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[marcshiman]

Coming at you live from Lagos Nigeria, near the home of my newest two-year contract (Abuja). Its going to put a serious damper on my pen buying, collecting, restoring, admiring, and selling activities. My bank account will be grateful.

 

My work is international development, and sadly sometimes I actually have to do that work from somewhere other than the comfort of my home. To anticipate some of the questions that I'm likely to receive - no, I'm unlikely to find vintage pens in Nigeria, and no, I'm probably not going to look for them. 

 

DC will hopefully be my next show (as a customer only), and I'll miss LA, Chicago, Columbus (particularly Columbus) and all the other shows that are so much fun. More importantly, I'll miss my friends that make those shows so much fun. 

 

I am working on a list of pens I'll bring for use - a Nozac, a Maxima, and a Deco Band are probably the vintage pens I want to have by my side. Probably a vanishing point and this cheapo Sheaffer Valor that I found on Ebay that writes really well (and takes cartridges - big for airplane travel).

 

Please try not to sell very tempting pens over the next two years, the internet makes it way to easy to buy.....

[JonSzanto]

Be safe, be happy, do good things.

[soot]

Lagos, Nigeria. Naijaland. A place that seems so familiar in my memory, and yet it's so far away.

 

Definitely no vintage pens there, you'd be lucky if you find any stores selling fountain pens there. only biros. As long as you have internet, you can buy pens. That's what I did when I was there for a few years. But man, did I have to wait until I return home to find them goodies. Nigeria is definitely NOT a good place to send your stuff.

 

Be safe there!

Edited by soot, 13 December 2014 - 09:28 AM.

[piscov]

Good luck in your new post! Hope you have fun and be safe. Do join us from time to time.

 

All the best

 

Vasco

[pen-deco]

Good luck!

[Jim B]

Good Luck Marc, stay safe in that uncertain country. See you in DC