Comments on: New York, day 2 on day 3

By: Fountain Pens « Laconic Writer

Fountain Pens « Laconic Writer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:07:45 +0000

[...] on the whereabouts of the beloved “Pen Guy” who worked there. Yesterday another former Pearl Paint Pen Guy commented. Which got me thinking about my pens, and [...]

By: rebeccakuder

rebeccakuder — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:21:42 +0000

Josef,
You made my day! I wonder if I’ve seen you at Pearl Paint over the years. I am so sad about the demise of the pen market. I’m still in denial, and will remain so until they pry the pens out of my cold, dead hands. Nice to find you here; it makes me a little less wistful.

By: Josef

Josef — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:03:19 +0000

Which Pen Guy? I worked with two of the last original Pen Guys there and I think the one you mean did retire. The “butterfly wings” remark sounds just like him. He moved closer to family in Florida and I took his place as the main Pen Guy, but I also left the company a year or two before this posting. Sadly, the pen industry has been radically altered by new technology and the younger folk are just not being introduced to the pleasures of a good piece of writing instrument anymore. It is my hope that this could still change and people discover pens again, but maybe I’m in denial.

By: World Fantasy Wrap-up « Laconic Writer

World Fantasy Wrap-up « Laconic Writer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:29:51 +0000

[...] or even right after a convention should look at my never-quite-caught-up New York trip report here. Immediate reporting is not the forte of the department of laconic writing. I’m still trying [...]

By: rebeccakuder

rebeccakuder — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:32:02 +0000

I miss the Pen Guy! Where is he? He sold me my most expensive pen, the blue gorgeous Waterman, which I paid for (partially) with the first check I ever got for writing something. (The check only paid for less than half the cost of the pen.) He said, about its pearlescent blue barrel, “It looks like butterfly wings.” It was a great moment, a moment of poetry, and it is still a great pen. Where do Pen Guys go when their departments are downsized? Maybe he retired and no one could take his place (well, no one could take his place, anyway.) Where oh where are you, Pen Guy?