Some pen pics from November's meeting

Our club's recent get-together at Buchan's Kerrisdale Stationery was more of a social gathering than a meeting, but I remembered to snap a few photos of some nice pens people brought to show others (*Sherman's photos from our meeting are in the previous blog post*), so here they are...

(all photos by Maja ~ please click on images to enlarge)

This is a stunning vintage Parker 'Geometric Duofold' fountain pen (nicknamed the "Toothbrush Duofold" because of its pattern) belonging to Grant. It's a hard-to-find pen because it was only produced from 1939-1940.

A lovely vintage Parker set also owned by Grant, consisting of a ringtop fountain pen and a mechanical pencil.

Grant tells me that they're a Parker Jack Knife set, specifically the 1918 Jack Knife #99S. Grant adds: "The Jack Knife models were differentiated by this point via either an L for Long or S for Short. These may have been among the first button-filler pen models that Parker introduced and were cousins to the famous Trench Pens produced by Parker throughout the Great War." More info on this lovely Parker model can be found at https://parkerpens.net/luckycurve.html#jackknife (under the 1918 entry). I did a bit more digging after Grant sent me this info and found the fountain pen in a 1919 Parker catalog (link), where its retail price was $15.00 -- a lot of money in 1919!

Matthew brought some recent acquisitions to show, including this Lamy 'Safari' "Song Dynasty" Lamy x Ink House Hong Kong limited edition, a collaboration between Lamy and the Lamy x Ink House Hong Kong retail store. The packaging (and matching pen case) is amazing!

Another Asian-exclusive Lamy fountain pen! This one is a Lamy Safari "Pokemon -Bulbasaur" special edition .

The packaging for this one is out-of-this-world!

And lastly, here's a quick snap (taken at home) of the stuff I bought at Buchan's during our November meeting---a Retro 51 'Royale Jack of Spades' rollerball and a bottle of Octopus Fluids Sheening "Medusa" ink (the ink was purchased with the gift certificate I won as a door prize that same night :) Our thanks, once again, to Buchan's for being such great hosts!

(~blog post by Maja~)