Scriptus Toronto 2014

[darrin1200]

Finally, a pen show back in Canada.

Scriptus

Thanks to Phillip Akin and David Armstrong, I got to attend Scriptus in Toronto yesterday. It was great. Its the first show in Canada in four years. I attended the last one, as my first, and it was a bit of a disapointment.

This show was much more of what I expected. There were lots of people and Vendors. It was so successful, i heard talk that there planning on getting a larger hall next year. I got to try a few inks i never heard of, and came away with a few samples, including a powdered ink from Australia.

I picked up a tiny pen. Capped its 1.5", open 1.25" and posted it's 2". Its from India, and is made out of hand turned ebonite. The section unscrews and you can fill the barrel with about 3 drops from an eyedropper. It was just so cool I had to get one.

The feed isn'really fixed in place, I had to play with it a little to get it to write. This is definitely added to my to do list. I have a spare kit feed at home that i think will work.

I've attached a picture with a quarter for size reference.

 

[turncrazy43]

Now that's a tiny pen. It would take some getting used to. Turning one that small might be a challenge. Thanks for showing it. Glad you enjoyed your show.
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[paintspill]

i was going to go and decided not to at the last minute. i've never been to anything of the sort and was kinda looking forward to it. maybe i'll have to check it out next year. maybe if and when it comes around again next year we can get a few iap members together and meet up.

 

[wood-of-1kind]

I was an exhibitor at Scriptus and the "traffic" at this venue was very heavy. My sales were relatively small but my partner that I shared the table with had a real good payday. Darrin, I look forward to seeing you there next year.