Part 2 Pacific N.W. Regional Pen Round-Up! - Photos

[Michael McNeil]

Hi all,

This is the same text as "Part 1" with different photos.

I thought I should share some photos and a bit about the "First Annual
Pacific Northwest Pen Round-Up!" with the pen community. We had the
event Saturday July 13th at the Lucky Labrador Brewing Co., in N.W.
Portland. I would like to thank all those who attended, including the
vendors! We had a very good cooperative effort for our 1st attempt
at the Pen Round-Up!

We had some pretty good local advertising and I saw a lot of faces
that I did not recognize. We had a good turnout for the event. There
were people who attended from British Columbia, Washington state
and of course from around Oregon. There were vendor/collectors
from B.C., California, Washington, Wisconsin and Iowa and several
of us from Oregon.

Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. I enjoyed talking with
everyone who wanted to chat and look at pens. I think I bought
about six pens and did trades for a couple of others. There are
three that will go into my own collection. I also bought nine pens and
a mechanical pencil the day before, at the big local antique show.

Here are a couple of comments from people who attended Pen Round-Up:

"I thought the event went very smoothly. It was friendly, relaxed,
casual, and I have the feeling that people who came were satisfied. I
really liked the fact that there was no admission charge, and only a
very modest table charge too." And, about the location, "... it was
truly perfect for this event. Location, food, parking, the room
itself, access to the freeways, etc."

Ingrid Hansen wrote on her blog: "I had a fabulous time at the
Portland Pen Round Up on July 13, 2013. It was a small as far as what
I’ve heard of fountain pen shows, though it was not a pen show, and I
liked it very much because of that. I met an old friend, Bill Sexauer
and several new friends: Michele, Larry Jones, John Strother, Michael
McNeil, Jim Leonard and Stuart Hawkinson. I bought some pens and was
able to try many more. I’m impressed with the mid-80s Omas Paragon
that Jim let me try. Larry has an extensive pen collection that he’s
selling. Jim and Stuart spent the last hour talking pens, pen shows
and drinking beer. What a perfect day." You can view her blog at:

http://inginkpen.com/2013/07/14/

Here are some photos in no particular order, except the first one,
which is an overall view of the room. Most of the photos were taken
in the morning and early evening. The room was very busy around
mid-day. More below the photos...



















Although it was billed as a "regional" event, anyone from anywhere was
invited. I had some people ask me, "Is it a pen show?" My answer is, if
it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, I'd call it a duck :-)

We are planning on having the Pen Round-Up! next year. We hope you can attend!

Michael McNeil (on behalf of the Portland Pen Club aka PDX Pen)