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'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's kind of crazy. The Knight, I don't own a Knight, but it came out a few years ago. It was kind of the precursor to the Metropolitan before I guess they decided to really go all in with the entry-level Metropolitan. This was kind of their take on an entry-level traditional style fountain pen. And I think it did pretty well. It looks like the same nib that goes in the Metropolitan, which I think is fantastic and I think everyone pretty much loves. So yeah, this is, I mean, I know these pens went for, we're going, you know, street price around $40 something. So for $15, which is, might even be less than the Metropolitan these days, it's at least right there in the ballpark. It's a real good pen and a real good purchase. And I'm scrolling down the rest of the list, Myke. One of my favorite pens, the Platinum 3776. He has the Psy, which was one of the limited edition ones. One of the clear, one of the clear demonstrator models on sale for, I clicked the link so now I can't see it. It was really cheap. $140, $145, which is like nuts. I mean, I paid way more than that for mine and I love this pen. The 3776 nibs are incredible and I really, really enjoy that pen.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right, June, before we go on tour, it just hit me that I had a question I didn't write down. Oh. No, no, no, no. It's a good question. You don't use fountain pens, do you?

'''June Thomas:''' Oh, I do actually. I do use fountain pens. Okay. But it's funny though because I tend to use them for leisure rather than for what you might, what I might sort of separate out as my work, which when you're a journalist is very hard to do because you're always, in fact, like gathering information and stuff. But, so yeah, I have a few, but I tend to be a little, like, I know that that's a really expensive potential sinkhole. So, I tend to only buy them by mail because I'm afraid of going to a pen store. But, like, I love my Lamy 2000. I have an ink that I really love. So, I have definitely have pens. But I am a little bit of a, I'm afraid. That's where I'm afraid of really going down the retail. So, you know, that way bankruptcy lies.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. But 267 notebooks is okay, right?

'''June Thomas:''' That's fine. That's fine.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. Just making sure. Just making sure. All right. So, I feel that New York City as a whole, it's like completely unfair to the rest of us. Yeah. Because all the cool stuff is there, right? All the cool stuff is in New York City. So, I wanted to talk to you about a few of the spots that I really wish I could get to in New York City. Then maybe a few of the hidden gems that you haunt frequently. How does that sound?

'''June Thomas:''' That sounds fantastic.