Editing The Pen Addict 273/transcript (section)

== DC Pen Show ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So yesterday I got back from being in America for a month, a month and two days, which began with the DC Pen Show. And there was a moment last week, me and Nadina were on vacation last week. She came out and we went on a vacation together. And it was a moment where I was going through my suitcase to find something to wear. And I pulled out one of my knock T-shirts and then realized that I haven't been home since the Pen Show, which was like just mind boggling to me. Because I have a very vivid memory of recording the last episode we did together in my office. That's where I remembered recording it. But I wasn't in my office. I was in a hotel room in Brooklyn. Right. Because we recorded after the DC Pen Show. We recorded one episode and then Joey was on last week. Right. Yes. Yes. And my mind was kind of like just broken by seeing it, by realizing the two things. One, that I haven't been home since then. And two, that my brain was lying to me about where I'd been recording. Very strange.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I think that's the same feeling I had when I said it feels like it's been a month since we've done a show.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I noticed it, which is one of the things that made me think to tell you this story. Because we have recorded together since DC. We recorded one episode.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So our brains are intertwined.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They sure are. It's been a long time, man. It's been a long time. I'm happy to be back in Mega Office now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Good, good. And since it's been a long time, I'm going to use that to professionally segue into something else that has been a long time, Myke. Mm-hmm. So the NotCo Kobanichi case. Yep. Our seed lineup, which is A6, A5, and Midori Travelers. They're so close. That's what you were at. I wasn't planning on talking about it. But you put it in here. Mm-hmm. Because it's almost there. I was hoping we're going to have them next week on the site. That's still a possibility. But as I've mentioned to y'all, I don't know, earlier this year, you know, one of the things that's my job now is I get on the phone and yell. So let's just say there were some of that yesterday. Okay. So it's happening. It's happening very, very, very soon. I was hoping it would happen sooner, but it's not going to be much later. Okay. So it's almost there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So we're looking this month is the plan.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I was about to say without question. There can be questions. There can be questions, but I mean, absolutely, positively trying to make that happen within the next two weeks. Okay. It's going to be close. It's going to be close.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I have a question for you about one of these images here in your Instagram post. Mm-hmm. There's a pen that I don't recognize.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So the one you linked in the show notes?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay. So there's only two pens in this. One is the Platinum Shung-Yu, which you also have later in the show notes, and you don't recognize the other pen?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What is it?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's the pen type B.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, okay. Okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Interesting. Okay. Mm-hmm. Hmm. Well, it looked like wood. It looked like it was made of wood, not brass. Now I see it. Yes. I like that pen when it's like that, when it's covered like that, you know, when the pen type B has its cover on. I like it. I like all that stuff. I just don't like the writing end of it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, totally. No, I get that. I'm just messing with you. But that's a pen I carry with me pretty much every day because I like the high-tech C refill. And we're going to talk about that. And as it relates to the Platinum Soft Find Nib, because I did a review on that, and you put it in the show notes. We're going to talk about it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We sure are. But okay. The reason I put this in the notes, because what you'll find is an Instagram post that was on the Nock account, because it said available in a few weeks for the seed cases. So I was interested. I was very interested about that. So I thought I would ask you about that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That statement remains accurate, but I had a headache and a stress bucket all day yesterday. I'm sorry. We'll leave it at that. So this is dealing with manufacturers, right? Yeah, it is what it is. Hashtag manufacturing is hard. You know, it's what we do. It's what we do. We'll get it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's why you get paid the big bucks. Yeah, that's what it is. All right. There was also, so everybody was at the San Francisco Pen Show and posting amazing photos a couple of weeks ago. One of them that particularly caught my eye was something that Anna posted on the well-appointed desk Instagram of, it looked like kind of a teaser shot, really, with the way that she, the photo that she used. Maybe they're not allowed to post full images of it yet. I don't know. But a Star Wars line of Schaefer pens.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm not going to lie, Myke. I miss this at the show. When you put this in here, this is the first time I've seen this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Now, look at these bad boys and girls.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They look fantastic. They are.