THE OHIO PEN SHOW OCTOBER 30,31st - NOVEMBER 1st & 2nd 2025
2025 OHIO PEN SHOW SPONSORS
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***IT'S ON*** Hands-On Nib Smoothing Workshop ***IT'S ON***
***IT'S ON*** Hands-On Nib Smoothing Workshop ***IT'S ON***
***IT'S ON*** Hands-On Nib Smoothing Workshop ***IT'S ON***
***IT'S ON*** Hands-On Nib Smoothing Workshop ***IT'S ON***
***IT'S ON*** Hands-On Nib Smoothing Workshop ***IT'S ON***
***IT'S ON*** Hands-On Nib Smoothing Workshop ***IT'S ON***
FEE-TBD
Richard’s Hands-On Nib Smoothing Workshop is on!! TBD USE LINK BUTTON BELOW TO PAY REGISTRATION
With assistance from Linda Kennedy, resident nib technician at Indy-Pen-Dance; and Brian Gray, founder and president of the Edison Pen Company, I will offer my hands-on workshop on nib smoothing, working directly with participants, at the Ohio Pen Show.
The workshop will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. on TBD In this intensive two-hour session, I will teach you how to smooth nibs and do some basic adjustments using the tools and methods I’ve developed during more than 20 years of experience. (I cannot guarantee that you will be an accomplished nibmeister at the end of the session, but you will have learned a lot and, I hope, had a good time.)
We will have space for 16 hands-on participants. Participants must register in advance.
Your prepaid $20.00 materials fee will cover the cost of the tools, supplies, and pens you will use. You’ll also need to bring a good unlighted hand loupe. I recommend a high-quality 10× loupe such as the BelOMO triplet, available on eBay and from other dealers on the Internet. (With cheap loupes, you get what you pay for: shoddy construction and poor optics.) Check prices before buying; I’ve seen this loupe offered for prices ranging from less than $40.00 to more than $75.00.
The materials kit includes two practice pens. Please don’t bring your own pens expecting to work on them during the workshop. After the session, you will keep your materials so that you can continue honing your skills at home. Be sure to include your name and “shipping address” as you check out through PayPal! We won’t mail you anything, but we need your information to compile our list of participants.
As noted above, participation is limited to 16 people — but if you can’t register, you’re still welcome to come and audit the session. We will have extra copies of the handout for those auditing, and auditors may also ask questions.
Please remember to bring a good 10× loupe. The better the optics you have, the better you’ll be able to see the nibs you’ll be working on. Unlighted loupes are better for this kind of work than lighted ones.
2025 OHIO PEN SHOW LIST OF INKY CHARACTERS...
VENDOR LIST ( A - E )
A
JERRY ADAIR
R.GEORGE ADAMS
B
ROB BADER
TOM BALEY
JIM BEATTIE
TIM & MIKE BYLER-
RICHARD BINDER
FRANCIS BULBULIAN
C
CENTRAL OHIO PEN CLUB
SARA CLAGGETT
PAUL CONTERATO
MIKE CONWAY
JOHN CORWIN
'CRAZY ALAN'
D
MYK DAIGLE
HIRSCH DAVIS
JIMMY DOLIVE
MIKE DVORETZ
E
EPITOME PEN COMPANY
SELCAN ORKAN
MATTHEW EICHENFELS
THE PEN PALADIN
https://thepenpaladin.patternbyetsy.com/
PAUL ERANO
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VENDOR LIST ( F - K )
F
DAVID FERGUSON
ELLIOT FISHMAN
FOUNTAINPENDULUM
G
BRIAN GRAY
STEVE GOLDMAN
MATTHEW GREENBERGER
DR.G'S PEN APOTHECARY
H
FRANK HOBAN
LARRY HERRIN
MICHAEL HOCHSTETLER-
FAT BOY PENS
NICHOLAS HUGHES
J
K
HAROLD KAHN
KENRO PENS
VOLKAN KOLGU
LEN KALTMAN
MIKE & LINDA KENNEDY
BRAD KNAPP
MIKE KRUT
L
DAN LANFORD
HOWARD LEVY-LEVY'S LINEAGE
LINCOLN LEATHERS
RICK LIEBSON
THE LIMPER FAMILY
ADAM LOLATCHY
HAPPY HOUR PENS & GIFTS
RICH LOTT
JOE LOWE
VENDOR LIST ( M - Z )
M
RON MAGNON
KEITH McCLEARY
JIM McNABB
BRUCE MINDRUP
PAT MOHAN
N
O
RAY OKONIEWSKI
P
NIKOLA PANG
RICH PAUL
STEVE PRESSMAN
RICK PROPAS
PEN WORLD
PILOT PEN COMPANY
R
DAN REPPERT
JERRY ROSENTHAL
S
PETE SACOPULOS
DAN SCHENKEIN
RONNIE SHIELDS
ADOLPHUS SMITH
KIRK SPEER
CHRIS STEPHENS
OSMAN SUMER
T
MIKE TARANTINO
MIROSLAV TISCHLER
JON TELLO
V
ERIC VANDENBERG
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Crafting4Caleb
JON VELEY
NIKKI EGLETON-VOLZ
W
BILL WEAKLEY
GARY WEIMER
ROGER WOOTEN
Y
Z
ANDREW ZALL
TAMMY ZENZEL
RON ZORN
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