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== Art Supply Posse Podcast ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' I feel really bad. I cheated on you last night. Again? I recorded a stationery podcast with someone else. I can't believe this. I'm sorry.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I will once again look away at this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, but I was on the Art Supply Posse last night with our good friends Kathy and Heather, and we had a good time. And it was an awesome show. I don't know when it's going to come out, but hopefully soon. But we had a great conversation, and they are always fun to talk to. And I know you will forgive me because they are quite awesome.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, if there's one podcast that I will forgive you for, it's this one. The pencil one, I will never forgive you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I like going on that show, too. They're always fun.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, yeah. It was fun. So, it will be out soon. It was episode number 48 of the Art Supply Posse. Awesome. And look for that in your podcatcher of choice.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Go subscribe. I put links in the show notes. Go subscribe.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes, yes. So, it looks like it will be out tomorrow. So, you will have plenty to listen to between this show and that one. Or you will be sick of me, you know, whichever you choose. So, this week, we had lots of new items show up in my Twitter feed, mostly.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The first one that caught my eye was the new Pilot Vanishing Point. I know you're not a big Vanishing Point guy from a use perspective, but you generally, aesthetically, like the pens, right? Oh, I love them. And you do follow the limited editions and kind of ooh and ah like the rest of us do.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Some of the most, you know, beautiful limited editions that exist, right, at Vanishing Points. They're just absolutely stunning pens. And it comes from the fact that they're so beautiful anyway, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right, exactly. So, they have this unique style and they're very sleek in the way they're built. But just, they have a lot of room to play with on the barrel to do cool things. And this one coming out this year is called Crimson Sunrise. And it's kind of, I don't know if it's supposed to be related to the, like the purple and blue one they did two years ago. Yeah. That looks so beautiful, kind of that faded. What's the word for that when you do that?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I want to say pearlescent, but I don't know if that's correct.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it's like the way the colors vary. In there. So, yeah. So, it was called the Twilight. So, this one's called the Crimson Sunrise. So, it's kind of, they got that red gradient, I think is the word I'm looking for. It's got a red gradient. Oh, I see what you're saying. Okay. In the barrel. And it has silver furniture. So, of course, I like that. And I think it looks fantastic. Like, this isn't something like I'm jumping through the screen trying to buy and make sure that I get, but they will sell the heck out of it. I mean, it'll definitely sell out just like any other one. It looks fantastic. I just, I think I've got like four or five vanishing points. And it's going to take really something insane for me to pull the trigger on a new one. But that doesn't mean this thing doesn't look awesome. And I'll probably get one to review. And I'll see if I can get one to review and maybe give away. So, that would be nice. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I will say, like, I know what you mean. Like, I don't really have a desire to own another one of these, but the right special edition could push me. You know, like, every time I see one of the Raden ones, you know, I'm just torn. It's just so torn to want to get one. Because they are, they're just so special looking. They really, really are special looking pens. So, I don't get it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I bought the Giyosh one last year, which I thought was a stunner. But I still use my Stormtrooper one the most out of any of the ones that I own. And, like, the bamboo ones I thought were gorgeous. You know, they had black bamboo and cherry wood colors. Those were beautiful. I didn't buy that one. I didn't buy the Twilight. But it's going to take a lot for me to buy another vanishing point. Because I think I have the Stormtrooper. I have the Gunmetal. I have one of the orange limited edition. I have a black faceted one. And I have a Giyosh one. So, yeah. That's five right there. Yeah, you're okay. I don't need some Crimson Sunrise. Yeah, I do need to go through the chat room saying I should sell some. I do need to go through a purge here. I don't think I might have time before DC. But depending on what I come home with from DC, there might be a post-show purge. Because it's already been quite a year of pin purchases so far. So, I keep saying I'm going to do a purge and sell another five or ten pens to fund some purchases. So, that may be coming up soon. But it's not high on my radar just yet. Another pin that might make me do it is the Aurora Minerale. We've talked about this before. But now they finally have all the official release stuff out. Like we had kind of the preview release stuff before. But now the colors are out. The prices are out. And I want to give a special shout out to Calligraphy Nut on Twitter. Who seems to be posting all the links that I'm retweeting. So, thank you for being awesome and following all this news stuff. But the Minerale. It's a model 88. And it's going to come in five colors. Blue, green, amber, red, and purple. And, you know, it's a demonstrator 88. Like they have the demonstrator Optima. And colored finials to match different minerals. And limited editions of 388. So, I think this is a cool pin. I actually have one sitting on my desk right now. I got the one I was able to take pictures of in Chicago. Has made its way back around to me for review purposes. So, I'll have a review coming soon. It's an amazing pin. I probably won't buy one. Just because it's so expensive. Again, it's like the vanishing point. I have an Optima demonstrator. And I have an 88 Nebulosa. Do I need an 88 demonstrator as cool as they look? Especially for over $700. I think the price is... I'm actually surprised that the price is more than the Flex nib ones.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I forget every time how much the Aurora pens cost. And so, like, I open that link and I see the picture from Calligraphy Nut. And I'm like, I like these. Maybe this will be my first Aurora. And then I went to... Then I, like, Googled it while we were talking. Found it on nibs.com. Saw the price before you mentioned it. $715. Right. And I'm like, no, I don't think it will be. I just... I mean, okay. So, I've never used one. So, maybe I should actually use one. But I just... You know, that's a lot of money to spend on a pen like this. For me, I feel like they look like they... You know, they look really good. They look really nice. Mm-hmm. But they just don't have the look of a $700 pen to me. Like, it just doesn't look like that. Like, they don't have enough. Now, the Nebulosa one, right? That is like... That's a $700 pen right there. Right? Right. And it kind of shocks me that this... That the Nebulosa and the Mineralia are the same price. Yeah. That doesn't seem right to me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This one feels a little money grabby to me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because it's just like, oh, we're making a certain amount of them. And I get limited editions, but they don't... Clear with a little bit of color on it is not enough for me to want to drop real serious money. Like... Right. Like, three quarters of a Nakaya kind of money, right? Like... Right, right. You're really asking a lot for me at that price range.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, I will tell you, my review will be super positive about the pen itself. Like, it's an awesome pen. But there's no way I would recommend this over just the regular Aurora demonstrator. I mean, the Optima demonstrator, which is... I think I paid under $500 for mine, which is still expensive. Or, you know, you could get the big Sailor Pro Gear demonstrators for half of that. So...

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, is it really twice... Is it twice as good as a Sailor? Right. Like, really? I don't know. You'll have to tell me, Brad, because I have no frame of reference.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So, like, I love the pen. I don't love the price. I definitely don't see the value in this pen. I would recommend getting an Optima demonstrator for... And save $200 or $300, even though you can't get green or purple. But, you know, this is one of those that's really hard to review. Because the pen is essentially perfect, in my mind. Except the price is not.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, it's hard to even write about that. Because the review ends up going in all these different paths that are kind of conflicting, right? Well, how can you say it's so good, except the price is so bad? You know, it's a hard thing to do. So, I do look forward to it. And, I mean, again, just like the Flex nibs, they'll sell every single one of these. Like, they'll have no issue selling these. And I like this better than the Flex nib. But I just don't see the value there at all.