Headline, November 11 2024/ ''' UK'S PEN URN '''

''' UK'S PEN URN '''

 

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'' YOU COULD GET MUGGED FOR THIS PEN '' : A show to write home about. At a London event -united by a love of some of the finest writing tools ever graced.

WHEN WAS the last time you wrote a letter to someone by hand? As we entrust our laptops and phones with more and more of our lives, the once-ubiquitous art of handwriting is seemingly in danger of going extinct.

But at a London hotel on a recent Sunday morning, thousands of people turned up to demonstrate that the humble pen may be far from meeting the fate of the dinosaurs.

At the autumn London Pen Show, which is one of the six planned events from UK Pen Shows this year, you could find yourself face to face with some of the most elegant and expensive pens on the planet -and people happy to pay through the nose for them.

Among the pen sellers was John John Sanderson, 72, who sells his handmade creations under the name Silverburl Pens. A retired engineer, Mr. Sanderson made his first pen almost 50 years ago as a means of dealing with dyslexia.

'' I can't write and I can't spell, '' he said, '' and it's something that's always fascinated me. So I made a pen, thinking I'll learn to read and write. '' Now he makes pens for people all over the world.

The attendees of the show, including Michaela Stanton, 52, Mascer-Licht, 41, and Mareen Goebel, 49, were united by their love of pens. In July, Ms. Staton got a bonus at work and splurged on a new pen - a Laban 325 Sakura for about $125.

This was her first pen show and she had her sights set on a specific model : an Esterbrook Estie Botanical Gardens fountain pen.

Ms. Goebel, on the other hand, was a veteran of three pen shows and she brought along a case brimming with pens, including her favorite, a teal-colored Pelikan M805 Ocean Swirl, for which she paid about $485.

''I think I could get mugged for this pen,'' she said, '' because apparently it's really popular and nobody sells theirs.''

On this visit, she wanted to find a pen to celebrate her retirement and had set herself a budget of about $1,300 - a huge price for an average consumer, but not an extreme one in the world of pen shows.

The consensus among these attendees was that putting pen to paper is more meaningful than typing on gadgets. '' I feel more disconnected from the information that I'm trying to capture when I'm typing it, versus when I'm writing it,'' Ms. Staton said.

Among the highest-prized pens at the show was an out-of-production Namiki Emperor '' Hagi,'' which was being sold by Sarj Minhas for almost $20,000. It is a voluptuous fountain pen with gold autumn flower designs on black lacquer and an 18-carat gold nib.

Mr. Minhas, 53, has been collecting pens for more than 25 years and owns so many he is known by some in the international pen community as the '' the one-man pen show.''

He believes that some pens are meant to stay on display, preserved as heirlooms for the next generation. '' Pens of this quality, you don't really write with,'' he said. '' This is art of the highest quality.''

The show was not limited to buyers and sellers. Anyone struggling with getting their pens to write could enlist the help of a nibmeister, like Philip Landsiedel. Mr. Landsiedel, 30, who wore a bow tie and a white lab coat, is one of only about 10 people who make a living by altering nibs.

It is a service designed for people like Michael J. Fiedler, 57, who is so in love with handwriting that he created " Working Journal,'' a book in which photographs of people at work sit opposite pages of their unique handwriting.

And now, he sums up beautifully : " You might have something in mind when you come to a pen show. But oftentimes, instead of you finding the pen, the pen finds you.''

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