The 10th Anniversary Scriptus Toronto show was amazing and I came home with some epic scores!
I have been attending Scriptus for years and it is always busy, this year even more so! As I have stated in the past, this means I cant really do my usual type of review with shots of every table as there are just too many people.
Don’t worry though, I got some great closeups to share, starting with the raffle/swag tables
And the 10th Anniversary ink
I headed straight for stylo.ca’s tables. They are my favourite pen store and I got lucky with them last year with a Sailor 1911L Wicked Witch of the West. This year I took it a step further by requesting stylo.ca bring two pens for me to look at! Thank you so much to stylo.ca for accommodating my request!
The two pens are the Sailor 1911L Ninja In and Esterbrook Astronaut collaboration with Accutron!
Some closeups of the Ninja In
And the Estie Astronaut
Both of these pens are crossovers with some of my other hobbies, namely collecting custom knives and watches and I really liked them. Choosing between the two was a very hard decision but ultimately I went with the Ninja for now and plan to get the Estie down the line.
Another closeup
Compared to the Wicked Witch of the West I picked up last year
And in its more natural habitat lol
Speaking of Esterbrook, there has been a lot of buzz about their just released Peanuts collection so I wanted to check them out before they sold.
Charlie Brown
Snoopy, my personal favourite
Lucy
I didn’t get a closeup of Sally but you can see the pink pen at the bottom right
More great pens from Esterbrook
My favourite on the table (next to the Astronaut)
Thanks to Scriptus’ excellent social media, I knew that Leuchtturm 1917 would be custom embossing at the show!
ceriksson picked up one of their Bullet Journals in black at Phidon Pens
While I got one in Turquoise25 from Toronto Pen Shoppe
Now to get them embossed!
Each letter is laid out or typeset manually
Ready to emboss
And the final result!
I should mention that he does a test stamp first
And here is mine! So great to offer this service on site. It definitely pushed me over the edge into buying a journal lol.
But wait, there’s more! My purchases weren’t done yet. I also pre-ordered with Penablers, a set of Colorverse Schrodinger-Cat.
Thanks to Penablers for doing pre-orders and for the extras in the package
I missed out on Honest Ink’s Poutine ink last year and I wasn’t going to make that mistake again!
I checked back at Straits Pen’s table several times as the rep had to step out to deliver a seminar/workshop. And we are in luck!
They also had a Peameal Bacon special this year.
Apart from my “planned” purchases, I did make a couple of impulse buys. I was really impressed with these cigar boxes converted into pen trays by Hall’s Pens and Things. Many of the boxes are sourced from military personnel who serve in or travel to South America, which adds to the appeal. Also, the maker was really nice and had great prices so it was pretty much a no-brainer to pick one up.
My last impulse buy was a patch from Hot Leaf House
Did you guess correctly which one I got? Lol
Alright, now for some more pens! How about these custom beauties from London Pen
The gold glitter was my personal favourite
3D printed pen stands from stack3D. Love the giant pens
Beautiiful wood pens and desk accessories from Timber Elegance. I especially liked the letter openers.
Finally got to meet Andrew from House of Fine Writing! I have been on their email list for years.
Tons of ink options from Gourmet Pens
Some of the more unique pieces on display
So that covers the main floor. I didn’t take as many pics in the lower level, mainly just of Art Line Pens. Some really impressive, rare, high-end pens here.
Oh and stamps at Circumflux Stationary along with their famous crab pen holders.
And that’s a wrap! Here is a recap of my scores
Thanks again to the organizers and all the exhibitors. I ended by review last year by pointing out that everyone seemed passionate about pens and happy to share their hobby. The same was true this year. Here’s to the next ten years of Scriptus.
RL
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