Columbus Pen Show

[thewishman]

Visited the Columbus Pen Show on Saturday, 11-8, and saw way too many pens. A $5 entry fee was less than I thought it would be and a free Pen World magazine was a nice touch.

The show was very nice. Stan Cook (mrcook4570) had some beautiful pens with the best finish I have ever seen - CA and some very nice engraving work which he does himself. I got to meet Brian Gisi, one of my heroes in pen making, and got to see and handle some of his impressive works of art, we talked for several minutes. His pens feature very intricate segmenting work and beautiful metal casting. Bruce Mindrup demonstrated plating pen parts with 24k gold - it was very interesting.

All-in-all five bucks well spent and lots of new ideas generated.

 

[jttheclockman]

I wish we have something like that in my area???

 

[mrcook4570]

Glad you were able to visit, Chris. So, how many pens followed you home and what were they?

John - There are pen shows in Philly and New York.

 

[jttheclockman]

Where can one find out when these are taking place???

 

[mrcook4570]

http://www.philadelphiapenshow.com/

http://www.lipenshow.com/

http://www.nycpenshow.com/home.html

Google is your friend :wink:

 

[Rudy Vey]

Glad you were able to visit, Chris. So, how many pens followed you home and what were they?

John - There are pen shows in Philly and New York.

... and Newark! Someone told me there was a pen show end of September in Newark, in hotel that I forgot now. He bought pens from Barry Gross there.

 

[jttheclockman]

I will have to watch for the Newark show and the New york show again next year. The philly show is quite far but may want to give that a try. I will see Barry Gross at the somerset show in Feb.