Editing The Pen Addict 162/transcript (section)

== Pen Chalet ==


'''Ed Jelley:''' This week's episode of the pen addict is brought to you by the pen chalet. You know, these guys by now, they sell the very best in authentic, amazing roller balls, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils, and so much more, you know, including they sell a bunch of other stuff that you're going to want, like carrying cases and pen holders, refills, fountain pen converters, and so much more. Pen chalet have everything. They have all your favorite brands. They have Pelican, Lamy, Pilot, Namiki, Sailor, and Conveco to name just a few. And they're an authorized dealer of all of them. They give the greatest customer service, super fast, super reliable. They have a 100% satisfaction guarantee because that is super important to them. They're always adding new types of pens every single month. And they're always, you know, they're giving out special discounts, doing closeout sales and stuff like that. You can get free shipping on any order of $50 with the pen chalet in the United States, but they also sell internationally and they have very reasonable shipping rates for that too. So what you want to do is go to penshalet.com and use the code penaddict. That's going to get you 10% on your order. Now, whenever you're thinking about buying a new pen, it would always really help the show if you go and check the pen chalet first. And if they have it, buy it there with that code and you're going to save 10% off and also help support the show. But you should also go there as always and click the podcast link at the top of the website and use the password penaddict for even more savings as well as your 10% off. And we have a special offer this week, the Platinum 3776 fountain pen in black, with the Rhodium trim, which has the slip and seal cap. It retails at $270, but you're going to get it for 50% off plus the 10% penaddict coupon. So that $270 pen, you will be able to get it shipped to the US, like, you know, because the shipping will be free for $121.50, which is an incredible deal.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right, I'm going to have to get that. I keep holding off. Ever since Platinum did the Rhodium trim for them on the 3776 is new. It's a new thing. They've always had the gold trim and it looks fine. You know, it's just black and gold, very standard. And I generally don't go for that. I have gold trim in some other pens, but generally not an all black pen with all gold furniture. These Platinum ones have been driving me crazy because I want one now because I've always wanted this pen. And I'm sorry, the Rhodium trims. I've always been wanting one and good grief. I don't know. I don't know that I could pass that deal up. So I'm going to I'm going to have to shop for this. I don't I don't have time to buy it on the show today like I have done in the past. But I'm going to I'm going to have to see if I can get in on that because what does it come to 126 or something? That's ridiculous. OK. Yeah. Sorry. I was not prepared for that price. That's pretty good.

'''Ed Jelley:''' Yes, it's a super, super incredible deal. So very, very awesome. You should go and take a go and take advantage of that. Thank you so much to Pen Chalet for sponsoring Relay FM and the pen addict.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, there it is. 121.50. That's pretty nuts. Pretty sweet, right? Gold NIM platinum pen. Yeah, very, very sweet. So I'll be checking out that out. Thanks, Ron. Thanks, Pen Chalet. And wow. OK, cool. Sorry, that really did legitimately caught me off guard. All right. So this caught me off guard, Ed, a couple of weeks ago. Oh, you broke the pen Internet. I did. You did. You totally did. And that's actually why I was like, I got to get you back on the podcast now, because you did. And not just a review for the new Jay Herban 1670 Emerald of Chauveur fountain pen ink that they're coming out with. You actually did the product shots and the product video for this. So. Set me up back from the beginning how this happened. So everyone who follows fountain pens and pens and things online saw this ink and saw the incredible videography and incredible pictures of just how amazing and all the features that this ink has. But I want to start before then. And how did it come about to where you actually worked with Jay Herban or Execlair, I'm assuming. Yeah. Who is the distributor in the US for them. Tell us how that all came to be and how you came to work on this project, because I think it's really cool. And I'm really impressed how it how it came out.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Thank you. First off, it goes back, like, I think, two and a half years at this point. I did like a video for my site, just like I'm going to play around video. And I guess through like, hey, do you want to send me some rodeo pads? And then they started following the site and then they saw the video and then they're like, hey, can you make a video for us? And then they like the first one, which is this is going back like two years. It was just they're like classic pad showcase. And now that I look at it, I'm like, oh, my God, I've gotten two and a half years better at doing this. Thank God. And they've just we've just always been in touch. And recently they had a nice little marketing budget and they contacted me to do some more videos and some photography for them. And they they is Karen and Sonny. They're both great people. They're based out of New York City. I'm on Long Island. So I just hop on the train. I go in there. We talk about, you know, what they want for their upcoming project. They feed me lunch. I'm very grateful. And then I go off and and literally film ink dry. Sounds thrilling. But I mean, to everybody listening, it is.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's exactly right. I mean, we are we're definitely, you know, into that type of minutiae where watching ink dry is actually something positive.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's a thrilling prospect.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It is. It is.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But yeah, that was pretty much it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Exaclair is great. And they carry all kinds of great brands. Like you were saying, you know, Claire Fontaine, Rodia, Karen's awesome. She's been there for years. And so when it came. OK, so they said, hey, we've got this new ink that J. Herbon's getting ready to put out this summer. And it's in the same lineup of ink as, you know, the Rouge Hematite and the Blue Ocean. I forget the exact name of that one. And the Stormy Gray where it's got the like the gold sparkles in it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And, you know, I've been, you know, people love those things. You know, I'm not personally a huge fan, but it doesn't matter. They look awesome. You know, they they're visually stunning.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Right. Maybe not great for like everyday writing because of the gold and it's a little weird. But I mean, they're definitely like great fun. Let me load this up in like a broad or an italic or a stub or something.