkie had some interesting Parker salesman’s kits





    A Schnell





    Some show specials









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    Getting Ready


    Fed Krinkie



    Lee Chait



    David



    Pen World



    Mary Burke and the rest of the Yafa team



    Maxim who brought his son



    The side hallway



    Andreas Lambrou



    Bryant Greer



    Here’s Bryant’s wife loading up on chocolate for the long day. She was;t fooling around and went straight for the 16 piece family size.



    Jim and Scott





    Hirsch Davis



    Shu-Jen and Joel



    Trouble. Actually, it’s Paul Erano and David Issaacson
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    A serious conversation. (it actually was except for the Hello Kitty Ballons)
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    Joi to the rescue



    Michael Sull sets up





    Last Minute Shopping


    Dan



    Gale



    Amber Lea Davis






    Meanwhile, the crowds……


    The reg desk.




    The line



    Mary Burke signing people up for the raffle.



    Just before the opening.


    It’s Marta (aka Plistumi) At least she did't photobomb me this year.


    Dan and Mr. Kuzuno
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    It’s time. Once again the line stalls as the first people through went to fill out the raffle forms.



















    Showtime!














    It was not as crowded initially as in some years. But there was a steady stream of people trying to get into the show. The crowds were quite strong but not overwhelming.
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    Sunday Miscellany


    The Karas guys were great sports. They were slow during the trader days but were doing very well on Sunday.







    Sarj is called the one man one show


    I think he’d be lost without Jas



    The Kuzunos were doing well





    Mario Campa



    Mr. Endo




    Michael Sull




    Frances



    Mike Masuyama







    Desiderata Pens were one of the new companies that were at LA


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    Al Grosskopf



    Sherrell Tyree





    Playing Hookee

    Brian was supposed to be working at Rick Propas’s table. I found him at Mike’s table getting pens worked on instead. Busted.




    Syd Saperstein and Wahl-Eversharp




    Random Pens


    New Montegrappas








    Michael’s Fatboy and their Civil War pen





    It’s Nakaya time


    There seems to be a Nakaya shortage. The picture shows most of the current stock. There were very few tamenuri pens at the show. Hopefully the new shipment next week will help. I know several people who had to place an order instead of finding one at the show. If you want one, I would place an order.


    Eboya at nibs.com

    John’s picking up the line. John was impressed with the build quality. These pens are exceptionally well made.

    Last edited by AltecGreen; February 16th, 2015 at 11:06 PM.
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    Staedtler Pen




    A forest of deskpens




    Cleo Skribent

    This is a venerable German line but relatively unheard of in the US. I was told they were on the wrong side of the Berlin wall and were making technical pencils through the Eastern Soviet bloc. With the end of the cold war, they resumed fountain pen production. These can be obtained from deutschepens.com.




    Old time advertising. I wonder how people will preserve our modern internet ads.




    A Ryan Krusac pen



    A Gift Bag?



    Beautiful wood.

    Back at the last table in the outer aisle was Heinz Creative Latheworks. You find a lot if interesting dealers away from the big guys.
    I spent a lot of time chatting with the Dan about the woods. He works in domestic woods and he showed me a lot of beautiful domestic lumber.


    Chestnut burl


    Myrtle wood
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    Beautiful latticework on the bowls



    Colorful Laban pens
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    By noon, I was feeling it. Many of us from the Pen Posse had already left. So I packed it in so I could get back in time to dump all of the photos for this report. It was an odd show. It was a great buying show and most everyone I talked to who was there over the four days went over budget. Still the show was a bit slow on Friday afternoon and most of Saturday. As one person put it, it was lacking in energy. It was just as well because if there was more energy I would really be broke. So we conclude another LA Pen Show. As always, it was good to see everyone. It is like seeing family. As Paul Ezrano said on Thursday night, the show is really about the people and the stories. The pens are just the bonus.
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    I like that gift bag.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farmboy View Post
    I like that gift bag.
    So what was the final tally between you and Tim?
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    Wow, Ricky, that was awesome! It was great to finally meet you and spend some time chatting with you and farmboy. I now understand some of these inside jokes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AltecGreen View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Farmboy View Post
    I like that gift bag.
    So what was the final tally between you and Tim?
    I don't yet know but I think we limited out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannzeman View Post
    Wow, Ricky, that was awesome! It was great to finally meet you and spend some time chatting with you and farmboy. I now understand some of these inside jokes.
    Likewise. It's always good to put a face to a name. It was hilarious when Farmboy realized who you were.

    If you come out to the Bay Area, we'll fill you in on the rest of the inside jokes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AltecGreen View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by dannzeman View Post
    Wow, Ricky, that was awesome! It was great to finally meet you and spend some time chatting with you and farmboy. I now understand some of these inside jokes.
    Likewise. It's always good to put a face to a name. It was hilarious when Farmboy realized who you were.
    I briefly forgot about that. That was a great moment!

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    Quote Originally Posted by AltecGreen View Post
    It's always good to put a face to a name.
    No kidding. Dan laughed when I said I had gone up to two different people (in my defense, one had been pointed out to me) and said "Are you Dan Smith?". Finally someone said "I think he's walking around in a camo cap."

    Yeah, good times. Dan, you simply HAVE to budget for a trip to the SF Show. Pen show done right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon Szanto View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by AltecGreen View Post
    It's always good to put a face to a name.
    No kidding. Dan laughed when I said I had gone up to two different people (in my defense, one had been pointed out to me) and said "Are you Dan Smith?". Finally someone said "I think he's walking around in a camo cap."

    Yeah, good times. Dan, you simply HAVE to budget for a trip to the SF Show. Pen show done right.
    The camouflage worked...

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    In the background is our our intrepid photographer along with Doug

    The fire pit along with the Calvados, cigars, and other tasty libations, not to mention the excellent german-chocolate birthday cake were such a nice way to cap off the day. Thank you guys for sharing all the contraband (any questions about the country of origin for the cigars will be promptly redirected

    Calvados IMG_0126 sm.jpg


    And for the record, on Sunday I was only having one nib re-adjusted. I didn't think they would have the time or schedule space, but they did, which was outstanding, and 'Christina was covering for me' is my official response.
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    absolutely EPIC thread !!!

    Thank you so much for taking time to share it with us in such great detail.

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    Thank you AltecGreen, I've been following your pen show reports for years and they give me a bit of insight into the pen show world. Put faces to names and see such wonderful pens. Once again thank for taking the time to document the pen shows you attend, we on other continents really appreciate it. Stay cool.

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    I enjoyed the photos immensely. Thank you.

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