Editing The Pen Addict 352/transcript (section)

== Pins ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Trying to get the details of this pin are difficult. You know, one of my good Twitter friends and friend of the show, Calligraphy Nut, always sends me all the crazy sailor stuff. This one just happened to be crazier than normal because it had a metal barrel and it looks like a very well done hammered finish.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's from Oita made? Yeah, Oita.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So the problem in trying to figure out the construction, the real construction of this pin as Google Translate is not really good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Please let me read it. At its job. Please let me read it. Please, please let me read it. Okay. Can I read the whole paragraph? I'm going to read the whole paragraph. Yeah, go ahead. It is a special fountain pen that brings together the traditional colors of Japan. There is a character, that has not been translated, then love, for the manufacturing of local companies. All right, everyone's on board so far, right? It's looking good so far. After three years of research and development, Oita's manufacturing companies have developed innovative materials colored with smallpox. Now, I understand what is attempted to be said here. I think the smallpox is meant to mean like the rivets, like the little, the tiny hammers. But it's just beautiful translation. Taking advantage of that technology, the collaboration between Oita made and Sailor Fountain Pen created, the Japan Blue Fountain Pen, which is what this is called. It's stunning.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, it's beautiful. I, like, I am, again, I would break my moratorium for this. I'm not going to, but I would. It's a fantastic pen. It's very expensive, even for the, in the Sailor Pro Gear price range, it's still very expensive, 50,000 yen, which is translates right now to 454 US dollars. It's crazy. So, I just wanted to bring this up, number one, so you could see it. Number two, because Google Translate is always good podcast topics. And number three, I wanted to know if Anna has a problem with any pens in her life, like you have a problem with Sailor Pro Gear limited edition.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think before Anna answers that question, I should round out this by saying I've emailed this company. Of course you have. I emailed them, because they have an email address. They're just like, please contact us to receive a pre-order. And I emailed them. And Myke's like, why, yes, I will contact you. It's like, oh, thank you so much for putting that information at the bottom. That's perfect for me. And they said to me, I'm happy to be interested. And this is, they said this to me. I'm happy to be interested in the Japan Blue Sailor Fountain Pen. It is possible to respond. Please give me a little time. Again, this is obviously gone for a translation. I think what they're saying is like, thank you for your interest. You'll receive a pre-order, like, form soon or something like that. But yeah, I will buy this if I can, because I think it's. Super weird and amazing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's pretty amazing. Are you vaccinated, though?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' From the smallpox, I guess we'll find out. Now, that would be the real twist, wouldn't it? Like, oh, how did Myke die? Oh, it was the Sailor Fountain Pen. That ultimately put an end to him.

'''Anna Reynet:''' It did you in.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Good to say that. So anyway, I'll repeat Brad's question. Anna, do you have any problems with specific pens? Like, I have a problem with Pro Gears.

'''Anna Reynet:''' No, I don't think so.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's a very unique situation I've got going on over here.

'''Anna Reynet:''' But you went through a phase where Retro 51s sort of did you in.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, and then Field Notes. I have my Field Notes phase. I go, this is a thing for me, right? Like, I go through these phases.

'''Anna Reynet:''' I mean, when I go to pen shows, I tend to look for the Franklin Kristoff Pocket 45s. But not to the same extent, I don't think. So my worst crime is Lady Schaefer's script sorts. But luckily, there's a limited number of designs. Yeah. They don't make them anymore.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You always seem to come up with something at a pen show. Like, you scavenge pretty well. And we'll maybe talk about this a little bit later. But like, you'll come back. Like, I'll see you around in the corner with this little grin on your face. And you'll reach into your pocket. And like, one pen won't come out. It'll be like a fistful. She's like, look what I got. And most of the time, it's Lady Schaefer's. Yeah, but you do the same thing. I do. I do. We all love showing off our own little fascinations of the things that we're really into. We all have our things.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Talking of showing off what we like, the pen show is coming up. So one of the first things that I wanted to know about you guys is we approach kind of like our Super Bowl of the year, I think. We'll call it that. What pens are you each planning to bring? I don't necessarily need a full inventory. But is there anything special or a couple of special items that you want to bring to Atlanta to show off to the people that make it? What do you have, Anna?