Editing The Pen Addict 25/transcript (section)

== Lamy 2000 ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' But yeah, I've actually, not the Dialogue 3, but another Lamy. I've been looking at the Lamy 2000, which is just a capped aluminum barrel fountain pen. There's a black body one, extra fine nib. I've been, that one's staring me down, calling my name.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Is that something that you're looking to grab? It's a nice-looking pen, this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it's been on the radar for months. Oh, look at that. Wow, that's pretty. I've been, do I, of course I don't need it. And I'm just trying to justify, am I going to use it if I get it? You know, that type of thing. You know, we've talked about it before. You know, if you're going to spend that kind of money, at least me personally, you know, I don't buy pens to, you know, collect them and put them on a shelf and look at them. You know, if I'm going to spend that amount of money, I want to make sure they make it into my regular writing rotation and that they get some good use. You know, otherwise, to me, it's a waste because I'm not going to sit there and, you know, you know, hang it on a wall or something, if you will.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I'm thinking about it a lot. And the fewer pens, since I haven't been ordering as many pens recently, I've been thinking about it even more. It's like, oh, well, you know, I haven't bought much stuff recently. So, you know, maybe I should break down and go for another big boy like that one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, you know. There's a beautiful show title in there, Brad. Break down and go for a big boy. I'm not even going in there any more than that. So, what is – I know you. I know you can't just think of these things. I know that, you know, you don't just on a whim, say, like me, you know, browse some top lists. That's not how you work at all, sir. Tell me what is in your shopping cart right now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Since I haven't been actually placing any orders, I've actually been putting things in my cart and adding to my wish list and things right now. I do have a few things in my cart just waiting for me to decide whether I'm going to ship them now and try to race them home to the address that I'm at or wait, you know, another couple of weeks and just go through some more withdrawal period.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But every time I talk to you, I get more and more concerned about your addiction.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, I mean, yeah. My name is Brad and I am a pen addict.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Good morning, everyone. My name is Brad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No. You know, I've been looking at some of the new items in JetPens. One that's intrigued me for a couple of weeks now and it's been out there for a little bit is the – there's a Pentel Tradio fountain pen. And Pentel has had this Tradio – I don't know if it's Tradio, Tradio or the exact pronunciation. They've had this line for a while. Tradio. And just like a – it started out as a – what do you call it? Almost like a bristle tip.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I have one of these. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So they've made one with a fountain pen nib and I thought it looked pretty cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Where is that? Is that on JetPens?

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

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think I have one of these. Yeah, I have one of those ones.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' With a traditional fountain pen nib or with a plastic nib?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, it's got like a plastic nib.