Editing The Pen Addict 330/transcript (section)

== Sailor Pen Details ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Well, it's, I wanted to talk about it. So, you know, it's more fun if I hadn't sent it yet. But anyway, it happened. Like, they showed up in a very reasonable amount of time. Like, within two weeks, the process was clean. It was efficient. It was communicative. The products arrived just as described. You know, I initially thought this was black finials. And then we read it and it was navy. And they really are. They look blue. Yep. When you have them in any type of light. It's such a stunning pin. It was a good deal. I'm very happy we did this. So, I want to know what you think. Because you have wanted this type of pin for quite some time now. So, what, was it worth it to you to get this pin and spend this type of money on something you've been wanting for a while?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I love it. I love it. Like, the design is so different that I'm super intrigued by it. Like, I love to look at it. The colors are just different. Like, the navy blue is just very different than other pens that I own. Especially in this material type, right? Like, in an acrylic. Like, I have some, like, navy blue anodized aluminium. But it's just not the same. I love the inside of this pen. Like, the mechanism is so weird, right? Like, that it is a standard converter. But it sits inside of this, like, metal sheath. Which has a hole in the middle. Like, it's, like, so weird. Yeah. But I love it. Like, I love it. It just looks so different.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The internals are a little intense. Yeah. They are.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And everything's got this, like, etching on it and stuff. Like, it just looks super different. Plus, there's, like, just a couple of little details. Like, so the body has these lines that go halfway down from the end of the pen. And the cap has a little bit of detail on it. What do you call it when it's flat on a bunch of sides?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Faceted? Yeah. It's kind of faceted. But on the inside. It's, like, internal.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's only, like, a quarter of the way up the cap. Right. I'm in love with it. The nib is perfect. Like, it's a medium. But it has some flex to it. So it's got some real character. You know? Like, I can... And I enjoy making, like, what's it called? Like, the railroad tracks with it. Right, right. Where it just has those two thin lines of a gap down the middle. Because you're splitting the tines too far. As well as it just having some bounce to it anyway. So I can get some line width variation. This... You said it to me in Slack when it arrived with me. And I just told you that I love the way it looked. You said to me that waiting paid off. And it really did. Because I found the king of pen for me. And I love it. I'm so happy. Like, I'm so happy. I have absolutely zero regrets about this pen. And it has rocketed to the top of my list for favorite pens. Like, it is jockeying for position at number one. I adore this pen. I love it so much.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's the thing that took me aback about when I bought my first one. That there was a lot of money to spend for what's essentially a plastic barrel pen. I mean, there's lots of, obviously, lots of features and lots of materials. And, like, the nib is gigantic and 21 carat. And that's why it's so soft, right? It doesn't really flex. But it does kind of bounce. Just because of the size of it. The pure size of it. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And that makes it so interesting to me. It's like, well, it's not a flex nib, but it inherently has some flex to it because it's huge. Right. I look at this nib and I'm like, this could be registered as an offensive weapon. Like, it is massive. And I, which was why, I mean, the first time I ever saw a king of pen, I burst out laughing. Because it looked like somebody had cast some kind of spell on a regular king of pen. Right? Because it's just everything is bigger in every dimension. But it looks just like a pro gear. It's such an interesting design anyway, like, that I find it kind of fascinating. That it's like, well, it's just this one, but bigger? Like, and everything is in proportion. It is a super strange, like, pen anyway. But I absolutely adore it. I love it so much. And I feel very happy to have capped off my sailor madness with this. Hmm.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It was probably bad timing for your wallet, but good timing in that. It kind of felt right. It's something you've been wanting to do for a while.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It felt like the right time because I'd already bought, like, three or four other sailor pens. They kind of just all worked out, really.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So we both bought medium nibs. It only came in medium and broad. And when I bought my Sky, that was one of my hangups that it only came in medium. But it turns out just like the base medium nib, it's actually firm enough and has that line variation to where it works well with my handwriting. I was a little concerned about it. And this nib, Myke, I took it to the Dallas Pen Show since Myke Masayama was there. And I got him to stub it. And it's fantastic. So I really, really love it. I knew I would have a second one of these in my life eventually. And I'm glad this one worked out. Like, everything about it worked out. And I wasn't sure it was going to in the beginning because – and that's why we didn't want to share it. We weren't sharing it to be, like, secretly or stealthy. We were not sharing it because we didn't want someone to get burnt if it didn't work out. Right? So we weren't trying to be coy about it. We were trying to be safe about it more than anything. So I just wanted to throw that out there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I'm super, super, super, super thrilled. I love it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, like this pen will rarely go uninked. Right? It's just – that's how my Sky has been. And I got a little bit different nib on this one. So they're going to write a little bit different. I don't know. It's just kind of a great pen. And I'm still – even after owning the Sky for so long, I'm still shocked at how great it really is for me and my style and my type of handwriting and things like that. So, yeah. It's really good.