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https://www.jetpens.com/Event?event_id=46a0ddbe189f32bf fyi. I noticed this in today's email. Date: September 27, 2024 Location: Japantown, San Jose, CA Session 1: 9:30 - 11 AM Session 2: 12 - 1:30 PM Session 3: 2:30 - 4 PM

Anyone planning to be at the show on Friday with all access pass before the start of general admission? Like maybe at 11am or noon? Want to meet up?

Preamble: As a long time lurker (for over 15 years!), I have benefited from the deep well of knowledge here on all things fountain pens. So I want to say "Thank you, FPN!". I will also admit that my pen habit has been worsened by my visits here in the past 5 years. But as I tell my spouse, there are way worse "addictions" than collecting fountain pens and inks. About me: I grew up in India, towards the end of a cold war (and the decline and fall of an empire), and used fountain pens throughout my middle and high school days - mainly Heros and Camlins. During this time, I also got in serious trouble for "borrowing" my dad's more expensive US made Parker Classic GT fountain pen and losing the finial at the end of its barrel. Pen trauma is real! I had stopped using fountain pens for over two decades after high school, but have gotten back to collecting and using them, especially seriously, since we moved to the Bay Area in 2016, when my collection exploded from 20-ish pens to an out of control 100+ pens! Where is the fountain pen version of AAA group?! Pens and ink I am writing with this week: Wing Sung/ Junlai 630 14K fine nib inked with Montreverde Ocean Noir Platinum President 14K fine nib inked with Diamine Amaranth Hongdian N7 Grey Rabbit steel "long knife" nib with Diamine Earl Grey Other than pens and ink, I also enjoy: Reading across genres Writing (poetry mainly) Hiking Checking out live music and art How I hope I will be able to give back to the community here: Sharing experiences via pen reviews Enabling other pen aficionados by flagging deals in the market place watch (and not purchasing any more pens in the process!) Attending IRL meetings even - have been meaning to attend a SF Pen Posse meet for a while now Thank you for reading. 🙏

Copied from the announcement by AltecGreen at fpgeeks: Sunday Oct. 13th. 1:00 pm Peter's Cafe 10 El Camino Real Millbrae, CA 94030 Added by myself: Something for me to get excited about. I have a new-old-stock Montblanc twist piston converter of the push-fit type, no longer used for new MB pens but just the thing for older c/c MB pens, such as the Noblesse I used to own. Would like to offload it to someone who uses an older c/c Montblanc or some other pen this converter fits. In the interest of trading, mutual exploitation, the helping economy, I wonder if I might trade it for something of equal value, such as a Parker, Aurora, or Waterman converter, any of which would fit pens I use, or a green Cross push-fit converter, ditto.