Editing The Pen Addict 277/transcript (section)

== Pen Size ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' I expect honestly that these pens are like the bigger the pen, the more important you are at the table, right? Like when I look at some of this stuff, I'm like, it's not for us. It's for executive, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's one of those man, one of those man spreading pens.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. It's like the pen version of man spreading. It's like, I'm just going to have the biggest pen at this table. And like, it sounds like I'm making a joke, but I'm not, I'm being deadly serious. Like, right. There's this whole bracket of pens that are like this, right? Like all of those like Mont Blancs, the size of Billy clubs, like, right. You know, just these monstrous things because it makes you look good, right? Like it's like every six, $700 Mont Blanc rollerball. Yeah. It's like, what's going on? Like, why? You know, like this, it doesn't make a difference how much it is. The refill's still the same. It's like, it's that kind of stuff. It's like, it doesn't make sense to me and you because it's not for what we enjoy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Yeah. You know, I just, I wanted to bring that up because I'm, I'm in trouble wrapping my head around that. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I didn't pay close attention to it, but I do remember seeing, cause I do remember seeing Conant, a red Conant, a couple of red Conants in a case and I expect this was one of them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So that'd be it. Cause it was a special version for this company. So they've been doing some limited edition ones. Like they have a great orange looking one from Fanta Plumo, but I'm, I'm holding off for the, the one that I want specifically that orange one's hard to, hard to pass up though. So, so anyway, well, I, you know, I was going to say, well, I hope you had a good time, but and I think you did, but I think it's, it's just interesting. Like there, there's definitely more that you and maybe our audience would like to see. But on the other hand, the show promoters certainly had a bang up day or weekend just looking at that crowd. So what's their impetus to change?

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is what's annoying to me. Right. And I don't, I don't necessarily, you know, I don't wish them ill will. Right. No, gosh, no, no, no, none of us do. The show is, as I'm saying, it is what it is. I just wish for more.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. You know, one last, one last thing before we move on and welcome a wonderful new advertiser to the show. When I was watching that video, I saw so many vendors from the U S that I knew, like a lot of people, a lot of vendors that were at the DC show and do other shows like Cliff Harrington was there. The guy I bought my last vanishing point from was there. I can't remember. I'm blanking on his name. I saw Ann who's putting on the St. Louis pen show there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's even more frustrating to me then. Yeah. I saw traveling.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So they were all, I saw tons of people I knew there. I saw David Nishimura there. You know, there was just lots of, lots of familiar faces from the U S scene and circuit, you know, making their way over there. So anyway, I just wanted to point that out. Go watch that video. It's if you, you'll get a good idea of the size of the show. But that was the most interesting thing to me. Like I want to understand the size of the show. And I got to say it's, it's pretty big compared to, you know, a lot of shows in the U S I'd say it's definitely probably bigger than Atlanta or at least on par with not bigger than Atlanta. No way.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The Atlanta ballroom is the, the, just the main room where, where me and you are. It's way bigger.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Really? Okay. Then I think it's just a little bit thrown off. Then in Chicago, then it's definitely not as big as Chicago because Chicago is bigger than Atlanta.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So like both of those rooms, the Atlanta rooms, like from when we started going there, they're both bigger rooms. Okay. Then, then the one primary room. Yeah. Yeah. Cause there's only one room and then there's like two hallways. Gotcha. But yeah, Atlanta is definitely bigger than this. They cram a lot into the space. Um, and I think that makes it look even more busy, but like Atlanta is larger because Atlanta has probably as many vintage, uh, people, right? Like vintage salespeople, but then it has all of the other stuff as well. Like even when we started going right, like Franklin Christophe, you know, stuff like that. Right. Um, so like there may be actually fewer vendors in Atlanta, but there's more stuff to buy in Atlanta. Right. Sure. Cause people take multiple tables, which I don't really think is a thing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Gotcha. I see what you're saying. Except Sarge. He just needs to have the show by himself.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. He, he, he has like three or four tables or something. Yeah. I understand.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' He's the man. He's the man. I love Sarge. All right. So let's, uh, let's change the subject and talk about our new good friends at Bomfell, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I want to tell you about Bomfell. They are the online personal styling service dedicated to finding the right clothes for you. If you are a modern man, or, you know, a modern man who you think could do with a refresh to their wardrobe, maybe to streamline the stressful parts of having to buy clothes. Bomfell is the service for you with Bomfell. You can update your look with brand new items and refresh your wardrobe. When you sign up, you'll be paired with a stylist, your own stylist, who will hand select items that they think will work for you. They look through menswear collections around the world and find the clothes that they think you will look great in. You only pay for what you keep and your returns are free. So it's a smart way to shop. Bomfell is completely flexible. You can push up, delay, or skip shipments at any time. All you do when you sign up, you tell them your measurements and they will look for clothes that they think that you're going to look great in based on some questions that you answer for them. You get an email from your stylist of all of your selections. So you can take a look through. You can change anything. You can cancel it if you want to. You have 48 hours to do this from when you get the email from them with all the style selections. Then when your clothes arrive, you have seven days before any payment's taken. So you can try it all on, get some feedback from loved ones, you know, feel good in the stuff and send back anything that you don't like. You're in total control. So Brad, I know that you have worked with a Bomfell stylist and I'm interested to know what your experience has been.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's kind of crazy and in a good way. So I worked with a stylist and what you do when you set up your account, you talk, you go through like this quiz thing where you, you know, have check boxes and fill in the blank forms about your body shape and size. And those who know me, you know, I am moderately tall and probably more than moderately wide. So I'm not the easiest to fit clothes on, especially from a lot of these, you know, online companies that are in this type of business. With Bomfell, I was able to see that they actually had clothes in my size that would fit me, that would look good and I get to try them before I commit to buying them. So once I filled out all this information, the stylist got back to me and, you know, just asked if I had any questions and I got it and it had a pants, pair of pants, a t-shirt and a long sleeve button up shirt. And I just started dying laughing. It's like this perfect thing for me. It was khaki jeans. So not pants, but, you know, jeans and khaki color, a navy blue t-shirt and a gray plaid, of course, cloth button down shirt that you wear over the top. So it's an outfit, right? They didn't just give me individual clothes. They gave me an outfit to put together. And I thought it was awesome. I just died laughing. And even better, I tried on the clothes and they all fit. Like I didn't have to send anything back. Like I'm not an easy person to fit. You know, once I find shirts or pants that I like, I tend to buy the same thing because I know they're going to fit me because I'm a challenge to fit.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They all fit me. I didn't send one of them back. And like, I'm excited to see what they can do in the future. So I'm super, super happy so far.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' My fancy Bombfell gear.