Massdrop has recently begun to post a nice series of introductory Fountain Pen Articles, I thought I would link them here.
Massdrop 101: Intro to Fountain Pens
Massdrop 101: Getting Started With Fountain Pens
(The articles are posted in a guest area, and no Massdrop account is required to access them. Massdrop does have a number of interesting items in their Writing community, and is worth a look…)
Just a reminder our next meeting will be Monday August 8th, 2016 at Murray’s house from 7-9pm.
Our topic this month is celluloid pens – bring your favourite celluloid pens, whether they are workhorse Parker vacumatics or rare Tibaldi treasures.
Our secondary topic/s continue to be new acquisitions of pens, paper, inks, seals, ephemera etc.
Come on out for a coffee and some pen talk.
As always, please RSVP your attendance (or non-attendance).
See you August 8th!
Our next meeting is coming up this Monday, February 8th, and we’ll be having a ‘Nib Spa’! Have a problem nib? Bring it along! Our host has a compound microscope that will be available to get a detailed look at that nib that is misbehaving.
As always, please feel free to bring new acquisitions of pens, paper, inks, seals, and other related ephemera.
See you all on Monday!
We are currently making some changes, so please pardon our mess while it is in progress.
At some point in time, during an update of the pen database – a number of links stopped working. We are making changes to our spreadsheet and albums (Currently we are up to date from A-P).
We are also shifting our e-mail, so please update your address book to calgarypenclub@gmail.com
As a last note, we are moving our next Meeting from Monday evening, to SATURDAY MORNING. It will be on Saturday, January 9th from 9am-11am at the usual location.
Cheers!
Just a reminder we have next April meeting coming up, at Murray’s house from 7-9.
Last month we looked at European pens. This month we’re going to focus on Asian pens. Bring along your favourite pens and show them off.
As always – new acquisitions, ephemera and related objects, stationery, etc. are always welcome.
Please RSVP and let us know if you can attend or not. We’ll have the best of tines, we’ll have the worst of tines…..
See you all Monday!
Just a reminder we have our April meeting coming up, at Murray’s house from 7-9.
No matter what pen you own – it’s all about the nib. So that is the topic this month.
Have a specialty nib? Something rare or crazy? A favourite nib by a favourite nibmeister? A nib you loathe? One that hit the floor? Bring them with you and show them off along with the stories. Is there a nib you’re dying to see or want to try? Feel free to ask, and maybe one of the members can bring it along.
As always – new acquisitions, ephemera and related objects, stationery, etc. are always welcome.
Please RSVP and let us know if you can attend or not. We’ll have the best of tines, we’ll have the worst of tines…..
See you all Monday!
Main topic: We are going to do a pen and ink trade this month. Bring any pens and ink you are not using (or turned out not to be the pen you thought it was going to be) and are interested in trading or selling. We’ll see if we can’t find something you like and make a deal….
As always, new acquisitions and stories will be the secondary topic.
If you have any inks, pens, or paper you would like to view in person because you are considering making a purchase feel free to give a shout out to the group to see if anyone can bring it in for a look at it in person before you put your money down.
Hope to see you all there!
