Editing The Pen Addict 64/transcript (section)

== Japanese Pens ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So do you like that pen? That's good looking. That's a good looking pen. $4.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, stop doing this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, I'm sorry. $8. $8.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You're just trying to upset me now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, I'm just trying to make the point. You're going to get a perfectly fine pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, but I'd be happier paying $40 for this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know. $8. Where from? Huh?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Where can I get this?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Probably X Fountain pens or HisNibs, which is where I sent the bare link that goes to. You'll see a few other pens. But I thought you would like that one on Pen Ink Cillin, the Jen Howe X750. It's a fantastic looking pen. It's killer looking. It's better looking than the Visionaire, I think.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, my word. HisNibs. This is a website. Wow. Oh, my God. They've got a little mail truck spinning wheels down the bottom. Yeah. I would be more willing to, no offense to these guys, to put my money in the Kickstarter guy than this website.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know. But this is just a sample of some of the other pens.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's funny how you say that sort of stuff. Like, I can't trust this. Like, you've probably used them. Actually, I haven't. I haven't. But this website just... He should be selling on Amazon and eBay. Like...

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Well, that's what... I mean, eBay's full of Hero and Jen Howe pens.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, I'm sure.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know. But I'm just saying, look at some of the designs. Look at... There's one called... Gosh, what's this called?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The Jen Howe makes this. It's a Dreadnought. This is a big, wicked-looking pen. And he's selling it for $35. I mean, this is... Whoa, look at that thing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't like that, but that's crazy looking.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' If you're not a fountain pen user and you saw that, you'd go, ooh, man, look at that pen. Yeah. Right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. That's like premium.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So that's just the point I'm making. I mean, it's just... I just think this is generic. We'll just leave it at that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, what a topic today. Wow. We're going to get so much feedback on this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know. And believe me, the last thing I want to do is eviscerate this guy without talking to him, Morgan. And I'm trying to be fair, but I'm trying to ask the hard questions too. And, you know, I've said it five times already. If you're a backer of this project, you're going to get a perfect... I'm convinced that this... Number one, people are saying this is a scam and he's going to run away with the money. I don't think that at all. I think you're going to get a perfectly fine pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's not going to happen. That won't happen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think you're going to get a perfectly fine pen. You'll get something. I just think it's way overpriced. I don't think it's... I don't think there's a lot of design work in here personally. But that's something I'll hopefully be able to sort out with Morgan.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I think it's, you know, it's gotten a little big. I think it's gotten way bigger than he anticipated. So I hope it works out for him. I hope it works out for everyone who's backed it. I hope everyone who gets the pen tells me how great it is and how wrong I am. I'm willing to be wrong in this case. I don't have a... I would be happy to be wrong in this case. I got no problem with that. And please tell me if I am once the pens come in December. But I'm sure we'll be talking about it more since then. And I'll try to talk to Morgan between now and next week.

'''Myke Hurley:''' If Morgan is listening...

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think I'm in your corner on this at the moment.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, there's a pretty good dividing line, right? Don't you think? Just from our Twitter followers?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, no. I think everyone is on your side that I've seen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So there's a few that say, oh, this is beautiful. I'm in. No, but I mean, I said that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I also said that. But I mean, like then it seems that the more people see and they see what you say and links and whatever, then people tend to be going with you. And even though I'm hearing the same stuff, I still kind of feel like... I just feel like he deserves the benefit of the doubt a bit. Because I honestly feel like I can see from this guy's perspective how he could have gotten himself into a position where he is in and amongst a group of people who know more than him about the product that he's creating, which is not a problem in my opinion. He just may have never made a pen before, as I said. Right. Because, you know, we have had... We've spoken to Dan and we've told him pens that he didn't know that we talk about every week. Right. You know?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Sure, sure.