Editing The Pen Addict 229/transcript (section)

== Ink Swapping ==


'''Brian Anderson:''' Well, actually, we just are finishing up an ink swapping, what do you call it? It's not a contest, but an ink swapping challenge at the store. So I'm not quite sure what's in my pen. We all picked names. It's the same ink challenge Brian and I did a few months ago. So everybody in the company, we put our names in a hat and sort of like a secret Santa and all drew a different name. And we had to fill that person's pen. So I have this purple ink in my pen. I think Dave told me what it was, but I don't remember.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't remember. Okay. Now, that's an awesome idea.

'''Brian Anderson:''' It's fun. It forces you to try inks you wouldn't necessarily try. The first time Brian and I did it just for each other, I gave Brian kind of a…

'''Brian Anderson:''' Old Cold Grim. Or an cleaner Old Cold Grim. Yeah, that's a great ink.

'''Brian Anderson:''' Green ink he wouldn't have chosen. And Brian gave me a Diamine Shimmer Tastic, one of the gray colors. And I don't do shimmer and I don't do gray. I used it for a week.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The gray I can get behind.

'''Brian Anderson:''' Yeah, it was fun. It was fun. Generally, I use a Vanishing Point or two. I have a couple sailors that are always with me. I will freely confess that I have a couple Retro 51 roller balls that I love.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, exactly. That's the good stuff.

'''Brian Anderson:''' There are sometimes, some occasions when you need something other than a fountain pen.

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

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I think that's perfect. Addison pens are my top tip to find the weird and wonderful Retro 51s. Yes. It's something that happens at Atlanta every year. I just kind of saunter over to the table and see what's there. And there's always something I've never seen before. Like that rose gold one. The brown and rose gold one that I got a few in Atlanta last time.

'''Brian Anderson:''' Yep.

'''Brian Anderson:''' You know, one of the reasons we have Retro 51 is because I remember hearing it on the podcast. You guys are talking about Retro all the time. And I'm like, we got to check this out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I actually remember, I think you might have asked me a question once. I think when the brick and mortar was starting and you just wanted to be fountain pens. When Lisa said that, that reminded me, I think you might even ask me, should we really carry the Retro 51? I was like, yeah, I think it would probably do pretty well. It's at a really good price point and it's a cool pen. And yeah, good. So yeah, we love that pen.

'''Brian Anderson:''' Oh yeah, I do. I actually have a Retro 51 in my bag just in case. Today I've got a Montblanc 149 90th anniversary with, I really do love the Montblanc Irish green. It's a great color. And I've been swapping in between since August. It's probably the longest time I've gone consistently using a pen. The Sailor King of pen, green mosaic. Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to, okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm going to delete this podcast now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know, that's the one pen that I want. That is the most beautiful pen. I love that pen. You, you show it to me every time I come by. You have had it in your pocket. Yeah. Ever since you got it right. That was not an easy pen to, to come across and it's a stunner.

'''Brian Anderson:''' Well, we, we knew the man who had it and he'd actually offered it to us earlier and it was, it was not inexpensive. And we waited and he brought it to DC. Brian said, no, I knew that he wanted it. And Brian's like, no, that's, that's a lot of money. Let's see how we do at the show, et cetera. And I just, we, we had a couple of sales. I just took the money, ran over and bought it. And, um, you better use it every day. Yeah.

'''Brian Anderson:''' Well, you know, the thing about it is, is when we first became Sailor dealers, it was actually in the catalog. I could have ordered it. Wow. You know, and, and when you get used to paying wholesale for your pens and you can't get that pen anymore and somebody says, here it is. And you're thinking, man, I could have got that cheaper if I had just pulled the trigger. Um, it's, it's kind of a tough nut to swallow. And I actually told her not to buy it. I said, that's just too much money, you know? Yeah. Um, but I'm glad, I'm glad she did.

'''Brian Anderson:''' And, um, I just didn't want to hear him whine about how he lost out. Oh, I wish we'd bought that pen. And so kind of at some shows, that's our, um, deciding factor. It's like, okay, he's, he's deciding between two pens. Which one are you going to whine about more on the way? You know, lament the fact that you didn't buy it. Um, go buy that one. And, and that way we're both happy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And he's so humble about it too. Like when I go over there, he's like, right, let me, let me show you what I got. And he's like, he like points to his pocket and he gets this little grin on his face. If it, if it was me, you know, I'd be like jumping around. I'm like, Brian, look what I got. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But, um, but it's so great. I, I, I love that pen and, uh, uh, yeah. You guys, um, I don't know how you do it. Uh, I'll be perfect, perfectly honest. I look at like how busy I am like on a daily basis and I feel like it's nothing compared to you guys. So I'm super impressed with everything that you do. Everything you do is wonderful. Um, the best of luck and everything going forward. And I'm sure you'll be getting lots of June, 2017 questions now starting in about a week, you know, they'll, they'll start coming out. Um, you know, that thing you said, uh, what's, what's really going on. So, uh, hopefully that won't, uh, give you too much, but, uh, we'll be keeping our, our eyes peeled and, uh, we really, really appreciate the time y'all took out of your busy, busy day to, uh, to come on the show this morning. We have to do it, uh, sooner than in another 229 episodes, right? That'd be great.

'''Brian Anderson:''' Thank you so much for having us. It's, um, it was great.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Y'all are awesome. Um, you, you, you make it easy. Y'all are a great company, great story, great people. You can't really ask for more. So, uh, if you're listening to this and you have not visited Anderson pens, do it. And, uh, if you have visited Anderson pens, do it again and, uh, and go say, Hey, at any pen shows, uh, around the country, definitely check the schedule for where Brian and Lisa are bringing, uh, their many, many tables of wonderment.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's worth seeing. You can find the links to all of this stuff in our show notes today, which are at relay.fm slash pen addict slash 229. If you want to find Brad online, you go to penaddict.com. He is dowdyism on Twitter and penaddict on Instagram. I am at imike, I-M-Y-K-E. Thanks again to our sponsors for this week's episode. That is Capto from Global Delight and Ares. Thanks so much for listening. We'll be back next time. Until then, say goodbye, everybody. Bye, everybody. Bye.

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