Editing The Pen Addict 105/transcript (section)

== Franklin Kristoff ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So I had an idea. So I was excited about the task to buy you a Franklin Kristoff pen. That was nothing. I was excited. I was like, yes, I'm going to buy Myke a pen. And I knew which pen I was going to get you. And it wasn't the Model 19. It was the Model 2. And not the Model 2. Well, the Model 40 pocket is the small one that I have. I knew I wasn't getting you the small portable one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I didn't want that in a way because it was too, you know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. So that pen is not for everybody. But they make essentially a larger, full-size design like that called the Model 2. Well, they sold out of them pretty much before I walked in the door on Saturday. So they only had a couple colors left. They had – there was a green one that I saw that was in the running for the pen that I wanted to get for you. And, you know, I looked at it and it came back several times. And then I kept coming back to this pen that was on the Anderson pens table, which is this Model 19 that I ended up getting you. And I couldn't get over how good-looking this pen was compared to the Model 2 – the other option, the Model 2 and the green barrel one, which was a nice pen. And you'd probably like it very much. I mean, you'd totally like it. But I kept coming back to this one because of the – I couldn't – this pen looked unlike any other pen that Franklin Kristoff carried at all. I mean, they carried the Model 19, but this blue – these blue rings really made it stand out. And I kept coming back to it. And part of that, you know, is maybe some of – it's hard to shop for someone else and get your personal biases out of the way, right? So I think I came – I kept running into that. Like, I personally loved this pen and how it looked. My consternation was, one, the size. And number two, not until after I bought it and got it home and I think I had shipped it to you, I went, oh, crap. Does Myke post his pens? Because this pen is so big. I mean, it's not gargantuan by any means. It's a large pen. But posted, it's huge.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, you could – it basically is getting along to baseball bat territory at that point.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so you don't really want to write with this pen posted. And not until after I bought it, got it home, and shipped it to you did I have that, oh, crap moment where does Myke post his fountain pens? I don't know that I've ever asked you or if it's even come up in conversation. So what's the answer?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't. Okay. I never, ever, ever post any pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Even like – when I have used a Fisher Space pen, I don't even post that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Okay, good. So this pen definitely works better unposted, I've found. And you know why I say that? Because you and I are pen twins. I bought the exact same one for me too. With the exact same pen.