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Katherine and Sam
BROWN PEN BARONSThese two humans, Katherine and Sam, met organically in real life and became fast friends, discovering they shared many overlapping hobbies. Katherine penabled Sam who went from owning approximately two Lamy Safaris to a rather badass collection, if I might say so myself.
Katherine is known in the pen world as InkyKatWrites (or UnicornKat on the PenAddict Slack) and has been collecting pens intensely since 2016. She is a co-president of the Hoosier Pen Club in Indiana. She attended her first pen show in 2017 at the Chicago Pen Show.
Sam is newer to the pen scene but not new to intense hobbies and highly specific interests. She posts infrequently on Instagram as sam_does_pens and resides in the Chicago suburbs. She attended her first pen show in 2025 at the Chicago Pen Show.
They are the unhinged minds working to coordinate the chaos of BROWN PENS!
The 2025 Chicago Founders
Inaugural CrewPresent during the formation subsequent chaotic running around screaming BROWN PENS! BROWN PENS!
Back: Sam Haub, Mike Matteson, Chris Caruvana, Ian Schon
Front: Erick Gama, Katherine Palmisano
2026 Sunday Morning Crew
Growing CrewThese brave souls joined other like-minded brown fans on Sunday morning of the Chicago Pen Show, 2026, creating camaraderie and shenanigans around brown.