Editing The Pen Addict 162/transcript (section)

== Lamy Pens ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. Thank you. I don't think I am either. Good. I I'm, I'm a realist, Michael. I keep it real. All right, Myke. So you own a Lamy 2000, right? Uh, you bet I do. And you're a big fan. I'm very much so. And Mr. Jelly, you own a Lamy 2000, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I have two of them. I have the stainless steel and the regular. Yes. Show off.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So, uh, I would say you're, you're a big fan as well, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Uh, yeah, that's my, my number one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That's what I thought. So I am a Lamy 2000 guy as well. I own two of them, uh, not stainless steel, one extra, extra fine and one, uh, broad that I've had into turned into a stub nib. And this is consistently one of the best fountain pens on the market. Um, it's the right price point. It's the right style. It's the right look. It's the right feel for so many people. And I know I recommend it a lot. I know Ed, you recommend it all the time. And, uh, I, I just wanted to point out for those who didn't see it, good friend of the show, uh, Josh Ginter, who writes for tools and toys and also has his own blog at the newsprint did one of the best Lamy 2000, one of the best pen reviews I've ever seen. He did a really, really good job, um, in his Lamy 2000 review. So I wanted to point that out, um, just so, you know, people are seeing the good work that Josh does. I'm a big fan of Josh and his writing style and his photography and his thoroughness in, in this review. He went, um, he went really deep in this review. Um, every centimeter of the pen is covered and the photography is great. Not quite Ed Jelly level. Let's, you know, just go ahead and get that out there. It's, it's up there though. You know, Josh, uh, Josh takes his, I was gonna say Josh takes his photography seriously. Like you do, Mr. Jelly.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I try. My notes were awesome photos and very informative. That's the, that's the bullet points.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It is. And it, uh, this is the, the epic length Lamy 2000 post, but it was fascinating. I mean, this is a pen, it seems like I know everything about, and then I just, I read this review from, from top to bottom and I really enjoyed it. So I wanted to make sure, um, you know, everyone else got a, uh, a chance to read it as well. So I wanted to make sure to share that. Um, I did already on Twitter and I wanted to put it in the show because I really, really like it. So good job there, Josh. All right, Myke, I want to talk about a couple other new pens, but, uh, let's talk about one of our good friends first.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' So did you guys see the link making the rounds this week? And this may not be a new thing, but it's a new to me thing. The Ikea pen. Have you been aware of this item, Ed? Apparently they do pens, they do paper, kind of like a Muji-esque kind of thing. Or have you checked these out at all, Ed?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I saw a thing. I saw probably the same link where it was just like some crazy Swedish name and they were gel pens and that's really as far as I got. I was like, huh.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That was pretty much it. I think, I think huh is being kind to the pen. The pen is really bad looking. I mean, Stephen who did the review did an awesome review of the pen. I'm not even going to attempt to pronounce it. It's the, it's F-U-L-L-F-O-L-J-A. I'm not going to pretend to pronounce it. But, and it's $1.99 a three pack at Ikea, but I just can't get behind this at all. It looks hideous. I mean, it's, it is like this mold injected barrel that looks like it just, they plopped it out of the molding and threw it in a package. It looks completely unfinished. It's, you know, I know Ikea, you know, like Muji, they want to keep it simple and plain, but this is like to the extreme and, but I mean, I, I guess you can't really complain about $1.99 for a three pack. It's a pen. It writes, but I think that's probably the only good thing I'm going to be able to say about it. I did see somewhere where they do some paper products. I'll have to find that link. And it looked, I don't know, those that look like, look like they might at least have a shot. Uh, this pen on the other hand, um, does not have a shot. And, uh, I don't know that I would touch these with a, with a 10 foot pole. So it's a interesting idea. And I like to see companies doing this, I guess, but this one just looks like a super fail, but you know what? It's Ikea people rolling in the store. They'll, they'll throw these in there in their basket. They're spending hours at the store anyway, as it is. So, you know, just throw the $2 pack of pens in their, their cart and they'll be done with it and they'll be happy. But, uh, yeah, so maybe I'll get one of these, one of these one day to, uh, to review just to see. And, you know, maybe I'll be wrong, but, um, I don't have high hopes for this one at all. So Ed, what day are you showing up for the DC pen show?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Uh, well, I'm moving into my house on August 1st. So probably next year. Dang. At this rate. Yeah. Man. I know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Break the bad news on the show.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It does. That stinks. I was, I was hoping you'd show up. I didn't know. That's why I wanted to put you on the spot, but that was a, that was a really good answer. That was a, that was a really, uh, really good answer. And, uh, you know, I'm, it was an excuse really that. Yeah. It was an excuse. You know, we'll, I still have time to guilt you into it. Right. We'll see.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Megabust from the city is like 30 bucks. So we'll see what happens.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They would have to pay me more than that. To get on there. So we'll see. It could be an adventure. Yes. It could be an adventure. Now that I would like to see some periscopes from. So, uh, you can do that for us. But I mentioned DC because I wanted to make a correction from something I said, uh, last week. Uh, my good friend, Lisa Vannes, who is in the chat room today. Hi, Lisa. Everyone say hi to Lisa. She, uh, she's, uh, she's braving the chat room, um, which is a pretty scary thing to do. But I mentioned last week that, um, the owner of Bung Box would be attending the show. She actually is going to have a table there, um, which I am ecstatic about and sad about all at once because that's where all my money is going to go. They're going to bring some of their special edition pins, um, that sailor and pilot make for them. Um, and that just, I didn't have a budget or any particular shopping list, but it's probably going to all be done at the Bung Box table now. So, and also a great friend of the podcast, Mel, she, who, uh, shops at the Bung Box. She, you know, she mentioned the same thing to me that she is going to have a table and she's going to be bringing a bunch of stuff. And, uh, it's, I'm pretty excited about that.

'''Ed Jelley:''' Um, it's going to be a busy table.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's going to be kind of out of hand. And that, I don't know if this is her first trip to the States or the first pin show, but yeah, it's going to be pretty, pretty intense, but, uh, I will be over there front and center, whichever day she arrives, Thursday, Friday and checking out all the goodness because they have this, um, this pilot 91 and this blue finish that they had specifically made for the Bung Box store. And I don't know if they still have any, it was a limited edition. They might've sold them all out, but if she brings that to the show, I'm definitely coming home with one of those. So I did, um, come home, uh, to a new pin this weekend, Myke, I got my, I got my shinobian.

'''Ed Jelley:''' Oh man.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So we're going to have to talk about that and not today because I need some more time with it, but, um, everyone's asking me about it. I took, um, I took some, um, pictures over the, over the weekend, posting them up on Instagram. I'm having a lot of fun with this pin. It's a, it's really, really cool so far. So I just wanted to mention that and I'll post up some more, uh, photos on Instagram because people keep asking me about it. So I will do that here soon. And, um, just suffice to say, it's awesome. It's as awesome as I expected it to be. And I'm glad I got it. So, all right, Ed, we're getting, we're getting to you. We're almost there. We're almost to the, we're almost to the full ed and we just want to knock out the pin blog of the week, which is a brand new blog to me. And I only, um, discovered it two days ago. It's called just another pin blog. And it was, it was, um, gosh, what's his name? Jonathan who sent this to me. Okay. So I'm, I'm terrible. I can't find, I can't find his name. I'm sorry, but, uh, it's a really good, really good blog. It's laid out very, very well. And there's other great EDC posts on there. It's a fan of the Oto graphic liner, which I'm a huge fan of and talks about fountain pens. So everyone check out just another pin blog and we'll have that link in the show notes. All right, Myke, I'm chomping at the bit to talk to Ed about some very specific stuff he's been working on. So, uh, why don't you talk about one of our good friends and then let's get into it.