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[RayCornett]

I am new to FP collecting. I only have one so far until my two recent Ebay wins arrive - a  Sheaffer snorkel statesman and blue Triumph Imperial Australian(Seller lives in New Zealand,lol). The one I have now is pictured in my profile image. A 1949 Touchdown Statesman white dot pen and pencil set which I found in a drawer in my fiances fathers home while sorting through his belongings after he passed in November. The set is in damn near perfect condition end to end. I filled the pen for the first time yesterday and it worked flawlessly. I opened the nib up slightly to make it  a little wetter.

I am fully bitten by the FP bug. It is like tattoos. Once you get one you want and crave more. 

Edited by RayCornett, 06 February 2014 - 10:34 AM.

[david i]

Welcome Ray. You should have fun here.  We have several members who are serious about 1940's and 1950's Sheaffers.

 

regards

 

david

[Saleem ali]

Welcome Ray , The Fp world is amazing !

[Wahl]

Welcome to the Board, Ray !

[ac12]

Ray,

There are 2 groups that you may be interested in:

 

There is a Pen Posse that meets in Millbrae.

Next meet up will be

 

Post-LA Pen Show Pen Posse

This is the annual post-LA recap pen posse.

Sunday Feb. 23rd @ 1:00 pm
Peter's Cafe
10 El Camino Real, Millbrae
CA 94030

 

There is the Pan Pacific Pen club

Next meeting/mini-show is Saturday, March 15, in Pacifica

I can't find the details of specific location and time.

[Finalist]

I'm in Sac too! I just started collecting this past December.

I wish we had a legitimate FP shop in our area. University Art on J street has some nice notebooks that work well with FPs - Leuchtturm1917 and Fabriano. Beyond that antique shops tend to have some vintage fixers. Let me know what you find. I'm avoiding the Office Depot stuff.

Edited by Finalist, 11 February 2014 - 05:49 PM.