Some photos from our September 2009 meeting

We had a good turnout for our September 17th meeting. A grand total of 10 members (including 3 newcomers--Loan, Bruce R. and Vikram, who was visiting from Seattle) showed up and a good time was had by all. Our next meeting will be held on Thursday October 15th at 6:30pm, at the usual place--Perks pen store by Oakridge Mall. Topic/theme: TBA.

Many thanks to everyone who attended the first VPC meeting of the season last Thursday, and to our host Richard Clarke, who generously donated a Cross inkwell set for our door prize draw (which was won by Vikram!).


(Photo taken by Richard--From L-R: Vikram, Loan, Michael, Maja)


(Photo taken by Richard--From L-R: Ryan, Loan, Michael, Bruce)


(Photo taken by Richard--From L-R: Ryan, Loan, Ian (back to camera), Michael, Maja, Vikram). Not pictured: Bruce, Brian, Graham, Richard.

Start of a New (pen club) Season!

Our next meeting will be as follows:
Date: Thursday 17 September 2009

Time: 6:00pm-6:30pm (time to get food and "meet & greet"); 6:30pm-8:30pm meeting (approx.)

Location: Perks pen store---5844 Cambie Street (@ 42nd Ave.) in Vancouver, across from Oakridge Centre mall.

The theme for this meeting will be "AUTUMN PENS" (thanks to Graham for the suggestion!), so please bring any brown, yellow, red and/or orange pens (or combination thereof) you would like to show, and/or any new or old writing-instrument-related acquisitions such as pens, paper, ink, etc.

For the 2009/2010 meeting year, we will continue to meet at Perks on the third Thursday of every month from September through May (no meeting in December). Many thanks, as always, to Perks' owner Richard Clarke, for his gracious hospitality.

Looking forward to seeing all of you at our meeting next Thursday!
~Maja

My latest...

Here's my latest acquisition, a Montblanc 146 with a 1.0mm Minuskin cursive italic that I got in a trade with another FPNer.

It's about what I was looking for - a broader italic in a body easier to hold for a long time than my VP. I look forward to showing it off in September!

(Apologies for the slightly-fuzzy picture - trying to handhold in room light.)

However did I manage without one?

Here's pride of place on my desk right now - a Parker desk pen, sent me by my good friend Glenn. (You can find him as Eccles, at FPN.) The base, unfortunately, isn't the original, which broke in transit, but with a little engineering this marble replacement fitted nicely to the pen holder. It's in perfect working order, a good writer (a 51?), and I don't know why these ever lost popularity because it's really the ideal way of keeping a fountain pen on your desk - always in place, and never rolling away under papers. Perry Mason had one of these in his office too, in those 1950s TV shows. What better recommendation? "Della, what was that phone number again? And get Paul Drake in here right away..."

VPC to Celebrate End of Third Season

Dear Pen Enthusiasts,

The third season of the Vancouver Pen Club is coming to an end. We will hold our last meeting of the 2008/09 meeting season with a party to which everyone is invited.

Date: Thursday 21 May 2009
Time: Six O'Clock pm
Location: Moxie's Classic Grill 1160 Davie Street in Downtown Vancouver's West End

You're welcome to bring a guest or two. Please rsvp to Tim Conklin at wordgauge7000@gmail.com by May 14th.

See VPC Photos as a Flickr.com Slideshow.

As some of you may know, I enjoy posting my photos on a photo sharing website called Flickr. If you click here, you will be taken to a slideshow of my VPC photos. I invite you to give it a try.

Mike Assaly Poses with Japanese Disposables

Derek Lepper (Left) and Maja Furlong (Right) are not the Japanese disposables referred to in the title.

Mike Assaly

Mike Assaly

Originally uploaded by Tim Conklin












These photos are from our January meeting where Michael Assaly gave a fantastic presentation on fountain pen designers. Thanks Mike.

Some of the Members from the April 16th Meeting

Some of the Members from the April 16th Meeting
Originally uploaded by Tim Conklin

Maja's Pen Repair Toolset

Maja's Pen Repair Toolset
Originally uploaded by Tim Conklin