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== Pen Addict Listener Gift ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Since my first package was possibly lost with the post office, Ben wanted to get me out another one. And I didn't know at the time that it was a special edition run of two notebooks, one for you, one for me. So he went back, printed a third one that is printed on 1114 edition size, one book, first reprint. That's what he printed on the back of the extra one he gave me. And I'm going to give that away to our listeners.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Wow.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So Myke and I each have our one book. I got a third one from Ben, and I told him I was going to do this. He is so awesome. You guys got to check him out. It's at bioworks.com. B-I-O-W-O-R-K-Z dot com. When you look at it, you might recognize some of his work. Because I have actually seen his work before. It's that amazing. He does a lot of work for a lot of big companies. So I told him I was going to do that. And he was totally on board with that. So I have a third Fiend Notes notebook. And we're going to do it like last week's Cult Pens giveaway.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So this is edition three of two?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No. Yeah, sort of. This is the edition size of this one that I'm giving away. Edition size, one book.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Ooh.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Wow. This is even rarer than the one that we own.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know. I know. So we're going to do it like last week. Where this is for the Pen Addict listeners. There's not going to be any note or anything special. Saying, hey, go sign up for this giveaway. You guys know what to do. You go to the blog post on penaddict.com. It'll be up Tuesday morning, 8 a.m. And you just leave a message that you've listened to the show. And we will pick out someone super, super lucky. To get this edition. It's, as you can tell, I'm a little bit of a loss for words for it. I don't know what to even think about it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's an incredible little memento that I've actually put back in the envelope that it came in and stored it safely.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. So that was my question. Are you going to use it? No way. Yeah, no way. I'm not going to use it. I want to frame it. I want to do something with it. And yeah, store it away safe. It's amazing. So thank you, Ben. We will definitely talk to you in the future. And Ben might be a good guy to get on the show one day. Talk about how he uses pens and all of his artwork and everything like that. So it's pretty, pretty, pretty cool. So and we have one for you guys, too. So I'm excited to be able to do that. And y'all can thank the United States Post Office for that opportunity.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This episode is brought to you by the U.S. Postal Service.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, actually, this episode of The Pen Addict is brought to you by our friends at Karis Customs. Karis Customs are an awesome pen maker based in Mesa, Arizona. And all of their stuff is made in their own shop. And they're proud that they are based in the U.S. of A. These guys make a whole range of incredible pens like the Bolt, the Retract, the Render K and the Ink, which I recently put in my top five pens at the moment. You can choose the materials that these pens are made of. You can make them out of, you can have them made out of aluminium, brass or copper. And they allow you to customise your pen this way with the right balance, weight, texture and feel for you. If you like a lighter pen like I do, you can go aluminium. If you like something heavy that's got a real sort of thunk to it, you can go maybe all brass or all copper. And they do awesome colours that you can choose from, too. The really bright, vivid aluminium models that they have with some of their models do let you express yourself with some flair. Maybe you want to go blue and orange like I have by buying a couple and mixing them up. These pens that Karas Customs make are made with such great care. And the materials that they pick and choose only get better with time. They make the very best in these types of products. I love them. And I buy everything they do because I know that they are made with such love from pen addicts just like us. The folks over at Karas Customs have a real connection with their customers. And this is something that they're proud of. They make the pens by hand. They ship them out by hand to you guys. And then they interact with you directly about them. And Dan Bishop and Karas Customs and Bill Karas are a great part of this little community that we have. So show your love for them by buying some of their awesome stuff. Karas Customs are offering you a fantastic 15% of anything in their store. If you just use the code penaddict before you check out. So it's when you go to the basket. You can add the code penaddict before you check out. This code is valid from now until the end of the year. Thank you so much to Karas Customs for supporting this week's episode of the penaddict and RelayFM.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They're so good. And I'm not saying that just because Dan's listening in the chat room as we're speaking. And I think he was checking you out to make sure you got this ad read in, Myke. Yeah, he's going to compliment me. I mean, they're legit. I mean, it's... And I say that meaning that they're legitimate people. And that's some of the most important things you can look at when you're choosing to spend your money with a company. That the people behind it are, like, legitimately good people. And, you know, want to really care about their products and care about their customers. And Karas Customs does that. So I really appreciate them sponsoring the show. It means a lot to me and to our community that they're so involved in it. And it's nothing but good stuff.