Despite the big hockey game going on at the exact same time 🙄
(the Canada vs. USA 4 Nations Face-Off championship game), 28 excited Vancouver Pen Club members showed up for our February meeting, held on the 20th at the Kitsilano branch of the Vancouver Public Library! We had two brand-new members in attendance---Jeff and Patrick---and a good time was seemingly had by all.During the meeting, I snapped some photos of items our members brought in for the evening's topic/theme, Newest (Pen-Related) Acquisitions, so without further ado, here they are...
(all photos by Maja ~ please click on images to enlarge)
We'll start with a stunning Graf von Faber-Castell ' Classic' platinum-plated fountain pen that Stuart actually acquired late last year. He'd brought it to a previous meeting, but I forgot to photograph it, so I asked him to bring it this meeting (isn't it beautiful?)
From the official Graf von Faber-Castell website: "The fluting - the filigree groove structure - is the defining design element of the Classic line. The writing instruments in the series are available in solid 925 sterling silver, in a completely platinum-plated finish or with a finely fluted barrel made of ebony, pernambuco, grenadilla or macassar wood."
The lovely dip pen set that Paul generously donated for our door prize draw (which was won by Jerred---congrats, Jerred!) that evening...
Dana's new Jinhao '10' fountain pen resting on my leather Sonnenleder pen case.
The Jinhao is, of course, a Pilot 'Vanishing Point' clone (specifically, a "tribute" to the 2024 limited edition "Seashore" VP) and Dana's came with a very smooth steel nib.
David C's wonderful vintage Parker fountain pens--a 1928 Parker 'Duofold' "Big Red" and a Parker 'Vacumatic' "Golden Pearl" from 1946 above it...
Not all new acquisitions we saw were new pens--Asifa's newest pen-related purchase was the "Fountain Pens" book by Peter Twydle!
The two (real) pens on Asifa's book are Stuart's newest finds --a vintage Parker '51' in "Midnight Blue" and a Faber-Castell 'Ambition' in "Italic Ice Blue" spiral precious resin (one of two special edition 'Ambition' pens that came out this year to celebrate the model's 20th anniversary).
And here's another non-pen new acquisition---Jerred's Parker-branded wristwatch!
Rene's new Montblanc 'Around the World in 80 Days' Doué Classique fountain pen (and matching ink), inspired by author Jules Verne...
Above: A lovely assortment of custom fountain pens handmade by our fellow VPC member Anson (of Springfield Pens) that he brought for folks to see and/or buy. I bought the lovely pink, blue and white pen that's second from the bottom of the photo, but if you're interested in buying any of the others, please check out his official website at SpringfieldPens.ca
Above: Rene's new Sheaffer '100'"Coffee Edition" fountain pen. The Sheaffer "Coffee Edition" (a special edition) writing instruments include: the '100' model in ballpoint, rollerball and fountain pen, and the more economically-priced Sheaffer 'VFM' line in the same three writing forms.
Another one of our fellow pen club members, Vladan, just started making fountain pens of his own (bravo!). That's Vladan's first creation (a "Churchill" kit pen) above and, below it, is his new black Sailor 'ProGear" fountain pen. I asked Vladan about the wood used to make the kit pen, and he said he used cocobolo for the cap, and ash for the barrel.
Mmina brought in another pen we hadn't seen before---a Jinhao '82' with a glass nib! We'd seen Jinhao 82s with steel nibs at our meetings before (David L. brought in his newest, in red--not pictured), but we'd never seen one with a glass nib. You never know what you'll see at one of our meetings :)
Audrey's newest acquisition---a Faber-Castell 'Ambition' "Rhombus" that she bought from Stuart during our meeting...
(there's good information on them
here on Vacumania.com)
Tony joined our club last month, but that meeting was so busy that I forgot to snap a photo of his wonderful Hero fountain pen, so I was glad that he brought it to this month's meeting, too. The pen was a gift from his mother, who bought it in China, and it was made for the Hero Pen Company's 90th anniversary. It's a lacquer-coated fountain pen with an attractive plum blossom motif on its cap and barrel.
Of course, I forgot to photograph the two new pens I brought to show at our meeting :/ so when I got home, I quickly snapped these photos of them. That's my new red Platinum 'Curidas' (purchased from local online-only retailer Noteworthy Stationery in Burnaby) and my Natami 'Super Warship' clipless vacuum-filler fountain pen (bought on Teemu).
The Platinum 'Curidas' has a retractable nib and mine came with a Medium nib that wrote extremely smoothly right out of the box. My Natami's nib needed a tiny fingernail tweak to make it write more smoothly (the tines were a bit misaligned), but it writes beautifully now. Many thanks to everyone who came to our February meeting! Information on our March meeting will be posted on our website as soon I get confirmation from the venue.(~Blog post by Maja~)
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