Editing The Pen Addict 323/transcript (section)

== Pen Aesthetics ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Talking about looking good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Me?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, aside from you. The next item in our notes here.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Good grief. I purposefully tried not to put this in here when the Bung Box Mandarin Orange Jet came out. Like, I did, on purpose, I did not put that in the show notes, because I didn't want to talk about it. We talked about it on Twitter. It made its rounds around Twitter, what, three, four weeks ago? Maybe three weeks ago. A beautiful, stunning new Bungu Box collaboration with Sailor, with the chocolate-dipped section, if you will, and the orange, the little jeweled finials that they do so well, and the translucent orange cap. Myke, it's stunning, isn't it? I mean, we talked about it online. And I, seriously, I, on purpose, did not put this in the show notes when it came out. I did not want to talk about it, because it happened so frequently. What made me put it in the show notes this week is the existence of the San Cotto pen shop Tequila Sunrise, which just sent me over the edge. Like, in the best way possible, and the worst way possible. Right? Because I sit there and look at the Bungu Box orange jet. And I don't even know if that's the real name. That was the Google translation. So, I'm going, this is the perfect pen for me. Right? I love it. It's beautiful. It's stunning. There's nothing about this pen that I disagree with at all. And I'm not going to buy it. Right? I don't need another pen. Perfectly content with that decision. I'll look at the pictures if someone gets one and, you know, has it at a pen show. I will enjoy trying it out, and I'll hand it right back to them. Wonderful. I don't need to spend the money. Well, then this freaking Tequila Sunrise comes out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's even better looking to me. And it's not even close. This might be, like, the singular best one that I've seen, at least in the orange colorways. The way it has a gradient in the barrel. It's stunning. And plus, it has not a fully gold nib, but, like, it's got the two-tone nib. And it's got a clear finial on the cap. It's amazing. And I'm not going to say I'm not going to buy this one. But I'm not planning on buying this one. But if something happens, I might buy this one. But this brings back. This was, like, the perfect FOMO setup. Right? The fear of missing out the Bungu Box one. Like, as soon as that pin launched, I said, this is awesome, and I'm not going to buy it. I didn't have the FOMO. The reason why you don't, you know, live your purchasing life with FOMO in place is, number one, it'll cost you too much money. And number two, there's always something tomorrow. Well, the something tomorrow was an even better pin. And now I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm just confused. And I'm not going to buy either of them. But I actually, I want the Tequila Sunrise. But I'm probably not going to buy it just because I don't, I mean, if I'm not going to buy the Orange Ed, why would I commit to the Tequila Sunrise? Even though I think it's a better looking pin, they're both, like, 10 out of 10. So, I don't know. It's just the FOMO talking. I'm going to skip both. I've had opportunities to buy pins over the past few weeks that I've turned down. I just don't want to spend the money right now. So, which one did you buy me?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, okay. So, I will say I prefer the look of the Orange Ed, which is funny because Orange Ed is a word that we've given it. But my Google Translate says Orange Jet, as in, like, a jet plane. Right. But let's go with Orange Ed as one word because it's nicer. I don't know. We're just going to call it that. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We just need to look up and see what the candy is called in France. So, Anna, what is that candy called in France? She'll let us know in the chat room where they dip the oranges in chocolate. So, anyway, go ahead. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I mean, even in the description, it says Orange Ed is a French-born candy wrapped in candy citrus peel and chocolate. So, I have... Okay. So, I had it right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I had it right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This one is surprisingly not sold out. You know, like... Orange Ed? Yeah. Yeah. At least according to their website. You know, the little key that they do with the circles and triangles to say, like, if what nibs are sold out and what isn't. So, I sent an email to Bung Box this morning to ask them if I can buy one of these. Mm-hmm. Because that's how I did it last time and it worked great. I have no idea if that is, like, an official channel of purchasing from them, but they seem to allow it, right? Generally, yeah. I just emailed them because their checkout page you can't ship internationally with. So, I guess they kind of do those on a case-by-case basis. So, I'm going with... I'm going to see and if they'll let me go for that, then I will. Then I kind of fell down a little bit of a rabbit hole because I got excited about Sailor Pens. So, I went to Pensace again. Now, you may remember Pensace is the company that was selling pens. Our good friends. Our good friends. And then they had to cancel my order because they didn't actually have it in stock because what it seems like that they're doing is basically acting as a middle person for shipping from Japan.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, yeah, and they totally listened to the show because they emailed us a bunch after that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So, I've given them another shot.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I have purchased three Sailor Pens. Hang on.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I've got to move away from the mic.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I kind of got a little bit excited because the prices are good. Like, they're really good prices. Like, typically about 50% of what I would pay in the US or in the UK for some of them. So, I have ordered, whether they come or not, I don't know, the limited edition 130th anniversary port of Kobe, which is white and blue. Yeah. And has, like, what are they called when you steer the ship? What is it called? Oh, my God. What's the word? On the finial. What is it called? The thing that steers the ship. I'm not looking at it. The steering wheel. We'll just call it that for now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. The spinny thing that you go, wee!

'''Myke Hurley:''' Spinny steering wheel. I have tried again to order the purple demonstrator 21 karat gold one. This is what I tried to order last time and they said they hadn't stuck again. But, again, like, I made an order and now it's all sold out again. So, I don't know what's going on. We'll find out. And then also, Brad, the Progear Apricot. Which, I don't know where this has come from. This looks to be some kind of limited edition. And the finial looks like Bung Box.