Originally Posted by
Barry B. Gabay
DC was quite an enjoyable show this year, a bit smaller than in the past, with some familiar faces absent but lots of new ones there. I especially enjoyed meeting the representatives from Penlux, a Taiwanese company making great piston-fillers with either steel or gold nibs. The gold ones are made by Sailor. Didn't sell as many pens as I would have liked, but spent a fun weekend with my wife in a decent hotel surrounded by very friendly people from the pen community. That beats commerce any day in my book. Brought home three pens: my mother-in-law's high school graduation gift - a 1945 cedar blue & sterling Parker 51 which Martin Ferguson restored, a new Pelikan 800 Stressman from Artlite in Atlanta, and a beautiful WWII-era Osmia Supra #8 size, a very generous gift from my friend Osman Sumer! Will try to post photos. Enjoy.
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