I've enjoyed the reports of US pen shows on fpgeeks, particularly the photos of other geeks' loot from the shows. But some of the shows seem a little daunting - very, very big and very, very crowded.

So for a Brit, who has (if a current project comes off) a chance to visit the US for a while and might be able to add in one or two pen shows en route, which particular shows could people recommend that would be fairly relaxed but be worth the detour? I'm particularly interested in hand made US pens and their makers, so I'd prefer a show at which more makers are exhibiting to a purely vintage show.

(Of course, the answer may be that I *still* ought to go to the DC supershow... in which case I may just have to change my plans.)