Editing The Pen Addict 519/transcript (section)

== Instagram Discoveries ==


'''Myke:''' Yeah. It's just, it's just the way it opens and closes. It's just so visually satisfying to me. Yeah. Oh man. Following this account was bad. It was a bad idea for me. Like I know I'm going to end up with one of these.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. A lot of our listeners have cursed me out for sharing this for sure. So the way my pen box is, is I have just a horizontal drawer that I pull out and it's like completely removable and it's essentially just like a tray. It's basically a tray. And then the box houses all the trays. What this is, is there's a drawer for each tray and you can remove the tray from the drawer. And each drawer is hidden behind this little trap door. And it's just, I can't stop. I can't stop watching this.

'''Myke:''' I don't know if this is a product that they actually offer. Like I can't find it on their website. So I don't know if it's maybe a new thing. Like it's not on the site yet. I don't know.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. Yeah. Because I, I didn't see this. No, I mean, I have no interest in the, what I bought was the perfect thing for me that this would not work for me the way I'm storing things. But this is, this is like the showing off their craftsmanship and their ideas and the quality of the things that they make. Just seriously hit the, hit the third image on this link we'll have in the show notes and just stare at it. And I promise you, you'll have to watch it like 10 times. It's, it's madness. And it's just, it's fantastic. Like I am, I think they're going to be at the San Francisco pen show. So I'm not coming home with this. I promise you, they probably won't travel with this from Japan to San Francisco, but I wouldn't be surprised if I came home with like some small desk trays or accessories, things like that. The things I really enjoy.

'''Myke:''' You might find something to add to your box maybe.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. So I have to, we haven't, I haven't worked on the Panact 100 much more yet. I'm just like busy to, the first step is to sell things, right? So I can like, you know, get, get the box in the proper order. Um, and I'm not there yet. So probably in July, we'll start that. And then maybe by the end of July, I can kind of have like the first glance at like what has made the cut for the Panact 100. So it's going to be fun. I I'm really looking forward to this, but now I'm, now that I'm just actually just using the box and taking things in and putting things, taking things out and moving things around. I'm like, Oh, I should actually work on the intent of what I bought this for now. So it's, it's more than time. What won't be in this box, Myke, is this next pin, but that doesn't mean I'm not completely fascinated by it. And what it is again, another Instagram find this week, the Franklin Kristoff model 50 outer banks.

'''Myke:''' Yeah.

'''Brad:''' Franklin, Franklin Kristoff has done kind of these one-off annual high-end premium pin releases for the past several years. This is the coolest one yet. Like it is totally not for me, right? It is not something that I would, would buy because I would just never use it. But the way it looks and the idea behind it, it's one of the coolest things I've seen in a while. What do you think about this pen?

'''Myke:''' It's like the Franklin Kristoff chaos pen.

'''Brad:''' Yeah.

'''Myke:''' So we have skulls and we have swords and we have rod and there's a lighthouse like, and it's huge. It looks like a club, this pen.

'''Brad:''' Yeah.

'''Myke:''' You know, we're getting towards that territory. Like this is one of those things where we come across this so many times on the show. This pen couldn't be more not for me, but I can appreciate what they are going for. And I know this is very much for someone else, you know? Yeah. A hundred percent.

'''Brad:''' Like I love this. I will never own this, right? Like I absolutely love everything about this pen. It is the coolest thing. And they did just a really fantastic job. The artwork and the design and everything's great. But yeah, like, I mean, I don't need it or I have no interest in owning it. And, but that doesn't mean I'm not sitting here staring at every single picture and every little detail. Like I love the little lighthouse on there and the lighthouse has, you know, little rod and swirls, like going up the stairs. And of course, you know, I like the skulls and swords, the whole idea.

'''Myke:''' They should be making this kind of stuff, right?

'''Brad:''' Yeah. Yeah. Do it once a year. Yeah. Limited to 51 pieces. They said they did 15 in their first batch. There was one left. So at a thousand, at a thousand bucks each there, there's definitely a market for that.

'''Myke:''' I mean, I understand why, but that is a high price. I didn't see the price, but I get it. Right. Like, again, it's like, if I think about pens that cost a thousand dollars, this has the hallmark of that kind of pen. What is the body made of?

'''Brad:''' I'm, let's see, does it say?

'''Brad:''' No. So I'm guessing it's just one of their traditional acrylic models, the model 50, but I don't know if it's made out of anything other than there's their normal basic acrylics.

'''Myke:''' I mean, there's a lot of work going on, right? There's a lot of McKay work going on and stuff like that. Yeah. I, for a thousand, I would love it to be made of a better material. Yeah. Like a more premium feeling material. Yeah. Just so I can at least in my mind say, oh, this is a Ebonite pen or whatever, you know?

'''Brad:''' But, you know, like the Nakayas, you know, are Ebonite based underneath, but, you know, Ebonite's, you know, pretty cheap. It's just, it's just different, right? Give me something, I guess you're saying, give me something different.

'''Myke:''' Yes. It's sometimes, it's not necessarily the price. It's like, for example, I don't know if Ultim is more expensive than acrylic, but like, it feels special for my money. I see what you're saying. I totally agree. So, like, that would be maybe my only pause on this is like, you've got to really, really appreciate the design work.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. The artwork and the story and, you know, the aesthetic of it.

'''Myke:''' To make it worth it for you.

'''Brad:''' Yep. You know? Yep. It's pretty sweet.

'''Myke:''' Because, you know, like the pens that I have that cost that much money, they're Arushi pens. Mm-hmm. And like, what, and like, you can look at them and like, just from face value, like, well, it just looks like plastic. But I know the workmanship that's gone into every single part of that pen. Right. And it's just being more hands-on. Like, for example, my pen that costs this amount of money is my 3776 Galaxy Starlight, right?

'''Brad:''' Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

'''Myke:''' Where not only is it beautifully adorned with Raden, I know it's Arushi too. So, like, just to get to the point where they could lay the Raden in it, it'd take however much work. So, but this one is more intricate, I bet. Like, harder to make than that one.

'''Brad:''' Oh, gosh, yeah.

'''Myke:''' So, yeah, yes, that would be my thing. But there's clearly a lot of material cost from the Raden. There's a lot of Raden on this pen.

'''Brad:''' And I'm sure that's going to add to it. Yeah, and a lot of just like hand, you know, hand-embellished artwork. A lot of time goes into this.

'''Myke:''' Especially, I mean, as well, like, I understand the price here. They were like, this isn't what Franklin Kristoff does, right? Right. Like, so I, as in, this is not what they're known for. So, I assume that this is probably a more time-intensive process for them. Maybe they have less people that can make them. And for that reason, again, I understand the price. And I don't think they should charge any different. But I understand, like, if I was going to buy this pen, I would maybe want it to be made out of a different material. So, it felt more special to me.

'''Brad:''' Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, and that's why, like, the, like, a basic black Nakaya, you look at that, like, someone who doesn't know or is just getting into fountain pens, they look at that and it's like, why is that $600? Yeah, see, that's, I would never do that. It just doesn't work. Yeah. Right.

'''Myke:''' Like, I would never buy just a black Nakaya, right? Like, I want there to be something to it that makes it special to look at and special with the story.

'''Brad:''' Yep. Yep. Well, I have a good story pen for you next.

'''Myke:''' Yeah.