Editing The Pen Addict 352/transcript (section)

== Lady Schaefer Pens ==


'''Anna Reynet:''' I usually try to bring some of my Lady Schaefer's because people do like to see those.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And you have maybe a collection that most people wouldn't have, right? Because you've spent a bunch of time putting it together. So there is, even if somebody has some Lady Schaefer's, they would still want to see yours, for example, because you've been collecting them over time.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Yeah, I do. I have some that have what's called the brilliance, which is like the little ring of gemstones around the middle, which people kind of go crazy about those. But yeah, so I bring some of those. But yeah, I always try to bring a few that are just different and unusual.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm kind of the same way. It's like I want to bring the outliers, right? Like I want to bring a Sailor King of Pen, not because I want necessary to like show off the King of Pen, but I want people to be able to use one to grasp the size of a pen like that, right? You can only talk about a pen like that so much. You have to like actually pick it up and use it. So I bring that type of thing. And I bring a Nakaya so you can see the finish with your own eyes and feel how different it can feel in the hand. And then I bring like a Pilot 823 just because I talk about it so much. And that's just a pen people tend to shop for, but it's good to have them, you know, try it ahead of time. And last year, I know like I bought a Pelican 800 because that was around the time the Ocean Swirl had come out. So I wanted to bring one that was that size. So people have like, you know, a relative type pen.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Doesn't your 823 have a posting nib?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It does not. My 912 does. So that one I bring for the nib. So like, so that's a perfect example though. But because when I bought mine, they didn't have all those nib options in the 823, but they have like crazy nib options now. So if they ever come out with another color in the 823 lineup, hint, hint, Pilot, which I think we've asked for for a long time, I might try to get one with a PO nib. So yeah, I like to bring like that outlier type of stuff just so people can say, even if they're not interested in it, they can try the thing that they've maybe heard about, right? So that's kind of my goal. And I try not to bring too much. Like I might bring 10 pens, something like that.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Atlanta is easy to bring a lot because you drive.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Very, very different. Because no pens will explode in your car like they 100% will in a plane, right? I don't know about 100%. This will never die. I am planning on bringing a bunch of my rarer or limited sailors, right? So like some of the stuff that people might not have seen, some of the weird stuff that I bought from strange places on the internet. And then also kind of like similarly, just things that are relatively interesting or unique. So like, you know, I have a couple of Brooks pens and I'll bring those and maybe like I'll bring a canalea or two, right? Because they're like different things that people don't get to see very much. But like you both, I'm going to... I have in the past like brought lots, you know, like I have a big folder and I brought lots and lots of stuff. But over time, I'm like trying to just like pare that down a little bit. So I'm probably looking in the realm of like pen again to bring with an extra case put back to my suitcase for anything else that might find its way back home with me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because that's for sure. And like you told me before the show, Myke, your pens are going through their annual cleaning before they make this trip, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I wouldn't say annual, but I would say a more typical deep clean than my usual cleaning regimen. One would say. One would say.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They'll look their best. They are.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Shot them up.

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'''Myke Hurley:''' Like, he snuck in a crazy price on the Diplomat Aero that I haven't seen that low before. And a bunch of people love this pen. It's a really, really solid, good everyday writer, great looking pen at a price point that, again, doesn't seem right. Like, it doesn't seem possible. And then I noticed on the homepage, not necessarily on the deals page, but you can always get the, use the coupon code PENADIC. They have the Lamy Crystal Inks. And, Anna, I wanted to know what you think about the Lamy Crystal Inks. Because I know you guys have reviewed some at the Well Appointed Desk. Have you ran any through the ringer yourself?

'''Anna Reynet:''' I've reviewed two. So, I reviewed, crap, I don't even remember the names of them. A pink one, which was almost exactly the same. Is it Rode Knight? Yeah, the Rode Knight. Yeah. And then there was a teal blue.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Which would be the Amazonite, probably. Yes.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That one looked really good.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Yeah. That was really nice. But they are more expensive than their standard line of inks in slightly smaller bottles. So, just something to consider. But there's several other colors that, like, one of them is sold out everywhere. So, people are crazy for it. And then there's one that's slightly waterproof. Just to take, something to consider. And most of the websites, like Penchelle, I think, are listing that one. It's like a blue-black.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think I am all about the Rode Knight, the pink one.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Yeah.