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== Lamy AL Star ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Amazing. So, following up from the last, I don't know, two weeks of Lamy AL star discussion, Pacific Blue, Ana put her review up of the pin. And she had some not nice things to say about me, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. She thinks that you have bad taste, I think. I know, right? That's what I took from it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, it's funny. Ana and I, we like to, well, I won't use the British term, but we like to go at it a little bit. And we have fun with it. And she disagrees. If you have two pin choices, one is the Lamy Safari, one is the AL star. She thinks the right choice is the AL star, where I think it's the Safari. So, she had fun playing that through her review, which was very good. The pin is very, very good looking. The ink looks awesome. The Lamy Turquoise. Ana always makes the inks shine in her posts. And I just thought it was funny. So, if you haven't read that review, go read it, because she really takes us to task. Although, I will argue with you, Ana, on one point. I don't think the AL star is near as durable. As the Safari. I have dings and dents in AL stars that I don't have in Safaris. That light, thin aluminum and anodization scratches off dings and dents. So, I will go with that one point. But everything else is just, you know, purely taste-driven. I like the plastic durability of the Safari. She likes the metallic style of the AL, which, hey, they're both pretty awesome. A lot of yours, I'll buy both of them. Usually, I just buy the Safari. But it's a great pin, and it's a funny review. You should go read that review, because she gets after me and you pretty well. It's hilarious.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm in Club Safari. Yeah. And, you know, one thing that Ana was talking about is that she was unhappy that it was going to be, like, the textured finish on the petrol Safaris, the same as there was with the dark lilac one. But I'm excited about that, honestly. Like, so it clearly is just, like, a difference in taste of materials. Right. You know? And I'm excited about textured plastic.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, smooth or textured, Safari, I'd take both of those, either over an AL Star. It's just, I like the feel of it better.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I like the matte colors as opposed to the shiny colors.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep, yep, yep. So, we talked about the ink and the AL Star and the Pacific Blue, how it's just lamy turquoise. But this next link that we would like to share with you pretty much covers all the inks in the world. Ever made. Ever made. I haven't watched the video yet, but this link made the rounds in my inbox and made the rounds in the Slack channel. Thank you, Catherine and Slack, for sharing this out. There is a link that came, I think, from Reddit, and it's called a visit to one of the largest private ink collections. This is just like eye candy for y'all, and we wanted to share that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's just unbelievable. Like, as well, they've got some pens in here as well, like a tray of Nakaya's. Who is this person? Is this Leigh? I don't know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, this is Leigh's house.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But there's stuff in here I've never seen before, like the old Mont Blanc bottles, or like seeing some of these plastic bottles. What do you think about this? What do you mean, what do I think about this? It's amazing and awesome, and I wish it was me. What do you mean, what do I think about this?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Do you think that this is a practical collection for an individual?

'''Myke Hurley:''' No. Like, this looks like a museum.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, but it should. I mean, who of us that listen to this show are practical?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, I completely buy that. I just, you know, I just, I'm not, I think this is, honestly, I think this is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. Like, and this person clearly has the space, so bravo to them for having the space. I mean, it's clearly museum level. Yeah. Yeah. But, so that's why I'm like, I feel a bit, I'm like, not unhappy, but like, I wish that people were able to go and see it and try it, you know? Like, that's kind of what I wish. And I don't know what this person's arrangement is, like if that is a thing that you can do. But it just feels like there's all this ink, like it's more ink than this person would ever use. So, wouldn't it be amazing if people could play around in there, like a big candy store?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. So, I haven't gone to the video yet because the image post is huge. Yeah. So, it's taken me enough time to go through that, but we'll link to the images and to the video so you can all see what we're talking about. I mean, I know we're not doing it justice on talking about it on the podcast, but it's, what's one of those things has to be seen to be believed because it's unlike anything I've ever seen in this community. It's really, really cool. So, I mean, anything that, you know, it's just like we're rolling through these images and a tray and a kia's and just like, yeah, whatever, you know, just one of those things. Some really old Visconti bottles that look like, you know, straight out of a pharmacy, you know, very huge, huge bottles. This one series, like if I could reach through the screen and grab anything, I've never seen this before. There's an image called Young Lady Series Taiwan Exclusive, and they're in the old Sailor Vase bottles, the Bung Bok style bottles. They look super interesting. I've never even seen a picture of these before. There's a dozen of those inks. They just look fantastic. And all the old vintage stuff.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I like the huge bottles of Mont Blanc ink.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like basically a growler.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' A growler of ink.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Yeah. That's crazy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's how it used to be, right? I mean, those were the times where you're just filling and dipping. Yeah. Why would they be smaller? And just using them constantly. Right. Right. You know, right. These days, I'm pretty happy with the smaller 30 milliliter bottles. Because I don't use them enough. But back when you just had blue or black, and you were just writing all day. Yeah. Those huge bottles came in handy. Kind of incredible. So, kind of incredible. So, anyway. We had to share that because it's really amazing. It's one of those things you can spend a lot, a lot of time just looking through that and see how it goes. So, yeah. Very cool. Watch the video. Check out the pictures. It's awesome.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know that they do the rollerball in it. I think they just do the Safari ballpoint. I don't remember. They usually almost always do the ballpoint, which I've seen. You know, we had Dark Lilac ballpoint and Turquoise ballpoint. And I know the upcoming ones are coming in ballpoint as well. So, yeah, the Coral ballpoint is definitely one added to the collection if you're a Safari and a ballpoint pen fan. That's one thing I don't have is the Safari ballpoint. I need to try it because I like, I actually like, I prefer Lamy's ballpoints more than their rollerball cartridges. I think their ballpark cartridges are very, very good. Everything from the tiny ones they use in the Pico up to the ones they use in the Lamy 2000, which is probably the same really fill as this. It's a great, great ballpoint. So, I should look at getting one of these just because I do like the style because I like the Tipo. I like the lower end Lamy stuff. They do a really good job there with the plastic barrels and the colors and the shape. So, yeah, it's a really good ballpoint.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, Penshalet have something new up on the page, which I think came out since we've last spoken. And I got a lot of links sent to me, sent my way. This is apparently a North American exclusive from Sailor. It's in the 1911 model. It's called Fresca. Fresca Blue. What do you think about this pen, Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' She's very pretty, isn't she?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I mean, extremely pretty. When I saw it, I was like, ooh, that's pretty.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't recall seeing a pen in this kind of color.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I've seen some lighter blues. You don't see it very often. But I love the rhodium furniture on this pen. All the silver with the lighter blue looks great. You know, I don't know how limited it is, but it looks fantastic. And I actually got a question in Twitter once this pen launched saying, well, would you buy the Sailor 1911 Fresca Blue? Or would you buy the Platinum 3776 Nis Lilos, the pink one that has just been released? Like if those are like the previous Safari AL star question. If you only choices on the planet were this new Fresca Blue or the pink 3776, which pen are you buying, Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm still going to go with the pink one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Me too. I mean, there's absolutely no, I replied saying it's an impossible question to answer because they're both stunning. They're both, you know, top tier performers. They're both just amazing. It just depends on what you're looking for from the design perspective. You know, from a performance and functionality perspective, there's no difference. They're both elite. So do you want a demonstrator type pink barrel with rose gold trim? Or do you want a solid light blue with rhodium plating? And even me, I think I would pick the Platinum because it's just a stunner. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Also, the 3776 is a pen that everybody tells me I need to buy. Yeah. But yeah, the blue is really beautiful, but I don't have a pink pen. You know, I have dark blue pens. Like I don't have a pink pen and I want a pink pen. Yeah. Because it's the kind of guy I am. You know, I want a pink pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And so I'm going for it. Yeah. Pink pens are awesome. I have pink pens and I would buy another pink pen. So it's a good pen. I'm still waiting on that one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm still waiting to get my email from Ron to tell me that he's got it and then I'm going to buy it.