2026 San Francisco Pen Show - The Funnest Pen Show Gets Funner!

(Kimberly (she/her) took the express train down the fountain pen/stationery rabbit hole and doesn't want to be rescued. She can be found on Instagram @allthehobbies because there really are many, many hobbies!.)Heading into the 2026 SF Pen Show, I was already run down (but partly recovered) from a bug that I got at camp a few weeks prior (not Covid, Flu A/B, or RSV, just crud). I had started antibiotics and my body wasn’t 100%, but I was determined to make the most out of my favorite show, my home show, the funnest pen show on the circuit. As such, after napping most of Tuesday, it’s finally Wednesday evening and I think I’ve made enough of a dent in the sleep debt to start working on this recap. Some things are similar to last year’s SF Show, but there were several things that made a noticeable difference in this year’s show. (Disclaimer: 2017 SF Pen Show was my first show, has been and still is my favorite show on the circuit. I’m also a member of the SF Pen Posse who volunteer at…