Editing The Pen Addict 499/transcript (section)

== New Pen Company ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' I've never seen these pens before. And they are speaking to me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I'm a little bit excited about this, if you couldn't tell. Like, it's hard for me to, like, ramble about it. Because I don't have it yet. So, when I place the order, I've paid for it already. Talked to Frank about, you know, the setup and the materials and all that. And so, it's going to be here probably, like, end of February. So, probably, like, a month from now. Something like that. End of February, early March. Something like that. I know. Like, these are all custom. Really beautiful. Custom made. They're all handmade, right? So, these take a lot of time and effort to make. So, like, I've put in my order. I'm in no rush.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And yeah. So, they, like, have the full size. They have a full size model. They have the pocket model. And just the craftsmanship and attention to detail looks from, you know, all appearances that I see and reading Anthony's review and looking at the finished products, like, on Instagram. Like, I'm in. Like, I want to see this in person. And...

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm really keen to know what the weight will feel like, the balance of it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. It'll be interesting because there's the full size, which Elwood calls the long cap. And then there's the short size, which I got, which is called the pocket. Right? Right? So, think of the pocket master like the Kaweco Sports.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They have long cap and short cap and pocket master.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, okay. There's a short cap as well. So, you can get the various ebonites that Frank was showing in the Instagram, or you can get just metal barrels, you know, brass, copper, silver.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The way that looks is the cap screws on to the grip section, like in the pocket master, so it still shows the grip section. Yep. Where the long cap covers the grip section. Gotcha. Right. So, yep. I see that now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Cool. So, yeah. I am interested in these type of unique pens and makers and stories. Not that I'm not interested in, like, other things. Like, we're going to talk about a very popular pen brand that just released a pen here, like, this week that I'm very interested in as well, but this gets priority in the money that I have to spend on pens, right? So, I ended up spending probably close to $800 on mine, the way mine is set up with the materials that I'm getting and the nib I'm getting. Like, I didn't skimp on what I was ordering this time, which is a little bit out of line for me. Like, normally if I go to a new maker, I'll start with the base pen and see if I like it, right? Yeah. But this one is such a unique material and style that I wanted to kind of get it right the first time instead of doing, like, a two-step to get to the end result pen that I wanted.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I feel very tempted by these. They're so beautiful. I think I'm going to... I want to wait and hear what you think. Yeah, yeah. I'm really keen to hear what you think.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, and that's what I... That's normally how I would do is, like, hey, let me make this list and think about things for a long time. Like, I've had the Scribo Piuma on my list for probably, you know, not quite a year, but for a long time. And I'll eventually end up with one. But, like, I wait for the time to pounce when, one, I have the money, and two, there's really the perfect model. And this was a situation where I was looking at a model, the stainless, and thinking about it, right? Well, then this kind of perfect-for-me model came along with the ebonite, and I just went forward, which is, it's a little bit out of line for me to just go ahead and jump into the deep end. I, like, I don't mind spending money on pens, but I'm pretty cautious, right, as far as, like, jumping into the deep end on that type of expense. So, yeah, I'm excited. So, we will have a full report once I get it in the next month or so. And, yeah, like, I bought the Celebration pen. So, there we go.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, it made me think, when I read this, I was like, oh, man, should I have done that too?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like, it does feel like I kind of should have. Like, you know, if we're going to celebrate anything of a pen, honestly, we should have bought pens for each other, but we're just not thoughtful enough. We're not smart. We're not smart that way. We're not thoughtful enough as podcast hosts. I know. What is the 10-year anniversary gift? Oh. 10-year anniversary. 10-year anniversary.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Probably, like, I'm going to go, let me guess. Let me guess. I'm not looking. Let's see. It's got to be a metal. I think we're past, like, some of those stages. So, I'm just, I'm actually just going to go with brass. Like, I don't think we're in, like.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Google says tin or aluminum. Okay. So, that would have been pretty great. Because aluminum, there's loads of aluminum pens.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, that's, uh. I don't even want a tin pen. I'm like, that's going to last.