[Pen/Pencil Review] Dallas Pen Show 2019
This past weekend was the Dallas Pen Show. I am very grateful for the fact that they moved off FenCon’s weekend. Jimmy and I get to go together. I love the pen show, I do. Though everything about it seems to be getting bigger and bigger — the vendors, the attendees, everything except the space. It has stayed the same. So I wasn’t able to have as much fun as I would like. The aisles were crowded, it was loud. And I wasn’t able to look at all the pretty, pretty pens.
The show did a new thing this year, it gave out bags with the free ink that is normally available but only if you know where to get it. I think Dromgoolie from Houston provides it. This year’s was a beautiful purple called Tanzanite (which is a gemstone color, yes, I know.)
Pen World Magazine is also a sponsor of the show. They were pleased I wore my Pen World t-shirt from last year, and this year I picked up their Retro 51 tornado Pen World rollerball. These are good pens if a bit stubby. This one theoretically glows in the dark, but I haven’t seen that for myself…yet. And in December they’re coming out with a limited edition fountain pen. It’s going to be a Christmas present. 😎
We talked to Lucas from Scribal Workshop. Walked the show. Like I said, it was tight and crowded and it started to trigger some of my crowd claustrophobia. I also wasn’t feeling great. (I had a weird combo of severe allergies and maybe con crud for the last week.) So I wasn’t as tempted to linger as I might’ve been. On the way back out I found my “ah ha!” place – a buy one/get one free place. I got two demonstrators – a black and clear that has an interesting yellow fade on it. And a green and clear with gold accents.
These came with a chose of nibs — of course, I picked fine point. They’re generic but functional with the twist vacuum reservoirs. I currently have the Tanzanite in the black and yellow. It works really well, so far.
I know you were probably expecting this yesterday, but work and life stuff got in the way yesterday.