Editing The Pen Addict 198/transcript (section)

== Pen Comparisons ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I hope it's soon. Cause I, I, I'm, I'm more interested to hear what you think about it than, than me, because I mean, I really enjoy it. It's going to be, it's going to be something I carry a lot for sure.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Yeah. I'm looking forward to it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So what about this, this next pin we have in our, our links, Myke, which I actually have and you don't, but it's, it's, it's something you did for both of us. So once you, once you share.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So we've spoken about this in the past that, um, Apple have, uh, worked with retro 51 for their company pens, basically in the company store. And they were using the hex, what's it called? The hexomatic, hexomatic previously. And I have one of those here, but very recently they released in the company store, uh, in Cupertino. You know, you have to actually physically go there to buy them. Tornadoes, retro 51 tornadoes in the four iPhone colors, gold, rose gold, space gray, and silver. And, uh, Georgia Dow who works at iMore. Um, she recently got all four of them, uh, and unboxed them. And I put a video in and I kind of got into a conversation with people. And I've had this conversation with a couple of friends who like Apple stuff recently about these pens because it's interesting to me, uh, because they're not just your everyday run of the mill pens. People says to me, Oh, are these good? It's like, yeah, no, it's one of my very favorite pens. Um, I still really want to know how this came to be. Like, please, if you're out there, just let me know. Uh, I will not say anything on the show if you don't want me to. I just really want to know how this happened because it just feels to me that this isn't an accident. Like whoever has ordered these pens and has started this partnership must know about this stuff. They must be a pen addict. And I would just, I just really want to know now, uh, because it's, this is just a very interesting thing to me. This wasn't a one-off. This is clearly a partnership. This is now the second pen line that Apple have used from retro 51 to do this. Um, and I, uh, a good friend and, uh, Mr. Steve Wilson, who works at Apple on the podcast team. He sent me a, uh, email a couple of weeks ago and he, with a picture, he's like, are these good pens? Like, and I was like, oh, let me tell you all about it. So he bought me a new one, uh, and sent them to us. Um, I opted for rose gold and you, you have one too, right? What color did I, did we get for you? Silver. Silver. Silver. And Mr. Jason Snell was in the Cupertino. He was at Apple a couple of days ago and he's picked me up another one. I don't know what color there. Uh, just cause I love these and I wanted to get a rose gold one cause it was very different and I'm really excited. So I'll be picking this up in Atlanta. Uh, I just think that this is so awesome. Like it's one of my favorite pens and my favorite company together in one little beautiful package.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I have this guilt about using mine. Like I'm refusing to use mine until I give you yours. It just doesn't, it doesn't feel right. They're sitting in my closet, still in the box, it's still in the bag that Steven's shipped us, shipped it to us. And, and, um, I, I just totally feel guilty using it before I'm able to give you yours. So they're still sitting here. Um, I did look at them. I was like, Ooh, this looks nice. And that was about it. I haven't used them yet, uh, at all. So, uh, I, I look forward to it. So I'm sure we'll talk about them when we, uh, when we crack them open.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. This is, I just think this is so cool. It's such a great little pairing for me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like it couldn't be more me. Right. Right. Right. So whoever decided on this partnership, it was, it was an intentional thing. I mean, they, they did, you just don't run across retro 51 and go, yeah, let's make some promotional pens with them. Someone, someone, someone's dialed in a little bit on, uh, on what's good. And, uh, I, they've definitely worked some stuff out very, very well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't, I mean, I'd like to think, but I don't necessarily think they listen to the show, but they, they know what they're doing. Yes. That's, that's the thing that interests me the most about this is that they know what they're ordering. They know what they're doing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, well, it's kind of what they do. Right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And it's their job. I really want to know. Just really want to know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What would be cool to see in the store is one of those, um, aluminum BICs like was on Kickstarter because we, I, we have this link in the show notes, um, for the, for the BIC crystal lovers, which of all people, Johnny Gamber, uh, the pencil, the pencil revolution himself, one man revolution, um, invited me to, and this is an amazing group. It's on Facebook. It's a bit crystal lovers. And we'll share the link, um, in, in the show notes to everyone. I get a lot of enjoyment out of old school BICs, um, because they did some unique things in the past, like in the seventies and eighties with the like extra fine ballpoints. The accountant ballpoint is one of my favorite, um, favorite BICs that have ever been created. Um, and this is just like a fun little group that, uh, they did. So seeing like, uh, um, one of those aluminum barrel BICs, I could see that like being on Johnny Ives desk and they need to get that down to the, uh, to the shop one day as well. So, um, what, were you ever a BIC guy when you were growing up? Did you ever just like get into the two BICs? I mean, you can't not be here.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They're everywhere. It is the pen that you use. They're in all stores. They're in all companies, boxes and boxes of them at school. Like, you know, if you've used a pen in the UK, you've used a BIC crystal.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So like the old yellow, I mean, there's something to say about tradition, even though I don't use these very much now. I mean, I have a few crystals laying around, but seeing the old school yellow barrel BICs or the accountant BICs just really brings back fond memories and, um, I enjoy them. So it's cool to see something like this. And I thought this, uh, this group was hilarious when, um, Johnny invited me to it. So, uh, well done big crystal lovers. It's awesome.

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'''Myke Hurley:''' This is one of those pens that you buy as gifts for people. It's got that look about it, you know?

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