Editing The Pen Addict 352/transcript (section)

== Pen Chalet ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's good. I might have to get myself a bottle of that, actually. And I know the place to do it. Penchelle.com. P-E-N-C-H-A-L-E-T.com. Thank you so much to Penchelle for their continued support of this show and RelayFM. Blackwing, Volume 811, the Library Edition. We're into the limited edition release portion of this week's episode. We've got Blackwings, and then we're going to play the Field Notes game. So, Brad, why don't you tell me why you are, I'm sure, obviously excited about the new Blackwing release?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, they're doing, they're kind of hitting their stride with the storytelling aspects of these products, which is what I like, right? Like, none of us, well, no one who listens to a podcast about pens is in their right minds. But people who buy, like, an inordinate amount of pencils and later on notebooks, you know, that more than we'll ever use in our life, we still like to be surprised with all the things that we get. And Blackwing, with their last few editions have, or last couple of editions have really, I think, kind of made, like, the perfect, perfectly executed editions for the story that they were trying to tell. So, this, the library, this is, you know, based on, like, the retro styling of the green lamps in the library. So, it's got this green, gradient green barrel with a phosphorescent coating that makes it glow in the dark, supposed to be, like, the dim glow of the lights. Gold ferrule, pink eraser, give it that perfect retro look. It's got the firm core. Just kind of everything about it is right. Like, is it my favorite pencil of all time? Well, of course not. But I look at it from, okay, what is Blackwing trying to do? And then they deliver on it. And I think they did. Like, it's just about perfect in my book. And since it's green, and we have Anna on the show, I want, I don't want to assume what she thinks about this pencil. But do you have any thoughts on what this edition is, Anna?

'''Anna Reynet:''' I am really happy about it. The last few were not my favorites. So, this one is really good. I love that it has a literary background. Yeah, definitely made my top five.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, for sure. Like, the last one, the space one, I don't even remember what it was called. Like, I thought that was a great, well-done pencil. I will never use that pencil. Like, it's just not for me. But, like, this one is. And then, like, previously, the one I did give a hard time was the 33 and a third. I thought they did a poor job executing that. But they had some other, you can't win them all. And they had some others that they executed really well. But, like, this is definitely the best out of the last several editions. And I think universally, it's, you know, being praised around the stationary blogosphere. It's just, like, if you're talking about people who are into writing tools and library things come out, like, that's just going to be a win. And I think they did a good job telling that story.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I like that it glows in the dark.

'''Anna Reynet:''' And it really glows in the dark. Oh, yeah? They said they, there must have been, like, seven coats of the phosphorescent on it so that it really glows. And it's brighter towards the end you sharpen than as you get further up. So, you'll lose a little bit of that as you sharpen it. But it still looks really cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And it's funny, the way it's finished and the gradient. Like, the light that I'm in now shows off the gradient really well. But, like, I remember when I opened up the boxes, I thought it was a solid color pencil, right? It really kind of changes a little bit based on the lighting. But this is going to, I mean, this will be a sellout. Like, it's just really well done. Like, I'm not a gold, ferrule, pink eraser person generally. Like, I don't really care for those on the regular 602s. But on this pencil, it's killer. Like, this is, like, 1950s right off the desk at the library. It's great.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Yeah. It was a good combination. Yep.