What I Learned at the 2003 New York Pen Show
by Mark Van Blargan
  Article # 384 Article Type: Review

  1. Just because a hurricane  misses your part of the state doesn't mean that Amtrak won't suspend service because of debris on the track in another part of the state.  I had planned to arrive in NY on Friday evening, but didn't make it until Saturday  noon due to the aforementioned suspension of Amtrak service, courtesy of Isabel. 

  1. Bexley made a prototype called the M100, modeled after Pelikan's 100/100N series.  I purchased mine, with a broad stub nib, from Bill Weakley. 

Bexley M100 prototype
  1. Bill Weakley always seems to have some off-beat or unusual pens.

Part of Bill Weakley's Table
  1. Pam Braun, in addition to offering pens at great prices, is a wonderful person.  She also bears an astonishing resemblance to Annie Lennox.  Amazingly, by the time I made it around to her table early on Saturday afternoon, she had already sold almost every pen she brought with her.

  1. I finally found some Sheaffer burgundy ink, which is now discontinued.  Unfortunately it has more of a purplish lavender hue than the deeper  reddish hue I expected.  While I was disappointed with the color, my kids love it.

Sheaffer Burgundy(?!) Ink
  1. Kaweco

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