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Pens, Right?

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Just returning from the Washington DC Supershow. Usually I do not post regarding pen shows but this time I wanna. One of the many things I love about pen shows is that you never know what will happen. Sometimes your plans and expectations will be met and sometimes not. At this show I really wanted to sell. Sometimes I do and sometimes it is not so much a priority. This time it was a priority, but sales were only modest. Was I disappointed? Only a bit, afterall I was at a pen show working and playing with good friends. What makes this show singular is that I got one of my grail pens. My “favorite” war is World War I (sorry Richard). And I have for sometime had so-called “trench” pens from Swan and Moore, but not the biggie. At DC I got a Parker 24 trench pen. But wait there’s more. A friend of mine is selling parts of his collection and hecame to me with a number of things. About 35 years ago I lived and worked in Cincinnati and began collecting there, so I have a smal