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    Hello! So tomorrow is my first time going to a pen show. Does anyone have any tips on what to do at a pen show?


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    Check out the Forum for Clubs, Shows and Geek Gatherings
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    Was it LA? did you survive?

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    Quote Originally Posted by manoeuver View Post
    Was it LA? did you survive?
    Unfortunately I wasn’t able to go. I had plans and i guess Ill pay ahead next year


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    Quote Originally Posted by penmainiac View Post
    Unfortunately I wasn’t able to go. I had plans and i guess Ill pay ahead next year.
    Dude.

    After all those threads and replies and YOU DIDN'T GO?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon Szanto View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by penmainiac View Post
    Unfortunately I wasn’t able to go. I had plans and i guess Ill pay ahead next year.
    Dude.

    After all those threads and replies and YOU DIDN'T GO?
    Yeah I know. Its a very big nono but, my parents had to drive me, but they couldn’t, and no one wanted to spend their day at a pen show (except me).


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    Quote Originally Posted by penmainiac View Post
    Yeah I know. Its a very big nono but, my parents had to drive me, but they couldn’t, and no one wanted to spend their day at a pen show (except me).
    Aw, man, I'm sorry! I'm going to keep an eye out for any good deals for you. Keep the fire burning, there's always next year.

    BTW, you must be in the general LA area, yeah? The next best thing to going to a pen show is to make it to a good pen shop and there aren't many left. However, there IS The Fountain Pen Shop in Monrovia. It is run by Fred Krinke who has been in the business for decades, taking over the shop his father started in downtown LA in the 1920s. Mr. Krinke is a great guy and there is also a 'pen club' that meets at his shop every so often. It would be so very worth it for you to go there, meet him, talk about pens. He has a couple of cabinets and counters full of pens that are almost like a pen history museum.

    Since you couldn't go to the pen show, maybe the folks would take you out there. Fred was at the show, too, but you should see his shop - you'll have a great time.
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    What town is your home? Your parents had planned to take you but something came up that prevented either from taking you...right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    What town is your home? Your parents had planned to take you but something came up that prevented either from taking you...right?
    Yeah. I live in Anaheim and it’s a hour to get to the event. Thanks for the support!


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    FWIW, I made it to the show and spent about six hours in the room on Saturday. I spent just a little more than five hours on the road to get there.
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    I’m certain I did all I could do to make the show Moore than you expected.

    And some show in the future we will actually hang out and be grumpy.

    Was good to see you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farmboy View Post
    I’m certain I did all I could do to make the show Moore than you expected.

    And some show in the future we will actually hang out and be grumpy.

    Was good to see you.
    <sigh> I was just lamenting/ranting elsewhere about which is worse, not going, or going and having mere minutes with so many great friends. I can NOT wait until retirement blooms because it completely sucks to not do a proper hang. Or anything even close.

    You, my friend, made it Moore than bearable. I'll see you in six.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon Szanto View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by penmainiac View Post
    Unfortunately I wasn’t able to go. I had plans and i guess Ill pay ahead next year.
    Dude.

    After all those threads and replies and YOU DIDN'T GO?
    Ho hum.
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