Editing The Pen Addict 265/transcript (section)

== Carondash Pen ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. You know, well, it doesn't, it honestly, it doesn't. Okay. You know, there's, but I mean, you know, there's a lot of pilot, a lot of the Japanese pens you can get, or German pens you can get with gold nibs in that price range. I mean, you just can. And you know, that's going to make a lot of people's buying decision. That's why I say this is not your first or second pen in that price range. This is something extra.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. So what else do we have on the, on the dock today?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This is one I'm waiting to review. And I wanted to include this because we've been talking about this for a while.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Such a good looking pen. It almost kills me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So the Carondash 849 pen, it's finally become available. I know we talked about a month ago when, when Anna was on the show actually. And we, we actually got in trouble there for a second, for a second. Like it's not ready yet. But yeah, exactly. It looks good. I've got one on the way to, I'm really anxious to try the nib. Like I know I like the style and look of the pen. And as I read Anna's review, I see that the section's really small and has a step down. I think that might be a kicker for some people. For me, it's not as much like I use my Y studio, which is probably more skinny and maybe more of a step than this pen. I'll do some comparisons or shots when it comes in. But I don't think it's going to bother me, but I think it might bother some people, but I'm really anxious to see how the nib works. I specifically asked for an extra fine and I see that's what Anna got too. And I really like how the line came out. It looks nice. It looks like maybe finer than like a Lamy extra fine. So if it's, if it's something like that, I will be very happy with this pen. And this is another one that's going to go in that. It's not quite entry level. Like where does it land kind of pen? Because it's about, was it 55, $60? Yeah. Yeah. 50 bucks. So it's in that middle range. Do you recommend this over, you know, the Twisby's in that range, you know, how about a Safari or an Eco? You know, which Anna talks about all this. So you should go read the review. I just like Caran Dash's style and I'm anxious to see how this goes. So I, I'm looking forward to reviewing this for myself. So very, very cool by Anna. And of course she got bright pink.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Natch.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Natch. All right. I had a, I had a big, big Harry's event this morning, Myke. I hadn't, I hadn't shaved in days and boy, Harry's made my life easy this morning. I could, I just, I just tore through that stubble like nobody's business. So tell everyone else how they can do the same.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Harry's is all about great shave at a fair price. And they are supporting the pen addict today. This, this idea of great shaving at fair prices is exactly why over 3 million people switched to Harry's. The founders of Harry's decided to create the company because they were fed up with paying high prices for their razor products. They bought a German factory with over 100 years of blade making experience to ensure that they could make the highest quality blades. They sell these to you at half the price of the leading five blade razor brands directly to you over the internet. And all of Harry's products are backed by a 100% quality guarantee. Harry's is so confident you're going to love their blades. They want to give you their trial set for free. You just need to cover the cost of shipping. The free trial set includes a weighted ergonomic razor handle, five precision engineered blades with a lubricating strip and trimmer blade, the rich lathering shave gel, and a travel blade cover. This is a $13 value for you to try out. Brad, tell everyone just how comfortable that shave experience was for you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It was very comfortable. Like I'm an every other day shaver as it is, right? I don't, I mean, I have a beard and I do shave. I don't have a neck beard, so I shave my neck. Wow, this is getting very specific. Please be as specific as you would like about your shaving experience. So I'm an every other day shaver just by habit because I don't need to shave every day.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And, you know, it's summertime. I'm extremely busy. I'm running around like a crazy person. I'm not getting up on a schedule in the morning. So sometimes my, my shaving escapes me. So it had been like four days since I shaved. I was kind of like in the past. I would worry like, Oh, how is this razor going to handle my stubble? This is going to be a rough shave. I mean, it was like I was shaving on just brand new skin. Harry's handled it perfectly. So even your, your days old stubble, it, it can handle, um, very easily without any issues at all. No roughness, no redness. Um, and, uh, I, I just feel perfect for having used it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Hashtag be like Brad. Stop messing around and get started shaving with Harry's today by going and claiming your free trial set. Just go to harry's.com slash pen addict and get started. All you need to do is cover that cost of shipping. Thank you so much to Harry's for the continued support of this show and relay FM. I like be like Brad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Hmm. Okay. That could be a thing. I guess. I don't know. Hashtag be like Brad. I don't know that I want that, but apparently you're going to start it. So now it's going to be a thing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. This is it now. This is the new thing. Oh, awesome. Awesome.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So this is a new thing, Myke. I just found out about this, this morning, even though it's been in the works for a while. And to say I am overwhelmed by it would be an understatement. So what's happening is, um, friends of the show, sinister inklings and, uh, squishy ink are putting together a table at the DC pin show. They've bought a table and they're calling it the pay it forward table. So I've got a link in the show notes and they've been working on this for a while. And this came out from some conversations in the Slack room, which you guys and gals are just amazing in that community. The way you handle yourselves and the way I am, I get to brag on everyone who's part of it. Um, and it's just such a nice thing to be able to talk about a community that, uh, interacts so well together. And this came out of it. So this, uh, I'm going to read one little bit off of this. It says the pay it forward table will provide two different purposes. We're hoping to have some fountain pen starter kits with introductory pens, ink, and small notepads or notebooks for new users and children. We also don't want to ignore our veteran community members and we'll have miscellaneous items that you can take, or you can also place items that you think would better deserve a new home. If you feel like you don't show them enough love. So it's literally a pay it forward table. They're going to give things to kids and new members, new people who aren't experienced with fountain pens. And in the past, I've noticed, you know, people coming to shows, you know, one person will be very much into fountain pens and then they'll have a spouse or a partner who doesn't know anything. And then they end up getting into it. So like being able, having them, giving them opportunity to be able to pick something up at no charge to them to test out and try. It's could be a life changing experience. I mean, that sounds overly dramatic, but I don't think it is. It can change, you know, how they write, how they think about writing, you know, how they think about stationary, how they use stationary. And for someone to put this together at the biggest pen show in the world, just because they want to give back to the community, it blows my mind. So they're operating this table as a nonprofit. So they are taking donations to help cover the costs, cost of the table expenses. Like I said, we'll have a link in the show notes where you can go read all the details and you can, you can find some things out about it. And I'm just so proud of this community that this just happens on its own. Like some people that are part of this community say, Hey, let's do something cool. And this is what they come up with. I'm, I'm speechless. Like I am just really, really amazed at this. And I love it. So thank you all for putting this together. And I am obviously here to help out any way I can, you know, I made my donation this morning and anything I can do to help you have my full, full, complete support. So we'll be talking about this more as the DC DC show comes, comes up and we'll get some more information out there, but fantastic. Love it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, this is fantastic. This is great. I'm excited about this. I'll donate to.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. yeah. So very cool. And like I said, we'll, we'll be visiting. That'll have to, that'll definitely have to go on your, your video from the show.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So the chat rooms, the chat rooms can, can tell when I get a little bit, a little, get a little bit emotional. And I tend to get emotional over, over people who do awesome things. And I do, you know, my, my eyes are, my eyes are welling up a little bit. So no full on tears. So you're off the hook chat room. We don't have to link this one on the wiki to where Brad cried, but it was close. We need a, a teary eyes.