The Washington, D. C Fountain Pen

It Only Happens Once A Year - Right Here and RIGHT NOW !
The Washington, D. C
Fountain Pen
Security Note!
In ’08, an exhibitor
had a large,
wheeled bag of
pens stolen Sunday
nite while waiting
for the shuttle. If
anyone sees
something
suspicious call
the guard’s cell
202-437-1714
2009 Theme: D e l t a Charles Darwin
E vo l u t i o n
Penopoly.com,
Doc Richard
Binder, John
Mottishaw,
Ron Zorn,
Peniques,
Mikeitwork,
and Deb
Kinney will be
doing on site
repairs and
restoration
Co Sponsor: Pen World
Welcome Back Returning Pen Friends and Hello To Our New Pen Friends!
Here is your information packet for this year’s show. Once again, we are expecting tremendous turnout and a fantastic show and we
thank you for joining us for this most exciting event.
Our sponsors, Delta Pens, are providing a fabulous ink bottle as a souvenir of your pen show weekend. It will be available to
exhibitors, Weekend Traders, and 200 public admissions both Saturday and Sunday. Please take the time to see their products
and thank them personally
We have a great line-up of events for this year’s show:
Friday Afternoon between 6 and 7, there is a Welcome Party with beer,
wine, and Pizza in the foyer of the ballroom. I’m sure you
agree that a pen show is only partly about buying, selling
and trading pens. What makes a show memorable is the
quality time we spend with others who share our passion
for collecting pens. The welcome party is an important
time for us to mingle, see old friends, meet new people and
generally get ‘in the swing’ for the weekend.
EVERYONE IS INVITED - even those who are staying at other
.
Free Monteverde Refills for your favorate pen
hotels.
Note: Please No Counterfeit
items of any kind are allowed
in the show
Security Alert
If you spot something suspicious, Jim’s cell phone is
202-437-1714.
OF SPECIAL NOTE
Jeff and Emilie Hancock (my terrific Nephew
and Niece are at the front desk and ink tables.
New this year will be Pat, Star and Jeannie
from my church group in Greenville, SC,
Brookwoodchurch.org
Calligraphy
Seminars/Workshops
Copperplate and
Italics by Deborah
Basel expecially for
fountain pen users
two 4h Workshops
$45 ea Friday
Special News Flash
 Yafa, our show sponsor, will now be distributing Conklin. Stop by the Conklin table and
see their new products and ask about the new Conklin Collectors’s Club.
Show News

New Food Available Outside the Trading Room Friday.

Security: Our veteran security Laurie and Jim will be back, so please be sure and say “Hi All bad guys should be aware that in
addition to the sharp-eyed officers on the floor there will be a security officer in the balcony part of the time with binoculars.
Security will be provided in the ballrooms Saturday night.

Security Watch Saturday Morning. This year we are asking all exhibitors to especially be vigilant during the first ½ hr of the
show. If you spot anything, please try to get one of the guard’s attentions.

Shuttle to Dulles – sign up at the Concierge desk for return shuttle service to the airport.
We realize that you do not want to
leave your table for long periods of time for lunch. For your convenience, we have made special arrangements to have
moderately priced sandwiches, hot dogs, and chicken nuggets available just outside the ballroom on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. Excellent Pizza is available from room service and at the lobby restaurant.
Ink Testing and Sampling
Table
Part of the Ink Testing area with over 250+ bottles of Ink open for testing
and evaluation with steel dip pens and q-tips. The Ink Tables were a
highlight of the show, attracting ink doodlers day and night.
Make
your
own
ink
sample
color
charts
New this year will be 60 colors of Diamonte and a special offer on Diamonte ink for the DC
Show
Baltimore’s Terri Bennett will be around to answer questions about ink and where at the
show to buy the ink.
Fantastic Taccia Leather Pen Pouches
Free with Purchase of their new Taccia
Merit Fountain Pen at the DC Show
Surprise 89th Birthday Party for Abe
Schwartz
Abe’s 89 birthday will fall during the show and
Abe will be traveling from Atlanta with his
Daughter, Lisa Gordon and grandson, Coleman
Gordon. Our annual welcome to the show
party Friday between 6 and 7pm will be
dedicated to Abe’s 89th birthday.
Abe in 2007. He was wearing his B-29 8th Air Force WW2 hat. I was with
Abe in his wheel chair at the LA airport when two different pilots came up and
thanked him for his service in WW II.
Abe’s 90th birthday party at the Ritz in 1990
Book Signings
Marshall, Lehrer, Overbury, and Larquin will be in DC and signing
their books
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Fantastic New Pen Repair Book by Jim Marshall
Repairing Vintage Onoto Pens
$20 Special DC Intro price $15
The worlds most important Book on Waterman's
"Waterman Past and Present"
The First Six Decades
By Max Davis & Gary Lehrer
Waterman Book Contents Vintage Pens, Pencils, Pen Combo, Blotters, Pen Sets, Shop
Displays, Advertising, Nibs, Booklets, Envelopes, Ephemera, Invoices, Jewelry, Letter,
Postcards, Leads, Tokens, Pen Boxes, Pen Cases, Desk Sets, Dr Set, Nurses Set, Waterman
Ink Bottles and Ink Wells.
Stephen Overbury's original pioneering book about makie
lacquer fountain pens has been on sale during the last five years for $1,000 a
copy exclusively through his website. It has now been reissued with a
substantial amount of never before published important information on
the topic and will be available at the Washington Supershow for a
price of $175. Only 2,000 hardcover copies will be available. Limited
of one per person.
Co-authored by Julia Hutt, the head curator of the
Japanese department of the world-famous Victoria and Albert Museum in
London. At an unbeatable price for those attending the Washington
Supershow in person. Plus, the first 500 purchasers will also be
given a bonus surprise publication about lacquer pens and shipping
world-wide will be free! Be sure to meet Stephen Overbury in person at
the Supershow.
Writing Accessories By Jim Marshall
Jim Marshall has just introduced the 4th volume of the Monograph
series ‘Writing Accessories’ and this is by far the most comprehensive
booklet yet produced on the items used from the late 18th century. It is
written with the beginner in mind but it contains a wealth of
information and images , that tempt even the established collector.
From the ‘Writing Place’ and desk furniture’ it covers the materials
such as parchment, parchment runners, rulers & liners, paper, pounce,
sanders, quills, quill nibs, nibbers, quill knives, erasers, paperweights,
glue pots, dip pens, nibs, writing furniture, writing cases, blotters, pen
wipes, clips, pen racks, trays, tidys, desk lights.
The despatch of letters is not ignored with consideration of
wafers, wafer seals, sealing wax holders, seals, wax jacks, bougie
boxes, stamp wetters, stamp boxes and postal scales. While the receipt
is also covered with seal chisels and paper knives.
A WONDERFUL book by Christophe Larquemin
Namiki pens as you have never seen
TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF OUR SPECIAL
PRE-ORDER PRICE
OF $450.00 David
Ushkow Pen-Site
Free Coffee Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Coffee will be available in front of the main ballroom
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, compliments of Dale Bebee,
the pen tool man in the foyer([email protected]), and
Taccia who will be introducing two new lines of pens at
the show. Taccia will also be giving away a free leather
pen pouch with every Taccia Merit Fountain Pen
purchase at the show.
Special Pen Collector’s of America Pens
For Kids Seminar Saturday and Sunday at
New Super Tool at the pen
show desk
1pm
Free Pen for all attendees
Come(any age) to learn about fountain pens, especially family
members that want to become more familiar with a spouses hobby
Drawing Saturday for a Free
Ghostwriter set at Pens for Kids.
The drawing will be Saturday only
Pens for Kids is a program of the Pen Collectors of America to promote handwriting, personal
expression through writing, and love of writing instruments in young people. The Pens for Kidsprogram is helping
foster a love of pens in the next generation. The workshops were designed to foster an interest in pens and pen
collecting in the nextgeneration. The Pens for Kids workshops also stressed the importance of handwritingand
personal expression in communication.The workshops were open to “kids of all ages.” The hour-long workshop
will feature a slide presentation with a brief history of pens, slides of various styles of pens, and images of nibs and
filling mechanisms. Each attendee received a student fountain pen. Participants used their new pens in a
handwriting exercise, and were given a Pens for Kids note card so they could pen a personal note to a friend or
family member.