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== Shoutout to Hemingway Jones ==

* Hemingway Jones. I can't believe I haven't shouted out Hemingway Jones before. What a great name. Not his real name, just for the record. It doesn't matter, but it's a great name. So Hemingway Jones, stationery content creator, mostly on YouTube and Instagram, things of that nature. So I'm actually only started talking to him recently because we're going to be on the same panel at the Atlas Stationers sidewalk sale this summer here in about a month. So what reminded me to give him the shout out of the week is he just posted an Instagram reel sharing the love, Myke, of the one and only Lamy Safari. So definitely go give this a look. The Lamy Safari is the goat. You know, this is someone who uses, you know, all kinds of pens, lots of pens, you know, from Montblancs to like your basic pens. Kind of like we all can use a wide range of pens, but there's just something about that Lamy Safari and Hemingway Jones gets it. So maybe I'll bring my Lamy Safari and get him to autograph it when I see him at Atlas Stationers here in a few weeks, which we'll be talking about that later. That's going to be a fun event.
* All right. All right. You mentioned you broke out your Leuchtturm Dregorafell mechanical pencil because I put it in the show notes. I finally got my review up on it. I've had it for a while. Not as long as you. I have no clue. Okay. Dregorafell. I'll just go no. Like, is that how you say it? No. But that's how I said it. That's how you say it. Yeah. I mean, that's how I said it. I don't want to say like this is the official anything. So, yeah.
* It's one of those words. It's a tough one. And Leuchtturm is, I can handle that, but Dregorafell. Dregorafell. Kind of sounds like dreadful, which is not this pen at all. It is not. It is not. So, this is really just kind of the epitome of a product that is like a do as I say, not as I do type of deal. It's like, it's good for me. I don't know that this pencil is going to be good for a lot of people, to be honest. It's an odd setup. I like small, narrow pens and pencils. This fits that. It's got a weird grip section. You have to kind of grip it a little bit back. It's got what my least favorite part, but I'll deal with it, is the twist mechanism to extend and retract the lead. I don't like that for mechanical pencils. It doesn't give me enough control or the right feel. All that said, I enjoy using it, right? So, you have all of this whole list of stuff, but if you simplify it down to, do I want to pick up this pencil and use it? That answer is yes. And that's not going to change. It's thoroughly enjoyable to use. It just has a lot of little things in its design that I don't get down with.
* Is that fair? I completely agree. Okay. Like, you, is it fair to say you would prefer, if you had to choose one of the pencils, you would prefer the Studio Neat pencil?
* The Mark III? The Mark III over the Dregorfell. Which would you choose? The Mark III is a better mechanical pencil in basically every single way, as is the spoke.
* Yeah. Oh, yeah. Like, I don't, like, that's not even the same category, right? Yeah. Like, that's kind of like a delineation I was trying to make, but maybe didn't quite get there. Like, this pencil is almost in a different category.
* But I find it so enjoyable at the same time, right? It's not what anyone would consider to be a traditional mechanical pencil, despite having kind of a vintage look. That's, like, what the whole Dregorfell design element is. Like, that's their, the design ethos of this subcategory in Leuchtturm's catalog is brilliant. Like, I love everything about it. I just don't know that this is a technically great product. But if you're, like, the dictionary definition of a mechanical pencil. And that's okay. Like, I'm saying that's okay, because I love it. But, like, I just don't know how many other people will. It's odd. It's odd. In a good way. I just love the design, though. It's, I think the best thing that they did, and I wasn't sure what the case is when they launched the pen, is that these barrels are aluminum. If this was a plastic pen, I think we'd probably be having, or pencil would be having a different conversation. Yeah. Yeah. I think it'd be. And they very much could have done that, right? This shape would have worked. But it's a full metal pen and pencil that I think that's what makes the difference. Everything about this just feels great. Just a little, the pencil's just a little bit weird, so. The thing about this pencil, what makes it so good, is it's, the design is killer. Like, yeah. Again, I agree with you. I don't think it's that comfortable to hold.
* The grip section's super slippery. Like, I feel like I'm wrestling an eel every time I use this thing. The system of advancing the lead is, I don't know, it just feels like a neat trick. Right? Like, it just doesn't really feel like it's helpful. It's the retraction that's the problem. Yeah.
* It's just not comfortable. No. It's like one of those, the way I describe it, like with the way that you turn it, it's like, you know, sometimes you'll get like a bottle and it's like, oh, this takes too many turns to put the cap on. It's kind of like that. And I agree with you. It's like, it takes two turns for me to get the amount of lead that I want, but it's also more than I want. One is not enough, two is too much. But you can't balance it like you can on some other pencils. Yeah. Not easily, anyway. Not easily. You could kind of do it, but like, it's not a very easy thing to do. But these things just look incredible. Nothing looks like this. The color options that they have. It's not even just that they have so many colors. It is the actual colors that they have chosen are so good. Like, so good. They're like, I have like a beautiful yellow one, a blue one. I have a sage green one, which is my favorite. Like, it's fantastic. And it's just, it's got a look that nothing else looks like this. And the, I would agree with the aluminum barrel goes a long way.
* That makes it really comfortable to, so it makes it feel good to hold, actually. Like, it feels like a substantial thing. So it at least feels like, it feels like, I think, a product that is more expensive than it actually is. When you hold it, like, to me, it's fairly priced. To me.
* Everybody is there a difference on that. It's not unfairly priced. Yeah.
* I don't know if I'm going to get a fairly priced. These are very expensive relative products. It is. I think it's fairly priced considering this is very clearly a design product. I don't disagree. You pay more for design like this. Like, you just do. Whoever you like it or not. I agree. You know? I agree. And the fact that they are using, like, non-standard colors, even though that's not a cost thing, but that they're just, like, saying, this is what we're doing. Like, I am fine with it. I am fine with the price. Obviously, I wouldn't have bought it. But, like, I also try to, like, step away from me when I'm thinking about this product. And you look at that, and someone who, like, doesn't know anything about this is going to, like, go, oh, my. Like, no. I think it comes only in a .7. Yeah. Which I love. I'm good with that. I'm good with that. For this pencil. So, I think this is going to be a travel pencil. Right? This is not my desk pencil. I'm going to use a spoke or a rotary or a wooden pencil. Like, all of that at the desk. Like, I could throw this in my backpack and I would be thrilled. Like, this is kind of a perfect pencil for that. It'll get destroyed and dinged up. I think it'll look great. So, we'll see. We'll see. I'm going to keep using it. I enjoy it. I got to decide if I'm going to switch out the lead. It's really firm. Which is okay, again, for, like, a travel pencil. Like, you know, if you're going to use it in different situations. But I might try to mix in something else. Who knows what lead this is. It's not a bad lead. Like, I've had some stock leads that are bad. I'm looking at you rotating. But this is not a bad one. I just feel it's very firm. Like, I almost want a darker, softer lead. But we'll see. We'll see. I'm messing around with it. I'm on their website now. And they made one with monocle. Where the entire nose cone is metal.
* Okay. Yeah. I think I had the pen one. Or I at least had the. And I think I gave it away. And then I bought the monocle notebook collab. And also for a giveaway.
* They might. Do they charge a little bit more for those? I can't remember. They did for the notebooks. I'm looking in pounds. But it's five pounds more expensive for the monocle version. That's a lot. They're also using a metal mechanism. The twisty guy. That's also made of metal. So they are using more premium materials. And it's a partnership. So I understand that one's a little bit more expensive. But that also looks really nice. I just think this is a pencil that is fun to use. Because it looks so good. Like so, so good. And like yeah. I pick it up. And then I pick up the Mark III. And I'm like the Mark III is better. Basically every way. Including that it also has an eraser. Which is not like a. That's not a make or break for me. But it is nice to have. Yeah. Yes. But the Dragaphale is just like a.
* It's a design piece. And I think it's like unmatched. And how good it looks. Yeah. I do not disagree with that. I think it's great. I think it's great. Speaking of design pieces, Myke. This popped back up in my feeds. And we had talked about this a couple months ago. But Pilot has made these fluorescent Colito barrels. And I have not bought one yet. And then they put this image out. Of these built up Colitos. It's just the barrel. Like if you're not familiar with this. Pilot probably makes the best like. Multi pen. Gel ink. Multi pen. Fine tip.
* You know system. I guess you have to buy you know barrels. And different inserts for it. You know compared to like the other companies. This is my favorite. But because the tips of the pens are great. They use the high tech C model for this. I just want these neon barrels. I really don't have anything to say. Other than I want this. And I wish they'd stop tempting me with this. And now I need to go find them. Because I didn't last time. I was just like oh. You know this looks great. Like when you see things from like Pilot Japan. Or Pilot Korea. Which are some of my favorite follows.
* I was just like yeah. I'm just going to wait. And I'll eventually get the chance to get them. But these are just sick. I want them. And then you know. The images are with a bunch of other like juices. And you know this Rex grip. Which isn't a very good pen. But like the Coleto barrel. Just give me the Coleto barrel. It's good looking. I need it. I need it. So. It's really good looking. Anyway. That was more of a reminder for me. Okay. To figure these out. Because I've been holding off. I need a new Coleto. So that's one of the things. When you have a lot of pens like me. The high tech C refills. If you don't use them frequently. They kind of air gap in them. You know. It's not a feature.
* And they kind of suck after. You know. If you don't use them for a couple years. So like I need some new refills. But I've already got like 10 Coleto barrels. Probably. I could go round them up. But like I need the neon ones Myke. I make it happen.
* I'll try.
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* Spoils. Yes.
* Sorry. Can you imagine if you have now spoiled Star Wars to someone. That would be so funny. I'm sure I did.