Editing The Pen Addict 510/transcript (section)

== Clarifications ==


'''Brad:''' Google Doc Writer. Brad Dowdy. So, on Nib Talk, let's clarify a couple things. The Estabrook Needle, I thought this was a little bit weird when I was discussing the $90 price point. And Ken Rowe reached out to me, the Estabrook distributor, and they admitted that, yeah, that's a little bit weird how that's listed. But it's basically, the Estabrook Needle is the same price point as all of the other add-on nibs, right? The Journaler and the Scribe, you know, whatever those price points are, either $50 or $60 upgrades. And the Estabrook Needle is the same because it is a $30 credit after you swap out the standard nib, right? So, it's the same price as swapping out everything else. It's really no different from everything else. The other really cool thing that I didn't know was that Ken Rowe makes no money on these nib upgrades, right? They're just doing it for the nib workers. They make a profit on it or they make money on it. They get paid for it. And then the retailers, obviously, can make money on the sales. So, they're foregoing, like, any additional, like, distributor, manufacturer price increase of their own. Like, they're not putting anything in their pockets from these nib upgrades. They're doing it to offer something cool to, you know, Estabrook pen buyers and to, you know, help spread the word about, you know, these great, you know, nib workers we have in our community. And talk about how, hey, you can customize your nib. So, I think it's a really great thing that they're doing. I've obviously known that since the beginning. But, you know, that I was really, really appreciative of how they're, like, dipping their toes into, like, the community aspects of the pens. But, too, I didn't know that they were foregoing any of their own, you know, monetary bottom line for actually getting these out to the world. Because, you know, like, to what I was talking about, like, thinking about how, like, how many different layers of profit would have to be to where no one would actually buy these things, right? So, it makes sense that, you know, they're doing it as an add-on just because they're fans of these people who are doing the nib work. And they're fans of their customer and want to give them something cool to use their pens with. So, I thought that was pretty neat.

'''Myke:''' Yeah, that's not bad. Yeah. Yeah.

'''Brad:''' So, they clarified that with me after last week's show. Also, second clarification, which I kind of round about kind of didn't know exactly what was going on here with the stack nib that I bought, right, from Damien and all on the nib. So, he reached out. And the nib is from the pens loft, you know, Jim, you know, stacks and welds and, you know, makes all the nib platform. And then Damien does the nib grind. So, it's a true collaboration between Jim and Damien to where, you know, Jim does his part, you know, making the nib and Damien does his part, putting the grind on the nib. And then they sell the nib as, you know, essentially a collaborative product. So, when you're buying the stack nib, you should know that it is a true collaboration between the two for this particular nib. That I'm very much enjoying, Myke. I had no idea. That I would really enjoy a nib that size and that inky.

'''Brad:''' And it's just fascinating to me. I keep using it, keep staring at it. So, I'm glad I had that option from Damien to pick up just an already completed nib. And it's really fun. So, yeah, I enjoy it. So, thank you, Damien, for clearing that up for me and locking down these details that we missed on last week's episode.

'''Myke:''' I'm pleased to set the record straight.

'''Brad:''' Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. All right. So, you also in last week's episode, you mentioned the Tactile Turn Fairway. So, this is the new quarterly, what do they call them? Seasonal, I think, is the release is the way Tactile Turn does their releases now. So, the limited nature is not exactly limited. It's only limited in time frame that you have to order. So, you essentially have, like, they launch a pin for the season. You have three months to order. So, you mentioned last week the fairway from Tactile Turn. And I said, let's hold it till this week, just because we have a bunch of other things to cover. Do you want to go first on the fairway? Or you really put it in there because it really relates to me.

'''Myke:''' I saw a post on a nice green body with a yellow clip and a yellow knock and a yellow button. Mm-hmm. And the clip has the kind of divots. Dimples. Dimples that you'll find on a golf ball. And fairway, you know, this is very golf ball-y. I'm intrigued by green and yellow. Maybe you can help me understand why they went with green and yellow here. Yes. But, yeah, I just, I saw this and I was like, oh, man, I know a professional golfer. And he likes pens.

'''Brad:''' Yeah, it's spectacular, right? Like, I'm not, I'll tell you straight up, I'm not going to order one, right? Because I just ordered the GT. Yeah. And I just, I got, they sent me the Stealth, which was the long one. And then they, then I ordered the GT, which is the race car one in the standard size. So those are the two sizes that I like. So I have the Stealth with a Pilot Juice .38 refill.

'''Myke:''' Wait, wait, wait, you got this wrong. Standard is long. Short is medium. Okay. Mini is small.

'''Brad:''' Thank you, Starbucks. Okay. Yeah.

'''Brad:''' So, yeah, so I don't have a mini. So if I did order this one, I, I'm saying I won't order it, but I don't have a mini yet. And I really do like this one. And mini is kind of perfect. It looks like this would be pretty sweet for mini.

'''Myke:''' Because it's a gold pen.

'''Brad:''' Exactly. Yeah. So it's kind of sweet for the mini. So I don't know. I'm thinking about it. But to answer your question.

'''Myke:''' I will just say, I know this is not tactile terms business, but it's a travesty. They do not have a mechanical pencil version of this.

'''Brad:''' It would fit with the mechanics on one of these pens. I'm pretty sure. I don't know which. I don't know. Side click is hard. They're fitting with the golf, right?