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Monday, October 3, 2016

Tilburg Pen Show 2015 Recap

Wait... what? 2015? Yeah. I took pictures during the show, and just kept putting off a post. This year, the 2016 pen show took place on September 24, 2016, where I took pictures again. While sorting pictures, I came across the 2015 folder - OOPS.

So, here goes with some pictures from 2015. Better late than never, they say. Looking through these pictures as well, I see a bunch of pens I wish I had been able to take home with me last year. They weren't there again this year, either. Rats.

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The Diamine Shimmering Inks were introduced last year at the show as well - La Couronne du Comte brought a bunch of sample bottles for everyone to dip and taste! I mean.... try.

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A visit to La Couronne du Comte around the corner from the pen show venue had some other goodies:

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(Picture taken by Dries)

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That's all, folks! I haven't written much because, let's be honest, you don't want to read what I have to say about the show - you want to see the pens. That's cool. I can't argue with that. Besides, it's a pen show, and there are pens there, and insane hilarious great pen people.

Stuff I Looked At Elsewhere

Vintage pressed glass sculptures with a flourish of detail - Colossal.
A 19th century dress submerged in the Dead Sea - Colossal.
Photographs of iridescent oil spills - Colossal.
Lemon pancakes - The Pioneer Woman.
Creamy corn basil pasta - Shutterbean.
Vanilla bean pecan pie - The Sugar Hit.
Kleptoparasitic fly stealing ant juice from jumping spider - Colin Purrington.
Abandoned schools group photos on Flickr.
14 simple habits to reduce your impact on the environment - Matador Network.
How writing down tiny achievements every day changes our brain - Lifehack.
The most marvelous Roald Dahl - Andrea Joseph's amazing work.
SBREBrown reviews the Graf Von Faber-Castell Pen of the Year 2016!
Fast drying fountain pen inks - JetPens blog.
The first ocean park in the Atlantic - National Geographic.
Sailor Pro Gear Earth - yay or nay? Anderson Pens Blog.

Pen Stuff From Around The Web

Anderson Pens - Noodler's Socrates ink - a pretty purple.
La Couronne du Comte - Another color that attracts me - the Caran d'Ache Léman Amazon fountain pen.
Casa della Stilografica - Giorgio Fedon Leather Pen Case - orange?
Pen Boutique - the Montblanc PIX collection.
Pen Chalet - Aston Leather 20 Pen Carry Case - maybe 2 of these? Would this prevent me from buying more than 40?
Iguana Sell - The Visconti Botticelli Venus fountain pen has such a nice finish.
Appelboom - My Field Notes subscription has run out and I didn't renew it, but I can get my fix here!
Fontoplumo - Montegrappa Passione fountain pen - I've never seen this in person. Pretty colors online, though!
JetPens - Waldmann Tuscany rose gold fountain pen.

Stuff I Apparently Did This Week

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