We had a good turnout for our July meeting, held at the Renfrew branch of the Vancouver Public Library on Thursday July 16; I counted at least 34 people in attendance, including newcomers Chris, Daphne, and Sam L! It was just a casual get-together with lots of pen, ink and statoinery chats going on, so I had a bit of time to take a few photos of the items our members brought to show others....
(photos by Maja ~ please click on images to enlarge)
That's Andrii's new
Enigma notebook by Taroko (with fountain-pen-friendly Tomoe River paper) and a
Waterman 'Hemisphere' fountain pen he got from a pen friend.
Andrii told me that when he got it, the pen wouldn't write, so he removed the feed and discovered it was inserted incorrectly at some point; apparently, the feed is keyed (but very subtly so) and has to be put into the section at exactly the right orientation or the incorrect nib-feed alignment won't allow for the ink to flow. Well done, Andrii!
Stuart's brand-new
Sheaffer '300' "Coffee Edition" in Matt Brown with Regal Brown Trims.
From Sheaffer's official website: "This beautiful pen features a rich dark coffee brown hue, accented with a refined cup and heart emblem on the cap." 😊 Stuart recently bought the pen from
the Vancouver Pen Shop downtown. Sheaffer was sold to William Penn (an Indian luxury writing instruments retailer) in 2022 and it's good to see its new owners coming out with cool new stuff like this special edition fountain pen.
Jerred recently acquired a red and black marbled
Filcao 'Columbia' fountain pen, shown above next to its larger counterpart, the
Filcao 'Atlantica' "Lapis". The 'Columbia' model came out in 2004 and was followed by the 'Atlantica'; both pens use a button-filling mechanism.
Jerred did a nice review of the 'Atlantica' on our club's website a few years back (posted
here).
One of our newer members, Richard P, brought two lovely
Pelikan fountain pens he recently acquired--the
M200 'Orange Delight' and a
M205 'Star Ruby'!
(I took this photo on the hood of my car, in the library parking lot, after the meeting lol)
I purchased the beautiful
Galen Leather x NOCK Lookout pen case in Deep Cognac (part of their
Legacy Collection) from
Buchan's Kerrisdale Stationery earlier this month, and I love it! The leather is supple and gorgeous-looking, and the inside of the case is lined with silk.
The three fountain pens I had inside the case are (left to right) a wonderful
Stipula fountain pen with a Titanium nib that I bought from Mark & Sharon (in our pen club) of
PenDen.ca, a
Levenger 'Plumpster' in "Tides" resin, and a
Narwhal (Nahvalur) Voyage Cult Pens exclusive (made specially for the well-known UK retailer) that I got from a dear pen friend (that you so much, Bonnie! 🙌)
Our thanks to everyone who came to our July meeting at the Renfrew VPL branch this month!
Information about our
August meeting is in this post:
https://www.vancouverpenclub.com/2026/07/august-2026-meeting-meet-up-at.html
(~Blog post by Maja~)
