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If you feel like there haven't been nearly as many new posts and reviews here lately, you're absolutely right! I'm still unfortunately very much working my way through my (hopefully) last ever exam period. But last week, smack dab in the middle of my exams, there was an event that I simply couldn't pass up on: the first 'Dutch Pen Show' in Utrecht! So I got my priorities straight, crammed five days of studying into three, and went on a short trip to the Netherlands to catch a glimpse of this completely new pen show! (#priorities... because exams can wait, right?)
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The show was organised by two members of the dutch FPNL community, Chaïm and Christa. The show took place in a brand new hotel in Utrecht, which is a fairly centrally located city in the Netherlands.
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Joost from Appelboom was there and had brought along some dangerously good deals on his table. I kind of regret not picking up the Pineider honeycomb for half off! Oh well...
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The peeps from Appelboom also brought a piece of Kaweco equipment with them for you to create your own custom Kaweco sport - Neat!
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This Twiss pen caught my eye: striped acrylic cut and glued in a radial fashion so the stripes go all the way around the barrel. Very cool! |
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The new ASC Bologna Extra Afrika. Very nice material, prettier in real life than I expected. |
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Papier & Stift came over from Germany and brought ALL THE INKS. This poor chap had the impossible task of organising all of those (They brought the Sailor Ink Studio inks, so you just know he had a mental breakdown trying to organise those!).
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Then there were these two friendly looking peeps: Dennis and Rik from La Couronne Du Comte. They brought the usual great deals as well of course! Also got to see the new Pelikan Dunes blue: kinda meh about this special edition to be honest. My wallet thanks Pelikan for releasing too many blue special ed
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Arco Montblancs, because why not! |
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Yunus of Galen Leather came all the way from Turkey, and brought a ton of their beautiful leathery goodness! Zeynep from Write To Me Often had come along to help manage the table. Both extremely friendly people and it was great meeting them in real life. My father bought the new 40-pen collector case, so I'll kindly loan it (hehe) and do a review of it very soon...
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And of course there were giveaways, lots of giveaways! Over 100 bottles of show-exclusive Robert Oster 'Nederland's Eerste' ink were graciously given away to visitors, and were personally handed out by Patrick from Robert Oster! This photo was taken over by the buy&sell table, where one could bring in pens to have on display and maybe make a few bucks. I made use of the service and think it's a brilliant idea. Didn't have to worry about the sales and made some money at the end of the day! Great initiative and undoubtedly a lot of work for show organizers Chaim and Christa! - Thanks for a great show guys! See you next year (Save the date: June 7th 2020)!
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