Editing The Pen Addict 299/transcript (section)

== Japanese Market ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I don't know what, I don't know what's going on in the Japanese Inc. market, but it's interesting for sure. All change.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' One of the things that we've gotten Ron in trouble for and blown him out of inventory for is back this time. I think it actually might be a smaller version. The Monteverde 36-pen zip carrying case at this price is a no-brainer. I think they make a 48 and maybe that was the one he sold before. But even at pen shows, people are always looking for cases like this to hold a high quantity of pens that's easy for portability. You have something similar. I know you carry some pens in. I have one of these. Yeah, this is... We're in the no-brainer price range on this. It's like practically free for what it is. So that's really good. And he also has the Platinum 3776 on sale. And it comes with a case, which I'll have to look at. It's you order a pen and you get a tan pouch or a black pouch with the pen you order. And it's still like way cheaper than what the pens normally sell for. And you know how much I like the 3776, which is really, really good. So yeah, these are excellent offers as always from Ron. And I had someone recently link the display cases that Ron's selling, that they bought some and used some. I forget who that was, but they look really cool. And for the price, man, that's a lot of storage and a really, really nice setup.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, this is like a 30-pen display case with drawers and stuff like that. So you can have an actual nice little thing to put on a countertop or something to put your pens into, which is cool. So there's also a great deal on a Platinum 3776. That's just a bonkers deal. Like the price of that thing, I kind of can't believe. So there's a lot of really, really great deals, as always, as you can expect from Pen Chalet. And you know what? You need to go and check out these prices for yourself. That's what I'm going to say. What do you think, Brad? Should we keep it a secret?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, we should. We should, because we even got to the point of Nasty Graham's the last time he had one of these pen cases for sale, because they flew out the door so quick. So go get it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because the prices are good. These are just a good thing to have. Especially if you're going to pen shows, as you said, right? It makes a lot of sense to go and check those out. So head on to PenChalet.com, P-E-N-C-H-A-L-E-T.com, and hit the password PenAddict, and you'll get your hands on these special offers. Our thanks to Pen Chalet for their continued support of this show and RelayFM. So next up, we have a question from Fanon. And Fanon asks, I have some great orange inks for the fall. Any suggestions for a great spring orange?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So this is Pat Hannon. It's not Fanon. Well, I'm going with Fanon. I only know that because I know him. He comes lately on the Pen Show. So you've met him and his kids. I know. Oh, okay. Yeah, I know. We'll call him. You know who this is.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That was one of my very favorite moments, whatever year that was. I think it was like two years ago. Right. Pretty much every year.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But, Pat, come on. Do you even have to ask this question to me? A great spring orange ink? Sailor apricot. I mean, you may not be able to buy it, but that's what I'm going to use.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That might have to be on my hunt down list.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But I just got a letter with the Robert Oster. It's called the NG Special 16. There's some story behind the name. They did it. I don't even want to get into it. And I was really impressed with the shading in that orange. It looks really, really nice. So that may be one to check out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Edelstein Mandarin is really nice. And then if you want an eye searer, the Ackermon, is it number 16? I'm going to think is their orange. It's really, really nice. It's practically fluorescent. But I'm an apricot guy through and through. Any orange with yellow in it is my game. And that makes for a perfect spring orange.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I've had a thing recently where I have my new diary journal situation. And I write down my pens in it. So I write down what pens I'm using each day. And I also write down the ink that I'm using. And every single day that I use my primary manipulation Eastman, I have my green Ackermon in it. And I never remember what the number is. I just write down a number. Like, I know I don't know the number. I'm like, I think it's 28. Maybe it's 24 or 26. I have no idea. So I just write down whatever number in the 20s range. It might not even be in the 20s range. So that's always a fun thing for me to do. I'm just like, yeah, okay. We'll work it out later on. It doesn't matter. I know it's a green Ackermon. Yep, exactly. All right. We have from Carlos. Carlos wants to know what our current bag setup is.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I haven't changed much. So I try to change in Baltimore. But generally, my daily bag is the Notco Lanier. I carry a 13-inch MacBook Pro and a Seed A5 case in it. And that's everything I need for my day-to-day work and travel. When I do leave town, my favorite bag is the Bogier Bullpup, which you can no longer purchase. But I can't shake that bag because it's so good. I actually tried the Brown Buffalo, my backpack that I have. I forget the name of it. I didn't pull it up. I'm in Baltimore. And I love the insides of the bag and the exterior of the bag. But I don't like the straps on the bag, which I showed. A lot of us looked at that bag in Baltimore. A lot of people wanted to check that one out. But for larger, broader, shouldered people, the straps are not great. So for someone that's into bags and likes to change things up as much as I do, I'm really consistent with the Lanier and the Bullpup as my backpack. So that's pretty much it. I keep searching for that next new backpack, but I haven't nailed it down yet.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm in a backpack bag situation right now. So I'll just run through my generals. So if I'm kind of out and about, like just popping into town, going to a coffee shop or whatever, I'm going to be out for the day, then I'll pick up my Tom Bin Ristretto.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm kind of falling out of love with the Ristretto a little bit, though, because messenger bags just ruin my back. Like, just destroy it. I can have nothing in the bag, but I walk around with a messenger bag on my back and it ruins me. It's like the displacement of weight, right? It's just on the one side. It doesn't do very good for me, honestly. So I'm rethinking that. I use the Lanier when I'm at conferences and stuff because you kind of just walk into and from a room. But I don't trust myself to get on a train with a backpack with just a briefcase because I will 100% leave the briefcase on the train. Like, there's just there's no two ways about that. Like, it's never unless it's physically attached to my body. I have absolutely no faith in myself to remember it. My regular backpack right now, kind of my travel bag is my Tom Bin Synapse 25, which I bought when I was in Seattle. I like that bag a lot, a lot. It is very useful is the best way that I would describe it, right? Like, it's got a million uses, a million pockets. It's fantastic. And I use my Manal bag as my gym bag now. So when I go down to the gym, it's great. It fits everything in it. It's perfect. However, I'm thinking about replacing my Tom Bin with the Peak Design Everyday Backpack. Have you seen this thing?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Actually, when I was traveling back from Baltimore, there were a couple in line when we were boarding the plane. There were a few people ahead of me, so I didn't, like, jump ahead to quiz them. But they both had them. They each had their own Peak Design backpack. I think it's a little too fidgety for me, like, too much going on. I like it, though. But the way they look is amazing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They look great. They've got insane organization stuff.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Magnet. There's a lot of things going on in this bag. And I have a couple of friends that have them now, and they, like, swear by them as the perfect bag. So I think I'm going to get one for Atlanta. So if you want to cool poke around in my bag, you can feel free.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Jeff and I would like to get in your bag in Atlanta.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Anytime. You just know we're going to stop now. Alex asks, if you had to make a new Nocco colorway using the at color schemes color scheme, which color scheme would you use? And please explain this, Brad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I did a thing, I don't know, two weeks ago on Twitter. I am a very hyperactive Twitter follower and unfollower. Like, I'm following and unfollowing accounts, like, all the time. Because you don't care about breaking hearts. Like, don't think about it. You know? No. Don't worry about that. It's Twitter. No one should worry about whether someone follows them on Twitter or not. You know? Okay. Maybe. I don't know. But anyway, I'm in and out of follows. It's usually not people. It's usually things. Like, people I just follow and keep following. Sure. You know, other ones are, like, things or, you know, news or journalism type things I'll follow and unfollow. So I put out a request as I had just gone through and cleaned up a bunch of my follows and wanted to add some new things that maybe I haven't seen. And I put it out to my followers and said, hey, you know, tell me, give me one account I should follow that you follow and you think is awesome. And so Alexander, I didn't even realize it was him. But in retrospect, it had to have been him. I mean, I know it was him, but it was the perfect one. There's this account called Color Schemes, which if you follow me on Twitter, you've seen the problem that this account has posed to me. It's the perfect account for me because it's essentially a robot. You know, it's automated color picking and naming. So this bot tries to match colors and then it gives them these random names. So I put an example in the show notes. Myke, have you seen me tweeting these various things on the Twitter?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I've been watching you tweet them. I've seen it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I've annoyed you. You've blocked me. No, not at all. Not at all. So y'all will start unfollowing me soon.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But the one I picked for the next color scheme for Nock, it's kind of something we've already done. It's called Helpful Barney, which is like this bright purple, cadaverous silver, which, you know, looks like skin on a dead body, and sluggish green yellow, which I think every hour this color schemer account sends one of these out into the world. And they're amazing. I just, I giggle and just laugh and laugh and laugh at these.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Do you know where the colors are coming from? Like how are they being put together? Is it just random? I forget.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I forget. Like they try to make, do something favorable, right? They're not picking random colors. They're doing colors that should work together from what I've read. But I haven't, I don't know what the pool of colors nor the naming convention comes from. But it's, it's fan-freaking-tastic. Like I just, I adore this account. And I'm addicted to it and hooked to it. And I keep retweeting it and people are probably unfollowing me because I just, I think it's hilarious.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What case would I use for the Helpful Barney cadaverous silver and sluggish green yellow? Brasstown is the best case to show off colors for us. Because you get to see the outside and inside open at the same time. The Sinclair, like the insides close most of the time. The Lookout, the insides close most of the time. The Seed Case, the insides covered most of the time. The Brasstown, you get to see it all together all the time. So that would be, that's the case when we want to do wild colors. We want to know what it looks like in a Brasstown. And if it works there, it's going to work everywhere. So I love this. I love this account, Myke. I'm not going to lie. I have hearts for a robot.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Of course you do. I don't know how I feel about some of these accounts because they tweet too often for me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This one's close. This one's close. That's why I'm trying to like not retweet more than like one a day. But I can't help myself sometimes.