Ann Arbor(Michigan) Pen Posse Meeting On April 5Th, 2014........

[Wolverine1]

So folks, we will be meeting today!!!! Hope to see you all at Sweetwaters Cafe, on Plymouth Road. We will be at the Cafe from 11am onwards.

[Larry T]

I'm working til 2:30. maybe next time.

[ypsilanti]

What a treat! Thank you. A pleasure to meet all of you. Looking forward to the next meet-up...

[randomthinks]

That was the most fun I've had in a while. I got to try a MB149, witness the infamous BayState Blue, see a couple of Edisons up close, meet some great pen people. This was the first time I've ever met Internet contacts f2f, and it was awesome. Thanks to Ypsilanti, MCN, Wolverine1, and 00photo for coming out.

 

Paper was traded and tried, inks were swapped, many, many pens were shown off, as well as some great penmanship. I aspire to 00photo's grace with a pen.

 

Looking forward to next time!

[MCN]

Thanks to all of you who shared so graciously. I learned quite a bit and had a great time!

[00Photo]

That was fun! It was great meeting everyone and trying all the goodies! I really REALLY want a Franklin Christoph now! Thanks to everyone and especially Sid for setting everything up and for the Pelikan ink!

 

I took a couple photos but wanted to make sure everyone was cool with their mugs online before posting them! lol.

 

It's been 6 hours and I just got home lol. My wife and I made a stop along the way home at an Antique mall. Treasures were found.

[mbankirer]

You do know what they say...if there are no pictures, it didn't happen!

[randomthinks]

Pics are fine with me, but only if you include pics of what you found at the antique mall, especially if they are writing related.

[00Photo]

Here's a couple!

 

It was pretty easy to spot which table the meeting was at

 

randomthinks, Wolverine1, Ypsilanti, and MCN, I was hiding my ugly mug behind the camera lol.

 

 

 

randomthinks' Rosetta with a Pendleton Point.

 

 

Lamy 2000 getting some attention.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks again Sid for a great Pen Posse! Thanks everyone for inky fun!

 

 

Here's what my lovely wife and I found at the Antique Mall!!!:

 

 

Sheaffer Touchdown desk pen:

 

National Pen Products Co. Gold Medal Pen

 

Unknown (to me) Sheaffer (I'll have to do some research)

[00Photo]

http://00photo.com/codename/penposse.jpg

[pen2paper]

Oh! I Know that corner in Sweetwaters!

Ink has flowed there before.

Glad you had such a fine pen group.

 

My own plans to be in Ohio were dashed by a very bad bug, You're glad I didn't come, and share the wealth.

 

Seeing serious pens there too. The fun-nest part is the sharing, everyone wants to share the pen experience. (The cool thing about pen people).

 

Great finds on the way home! Nice ring top, box and papers too, woohoo!

[00Photo]

So I'm working on these pens. The base and instructions say touchdown filler. Call me crazy but this doesn't look like a touchdown filler to me........

 

 

Looks like I'll be needing an o-ring then in addition to a sack.......

[Wolverine1]

Thank you everyone for coming and making the Ann Arbor Pen Posse meeting a success!!!!! While most of us were local, 00Photo and his wife came the furthest, all the way from around the Grand Rapids area. Thank you all, very much for your enthusiasm, and making the meeting a success.

Now, how about we schedule the next meeting on a Sunday in the month of May? I figure that maybe we will be able to make it convenient for those among us, who due to work or family committments, cant make it to Saturday meetings.

So, watch this forum, I will put up a proposed date and time up later on today, and since we haveenough time, give me your feedback.

Thanks, all.

-Sid

Edited April 7, 2014 by Wolverine1

[KBeezie]

So I'm working on these pens. The base and instructions say touchdown filler. Call me crazy but this doesn't look like a touchdown filler to me........

 

 

Looks like I'll be needing an o-ring then in addition to a sack.......

 

That certainly looks like a Snorkel tube to me. Touchdown didn't have a snorkel tube.

[KBeezie]

Hrm I wonder if there exists any Grand Rapids, Groups.

[Wolverine1]

Well, Kbeezie, 00Photo is from the Grand Rapids area!!! Why dont you contact him. He is a real nice guy.

[Aquinata]

Hrm I wonder if there exists any Grand Rapids, Groups.

 

Not that I know of.....

[Wolverine1]

Friends- following the success of our Pen Posse meeting, I have put up a notice for the May Pen Posse meeting up. In it I ask if you folks have a preference for either May the 18th or May, the 25th. Please check it out, and let me know which date you prefer.

Thanks.

-Sid

[MCN]

I guess I'd prefer the later date, but I wonder if the lack of responses says that monthly is too frequent.