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== Pen Chalet Giveaway ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I want to talk about this giveaway that they're doing real quick. It's 35 different giveaways, close to $6,000 worth of prizes. And they have them all set up as packs, right? So like giveaway item one is a pack and it's a pen in a pen case. Gift pack number three is a Retro 51 prototype fountain pen. Like that is pretty wild. Like I've never seen that before. So I haven't gone through all these nor do I have the time to go through all these. But you should go and check out what Pen Chalet is doing for Fountain Pen Day. They always do it up big and it looks like they're doing that again. Secondly, from a sale perspective, I am very curious on our Pen Attic Deals page. There is a pen by Marlin called the, I don't know if it's the Riff Lessie or the Rifle Lessie or something like that. But it's a piston filling demonstrator by Marlin, which I have heard about their pens. I've seen their pens. I haven't used any of their pens. The style is right up my alley and the price point is obviously up my alley. So this might be a time where I jump in and test one of these out because I, to me, it's kind of compelling from a style and a price point perspective. So I'm going to save that and look at that after the stream and, you know, maybe enter some giveaways while I'm at it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So go and check it out for yourself right now. Go to penchalet.com, P-E-N-C-H-A-L-E-T.com. Our thanks to Pen Chalet for their support of this show, Relay FM, and also for being such a great pillar of the community. Our thanks to Pen Chalet.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Happy Fountain Pen Day, Myke. I know it's not today. It's Friday. It's almost, happy almost Fountain Pen Day then. So Friday, the ninth anniversary of Fountain Pen Day. Myke, can you believe it?

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's really great, actually. This is a wonderful little thing that started from a fun idea. Obviously, Fountain Pen Day was created by our friend, good friend of the show, Carrie Yeager. I'll put a link in the show notes to the interview that we did with Carrie. I think it was a couple of years ago now. Talking about Fountain Pen Day itself, kind of how it began, stuff like that. It's a really fun story that's worth listening to.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it's interesting to go back the first couple of years. He just wanted to do it. Carrie's always been a super Fountain Pen fan, and now he's in the business with Ken Monroe Industries. And to hear him talk about the first couple of years where he might have 10 participants or 30 participants, and now we're into a place where all of these companies are fully bought into the idea and all the retailers are into the idea. And the whole community is into the idea of Fountain Pen Day having its own day. And now it's like, what are you doing for Fountain Pen Day? Are you doing something cool for Fountain Pen Day? It's totally a thing, and that's all Carrie.

'''Myke Hurley:''' My friend Jeremy Burge, who runs Emojipedia, he created World Emoji Day. And at first, it was just like a thing that he did, and then it picked up a little bit of steam. And now Apple does stuff for World Emoji Day. Right. Right? So it's like a real holiday now. I have a friend who created an international holiday.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And now people think Jeremy created Emoji, and they yell at him, it's great to watch. It's good fun. I don't help that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I like to. Whenever I talk about Jeremy, I reference him as the creator of Emoji, which technically he helped create some of them. Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That will work. So anyway, Fountain Pen Day is awesome. And on the Pen Addict blog, Kenro Industries, employer of Carrie Yeager, maker of the Estabrook, sent me the Estabrook Estee Sparkle in Tanzanite, which is a really wild, awesome Estabrook Estee. I'm giving that away on the blog in honor of Fountain Pen Day. So yeah, definitely be checking out that giveaway. Check out Pen Chalet for all of their awesome Fountain Pen Day deals. And I'm just wondering, Myke, are you going to do anything to celebrate? Like I've celebrated this week by buying the TWSBI Eco Golden Horse. I think that was my Fountain Pen Day.