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== Canalea Pen Review ==


'''Myke:''' When I open this up. This will be my most used Canalea pen by far. I have three. This makes three Canalea pens that I have. I have the Red Cherry. I have the Hanama Bay, which are both striking and beautiful in their own ways. But at a point for my use, right? For my intention when I'm looking at a pen on a desk, the louder and more vibrant the pen is, the shorter the shelf life is for, say, that usage, right? I always want to come back to it. Less adaptable. Yeah. I always want to come back to it. I buy them for a reason because I love the really standout bits of color, right? Like it's very well known that give me all the shimmer, all the swirls, all the pinks, all the purples. This is so different in not just like that style. I think that's also why I like the Red Cherry. It's a little bit more subtle while being bright. This is different to me because they've done a galaxy night sky type of pen without using glitter. Yes.

'''Brad:''' That's actually a really important thing to mention. It's stood out the way the stars. Yeah. But they look like, to me, like flecks of acrylic.

'''Myke:''' Yeah. It's almost like you've seen pens and a lot of some of our listeners have seen pens with like an external eggshell treatment on there. And this is more like an internal, like an amoebic, like all these different weird shapes and sizes of like, it's more of a true representation of a night sky as opposed to just throw as much glitter into the pen as you can, which, hey, I'm not knocking that.

'''Brad:''' They're physically different in size, but also, again, in depth, right, of how close they are to. And so, yeah, it does add a, I hadn't noticed that myself until you say it. Now I see what I'm seeing, if that makes sense. I think you've done a really great way of saying it's not shimmery as such, like it's not sparkly. It's kind of more deep.

'''Myke:''' Right. And that's what I'm saying. Like, I love my shimmer glitter pens, right? But I don't need all of them to be that way, right? So this is a different representation of a style of pen that I like where you get this character of, hey, the night sky and the galaxy. And they're having this huge, perfectly lined up, brighter, subtle Milky Way stripe through there. It's about one-sixth of the width of the pen. So it's a wide stripe, maybe even a quarter. It might take up a whole quarter side of the pen, but it's only on that side, right? Yeah. So you turn it and it's like, oh, this is a great night sky. Look at all these stars. And then you get this huge line from like top to bottom of the pen of just the brightness. Yeah.

'''Brad:''' And maybe I should have asked this to you and Carol. On my pen, it lines up. Mm-hmm. Does it line up on yours?

'''Myke:''' It does. And it's single threaded. So, or like a single, I don't know the official terminology. So, but it's like basically it's not a two access point threading, right? So you don't have to work to line it up. You just put on the cap and it lines up automatically. And every time.

'''Brad:''' I'm assuming that's probably the case of this pen. I was going to ask you. In general.

'''Myke:''' Yeah.

'''Brad:''' So I would say if they have managed that. I think because it's a talking point.

'''Myke:''' I think because it's a talking point in the marketing. I think they kind of have to, right? You have to execute that.

'''Brad:''' If they have managed that, which I'm expecting they have, that is no mean feat. Right, right, right. I'll say bravo to them like for managing that.

'''Myke:''' Yeah. So like my Hanamabe has like, it has like run throughs of acrylic and they generally line up, but it's not like guaranteed, right? This seems more purposeful in that aspect. So anyway, yes, they sponsor us. Yes, they're our friends. Yes, I bought this pen because I really, really genuinely love it. And again, this will be easily my most use of the three can of layers. Probably because it's new. You know, there's a lot of recency bias in it, but it's really, really different. Right. It's going to, it's a good compliment and a good kind of diversion from, you know, the way some of the other pens acrylics are created. And it's good to kind of have that variance in your product lineup while still being able to tell the same cohesive big picture story to have all these little individual stories and the differences in between them in the material. So yeah, like I'm kind of, it's one of those pens you just, you pick up and keep staring at and kind of fascinated by it. So yeah.

'''Brad:''' I think you have, you have mentioned something again. This is why you're the first and last word in stationary. And something I wouldn't, I wouldn't have considered is while still being striking and beautiful, it is less in your face maybe than some of their other designs. Right. And so this might be, this may be more attractive to someone who is otherwise like, oh, I don't know, like if this one is for me. So whilst also having, I think one of their more special elements, which is that, that, that shimmer line that runs through like that blue, blue shimmery acrylic that's running through the middle. I think that is so, so special where they've managed to do that.

'''Myke:''' So yeah, I was my, my biggest, my biggest takeaway was the, the execution without the glitter. And yeah, I, I just, that's me. That's a personal thing, right? I have enough, like I'm good on the glitter. I'm good on the swirls. I'll still buy some more if I see some, right? But like not every, you know, night sky pin has to have glitter in it. Right. And I thought they did, did this really well. So yeah. Great, great job. As always. Great job again. Yeah. Great job again.

'''Brad:''' I will tell you, Red, weirdly, not weirdly, but the one that is calling to me is the My Lele version with the clip. Mm-hmm. Cause I'll tell you, man, I love the band. Like I have one of those, right? You have one. Yeah. I don't have one. I adore it. I think it is so special and feels so nice. Like that's what I, I, I'm honestly like given the choice, it is more expensive of course, right? But given the choice, I would, that would be my choice with, with, with a Canalea's Pens now is to get that band. But you know, yeah, you are pushing the price up there. And I think, I think that's what makes the story of that part work in that, like, it is a, a thing meant for a special occasion.

'''Brad:''' I think works, works pretty nicely. Cause that is a special occasion kind of, kind of price range. Yeah. Yeah.

'''Myke:''' And I've, I've gone through, I've worked with them. Like when we get these testers, Hey, send me one with the clip. Hey, send me one with the MyLeLe band. I'm very happy with just the traditional flush without the extra hardware. I kept trying. I, like, I wanted to try those to see if they work well for me and they don't. Like this is my classic flush. No added hardware is my preferred Canalea setup that I found. The regular, but that doesn't discount. A regular classic flush.

'''Brad:''' That was never for me. Like just with the regular classic, sorry. Yeah. With just a larger cap was never for me, but putting the band on it gives it a reason.

'''Myke:''' And yeah. And I could, like, I would have picked that out between you and I, who's the MyLeLe guy? Well, I think Myke would probably be into that. Not that I, I don't absolutely love it, but if I'm going to use the pen, it's a little more difficult for me because these are already like the maximum size pen for me. So it's anything additional doesn't work for me, which, you know, I was, I'm fortunate to be able to try out a bunch of things and see what I like. And this is what I like. And I'm, I'm obviously pretty happy with this one.

'''Brad:''' Do you want to tell me something about Pilot or Shizuku ink cartridges?

'''Myke:''' They're coming. Again, I was hoping, we talked about this when they launched their new colors not too long ago.

'''Myke:''' They, I was hoping that we would see some Oro Shizuku ink cartridges just, you know, hopefully they would follow in the line of sailor. Ink cartridges are always an interesting conversation, right? Because they're the least cost effective type of, you know, ink delivery platform. And most waste, most expensive, but darn it if they aren't super, super useful to, you know, someone who uses as many different fountain pens like me. And I've always used Pilot blue black cartridges as one of my main cartridges. And then, you know, platinum has always had, you know, blue black cartridges that I could just take and pop in to, to fill in, you know, fill up any pen that I want. I really like the portability of cartridges. And now we're going to get a Ro Shizuku ink cartridges. And it doesn't look like the entire lineup, but it looks like a dozen or so to start with, which I think is a good starting point. Um, you know, they have, um, some of the main inks. I mean, I'm sure a lot of people have a lot of favorite Ro Shizuku inks and I'm sure maybe their favorites miss, but you know, it has Kanpeki. It has, you know, Shinkai. It has Tsukiyo. What it doesn't have is one of the oranges, Myke. It doesn't have a Yuyaki or Fuyugaki, which I think is a little bit weird.

'''Brad:''' This is a very blue heavy.

'''Myke:''' It is. It's very standard.

'''Brad:''' I would count to six blues.

'''Myke:''' Yeah. One, two, three, four, five, six. Yeah. And then a green. So yeah. So it is not the most colorful range representative, representative range of the Ro Shizuku lineup, but I think it's a start. So hopefully we'll see more. I mean, I'm, I'll go straight into, um, some Tsukiyo cartridges. Which I'll use for my Milky Way Namiki. Like that's the only ink I put in there. I use a Con 70 converter. And if I like the weight of not having the Con 70, which I think I will on that Namiki, I will only ever use the Tsukiyo cartridges in there. And I'll just be thrilled with that. Like this kind of stuff thrills me. I'm willing to pay the premium, um, monetarily and ecologically. I, that sounds terrible to say, you know, it is not an eco-friendly process here. And, you know, I, I, I'm hopefully I'll be able to, to get these and, you know, I will enjoy them just like the Sailor ones. Like I gotta, I gotta go pick up some of the Sailor ones, right? For all the Sailor pins I use. Um, I've never made the effort to go and grab some of the Sailor ones. So I need to do that as well. Um, Sailor does have a wider color range than, than Pilot is, uh, launching with.

'''Brad:''' Wow. It's time, isn't it? Yeah. It's cool. Probably doesn't need to be said, but I'll say it anyway. Um, obviously these are, Pilot's cartridge system is proprietary. Correct. So these cartridges will only work in Pilot pens.

'''Myke:''' Yep. Same with Sailor, same with Platinum. So there's a lot of. Just something worth noting, right? No, no. Because obviously that's not the case with the ink bottles. That was the next thing I was going to say.

'''Brad:''' Right? Like you can just get a converter, you put it in any pen you want. These are, you know, and Pilot have a, you know, they don't use any of the standard things. They have their own thing.

'''Myke:''' Right. Right. Just like I use specific things for specific pens, especially with cartridges, um, especially as far as cartridges go. So, you know, I'm, I'm anxious to, to try these myself. Um, Sailor, I'm a little bit more open to just like, I don't have to have the cartridge because Sailor makes so many wild, um, ink colors. And I, I don't mind using all of Sailor's wild ink colors with all of Sailor's pens. I mean, I, I, it's, it's rare that I don't ink up a Sailor pen with a Sailor ink because the supply is endless just from Sailor themselves and then all the store exclusives and specials that they have. So, uh, it's not as, I, that's why I probably haven't bought the cartridges yet, even though I want to test them out. But the Pilot ones, I will definitely, because like they'll work great for the vanishing points, right? And they'll work great for other pens that I use Pilot cartridges only in.

'''Brad:''' So, are they, will these fit in my M90?

'''Myke:''' They should because you use the purple cartridge, um, for that. And I think it's, it's the same shape cartridge. Right? You use the purple, the Pilot.

'''Brad:''' Yeah, it's the shape, but I don't know if it's the size.

'''Myke:''' Yeah, it should, it should be identical.

'''Brad:''' Oh, now we're off to the races. Right. Oh, I'm going to buy these then. Because yeah, because I use cartridges in the, in the, in the M90. I always have.

'''Myke:''' Yeah. And I always use the blue, black in my Murex.

'''Brad:''' I use the red at the moment. Because I couldn't get the purple, so I bought like a few boxes of the red. Gotcha. And so, yeah, when these, when these make their way, uh, outside of Japan, I'll buy some. I don't know which color. Maybe these, the purple one, Murasaki Shikibu? Or Yamabudo, maybe? Yep. I'll go with that.

'''Myke:''' All good stuff. Good stuff. So, yeah, I look forward to them. Hope they'll be coming available. I don't, I mean, maybe they don't even make it to the US, who knows? But, um, I'll source out a box or two. I don't need a bunch of these. Yeah. I hope so. I don't need a box of these. Hopefully find them at a pen show at a minimum. So, yeah. Pretty good.