Editing The Pen Addict 352/transcript (section)

== Lamy Safari ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Absolutely. I could not agree more, Anna.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I say guest. Let me correct myself. Co-host. Third co-host.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Thank you.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Myke, Anna, and some other guy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. But yeah, you had me. I had like my breathing pattern was corrected for getting ready to speak. And then I had to like hold it and like spit it out to the side of the microphone. It's like, you got me there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So good job by you, mate. I can't wait until you pull these shenanigans on me next week live and in person.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm. Can't wait. We've got a big show today. We're going to be talking about a bunch of Atlanta Pen Show related topics, but that's not all. It's not going to be all Pen Show for those of you that won't be in attendance. We're also going to be talking about a bunch of other interesting things. I want to start actually by talking about a tweet that Brad sent late a couple of days ago in the evening. It just says, I just realized I want an Arushi Lamy Safari. Good night. Brad, explain yourself.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I was heavily medicated because I finally went to the doctor last week and got some real drugs. So I was a little bit spaced out and on all this medication. And I don't even know what I was doing. I wasn't doing anything work related or pen related. I think I was just like sitting on the couch kind of, you know, was later in the evening. And I was just, I don't know how that came up. I guess I had recently used my Lamy Safari with the Lamy Bronze ink. And I guess that kind of cross-pollinated with me thinking about Arushi pens and maybe seeing Jonathan soon and things that he does or, you know, one of my Nakaya Arushi pens, which I don't even have out right now. And I go, huh, this would be fun if it was coded in Arushi, wouldn't it? So I just tweeted it out and then I went to bed at the end. Like this is, this is how my brain works, Myke. I don't know why you're surprised by this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What's the price point on an Arushi Lamy Safari?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's got to be like at least $500 probably.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I know I ask another question. Would you pay that? It's probably, it's probably less than that. It's probably less than that. Three to $400.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But would you pay that? Would you pay $400?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Yeah? Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There you go, Lamy. There's your special edition. That's how you finally put an end to the Lamy versus AL Star Wars is by bringing out an Arushi Lamy Safari.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, actually we don't because Anna chimed in this morning right before the show. I think she was taunting me on purpose knowing right before the show I'm going to be reading my Twitter feed. She says, well, I have an AL Star ready for Arushi. So what do you think about that, Anna?

'''Anna Reynet:''' Well, I think you'd have to start with the AL Star. I don't think the plastic would be a good base. I think you'd need the metal.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. We'll have to ask Jonathan like technically how that would work, how it would stick.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, so here is my next question then. Could this be done? Could somebody like Jonathan do this? Like if you gave him a Lamy of some kind, could it be done?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't know enough about it to totally say I think you would have some connection problems around the center of the pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Visually, like aesthetically. Could he make it? Yeah. Could he make it aesthetically pleasing where it didn't look like, you know, a fifth grader doing paint by numbers?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Because I guess there's a few things you would lose. You would lose the shape, right? Like ultimately you would lose the shape. I don't know that you would, to be honest. Or you'd lose the hole in the middle. You've got to, surely.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, you've got to keep that. Like we've got to keep everything.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, I'm saying that's what you would need to do for it to be a Lamy Safari, but like can it be done? That's what I'm wondering.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm going to vote that it can.

'''Anna Reynet:''' That's why I'm locking up my bronze.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, you see all these decapods, right? Like the decapods and the decapod twists. They can shape this thing. I don't see any reason it can't be done. I just don't know that it's a good idea.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I feel like something to look forward to on our next episode is the answer to this question.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Actually, yes. So we'll interview Jonathan before the show. He will not be, he's been a special guest at our Atlanta Pen Show episode, which we can talk about those guests. We didn't put that in the show notes, but we have our guests planned for next weekend or a week and a half from now. And we'll, in the pre-show, we'll find out from Jonathan and get an answer to this question and what can be done.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right, moving on to...

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's the important questions.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, we're really cracking open the case here.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, Brad's drug-induced delirium has now created a podcast topic. That's great.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There is a, well, of course there is. I mean, I feel like this could be a recurring segment. We can make an entire show out of the fact that there is yet another interesting looking sailor limited edition. Do you want to tell us about this, Brad?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, one of these days I'm not going to post these. Like, I am not interested in talking about this every week and neither of the people are not interested in listening to this every week.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Why are you saying that?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't believe. I mean, it doesn't mean we don't love them, but, you know, at some point I don't need to talk about every orange, lime, pink, translucent sailor that gets made. And this one wasn't. It was different. It is apparently a metal wrapped that looks like it's like a hammered metal type of barrel on a sailor pro gear.