Editing The Pen Addict 723/transcript (section)

== Fountain Pen Ink ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, you find your next favorite fountain pen ink. And instead of going to buy three or four bottles of that. I've lived that experience. So that was a great question. And, you know, so we had a lot of things. We had the first question, Myke. We might actually get to this later in the show. Very first question was, I'm going to London soon. What stationary shop should I hit up? So I actually had an answer to that, right? So that was cool. And I honestly don't think they knew that I had been to London. I think this was like, I think they said, you know, I'm kind of a new to all this. And it was fun. It was just a really fun. We had a great, great talk. So that was pretty much the vibes and feel portion of the event. And it was all just kind of great. Like really just like very tiny, minor things like the hotel shuttles, like whatever. You know, I'll deal with that. Everything else, it was perfect. I did take a class. I took Anna's Gamify Your Life class, which is very fun. So I'm going to be looking at that. I have a, there's like a little zine that came with it, kind of like your workbook and your dice. And you can, you know, set up a lot of different things with that. That's something I need to work on. I'm actually fidgeting with the dice today. I got orange dice, Myke. They're very nice. Shopping wise, I bought myself one pen and then I picked up just some other random stuff.

'''Myke Hurley:''' How about before we talk about the products that you bought? We take a quick break and give people a place to go buy products of their own. Look at you. And then we can talk about what you bought. So let's talk about- It's literally a chalet. There you go. Oh my gosh. Yes. We've been talking about a pen show in a chalet. But if you considered an actual pen chalet instead, our friends over at Pen Chalet, they sell the products that you're looking for from the brands that you love. And maybe even a brand you don't know you're going to love yet because Pen Chalet is always adding new products to their site. So you can always go online, find the best deals around and see new stuff. Pen Chalet, they sell pens. They sell mechanical pencils. They sell, you know, everything you could wish, but also accessories. Whether you want to get a carrying case, maybe for the next pen show that you're going to, or you want to get some ink, some refills, some converters. It doesn't matter what you're looking for. Pen Chalet have got it. They sell international with great shipping rates. And if you're in the US, you get free shipping on orders over $100. Pen Chalet has low prices and high quality pens with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So go to penchalet.com slash penaddict and you'll get 10% off anything at Pen Chalet. And to see some exclusive offers because you listen to this show.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right, Myke, we got some cool stuff over at Pen Chalet. I'm looking at the homepage. I'm kind of fascinated with the new Pilot 2026 Vanishing Point Limited Edition. This came out. I mean, it's not out yet. This is like the pre-sale, right? So they have a new Limited Edition Vanishing Point for the North American market, which they do every year. This one's called Golden Journey. And you know I'm not a big gold trim fan. But they did this one in a very unique way.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What's the style of art? Kintsuji is where, you know, like if you have a cracked pottery, right? And then you seal it up with like, say, like a gold, you know, like filling the cracks. That's what the pen looks like. The pen is like the Kintsuji design. It's like the gold cracks through a navy barrel and then like a gold trim pen. It's fantastic looking. So this is the 2026 Limited Edition or the Vanishing Point. Pen Chalet also has in... I saw this at the St. Louis Pen Show and I was kind of fascinated by it. So they have the new Navalure Fireworks Fountain Pen. So it's the shape of the Nautilus, but it's an aluminum barrel. So like my Plonjour, if you recall that pen, was a hefty titanium barrel pen. This is the same style, but it's an aluminum pen. It's lightweight. I almost bought this at the St. Louis Pen Show because it's just kind of got like a splatter ink. Like ink splats over like a navy blue barrel, like blue and, excuse me, yellow, red, orange. You know, it's called Fireworks for that reason. Looks like a fireworks explosion. I really, really like that one. Then you have the Bennu Peach Blossom and White Lily with the painted barrels on the Bennus. These are just fantastic. And I think this is the Talisman model, which is one of the models that I really, really like. Between the Talisman and Euphoria, they're both the longer, very fun shaped pen. And this is Peach Blossom is a cotton peach resin enhanced with subtle gold shimmer and a gentle pink color shifting glow. I'm kind of fascinated by this. And White Lily is sky blue resin transitioning into soft blue green tones. They look spectacular. So they have the hand painted. Last one. And I still haven't gotten one of these pens yet. And I'm curious if anyone listening has. So Dominant Industry is making pens under the Kino Stationery name. And they've come out with like two or three models so far. This is the 001 Serenity Edition, which looked really cool. It's coming out here in like the next month or so. But I think they're doing just the right amount of extra detail where they're having like the acrylic barrel and then some good like cap work and band work and clip work to add in some, you know, more than basic details. And they're always like a pretty good price. They seem like a pretty good price. So I think it's pretty cool. So lots of good stuff over at Penn Chalet, especially a lot of new stuff. Yes. Which is pretty cool this time of year. So, yeah, head over to PennChalet.com.