Editing The Pen Addict 407/transcript (section)

== Pen Translucency Comparison ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's funny. Mine looks nothing like that. I will take some pictures today. Isn't that wild? On Instagram. Because my barrel is mostly solid. Okay. So your second image. We'll put these in the show notes so you all know what you're talking about. Your second image where you see the converter. That's how I see my nib. Except it's wider.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, okay. Does that make sense? Yeah. So flip that onto the nib side. And it's great. And like all the swirls line up. Like when you screw the pen together. Like all the swirls line up. It's just, it's dope. Um, and I don't have a lot of red pens, right? I really think it's two pen colors that I love, but I don't have a lot of. I don't have any. Or white and red. Yeah. White and red pens I always find very, very attractive. But I have very few of those. And so I had a white pen earlier this week with the Y Studio resin. And now I have a red pen like this. Even though the only other red pen I have is the, uh, uh, Shungyo. The platinum red one. Which is really, really pretty. So anyway, that's enough, uh, for me on, on the Kona Cherry. I love it. I bought it. Um, I can't really speak any more highly than that, that I put my own money, uh, into this. So, uh, it's great. And, um, yeah. Tell them, do you want to, do you have any more to say on that? Or do you want to tell them a little bit about some of the changes that, uh, Canalea has with this. Yeah. With this release.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So, uh, he and Carol sent us over some information because it's good to share it. Cause this is not actually a typically a thing that they will do, especially with a new pen. So they're doing, um, more like an online launch than they've done before. Uh, so they're calling it the choose your Aloha celebration. So the flush model, um, which is one of the, is that the standard model? The flush model?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Pretty much so. Right. The other ones will have like the cap will have like an overhang to the barrel. There's, there's a lot of different models.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. But the model, the different models, the model that me and you have is the flush model. Yes. Right. Which is like the standard model. They have limited quantities available right now for this pen, like immediately to ship, which is very unlike Canalea to have this since because they, they were making pens to take to a pen show. And right. Right. So they have, they have some inventory. Um, yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Usually online as a straight to a waiting list.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. They have a limited inventory right now. Um, after this, their shipping will be three to four weeks for, for more of these pens. Um, and that's for all of the models. Which is still good. Yeah. Cause they're usually 12 to 16 weeks. Cause you have to like get out of the line and then yours will get made and sent. So just wait in a couple of like a few weeks for these things is actually pretty amazing. So the flush model is available right now in very limited quantities. Then there'll be three to four week shipping and it's three to four week shipping for every other, um, for every other model. And obviously because Canalea pen company are wonderful people, a portion of the profits of this pen are going to be donated to the food basket, which is Hawaii's islands, uh, food bank and the West Hawaii, uh, community health center. So it's a little bit of extra information and we'll be talking about this again next week on the show too. But yep. Just another all-star hit. Like the Canalea pen company are like the Pixar of pen companies. Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's fair. Yeah. They don't, they don't do it a lot, but when they do it, they do it exceptionally well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Hit after hit after hit. I wouldn't want to be Hugh and Carol, honestly. Like, because I would feel so much pressure every time, you know?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. They do it. Well, the longer you talk, the harder you're making of me making this transition until one of the ugliest products you'll ever see in your life.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Amazing. Yes. What is this thing? But it's amazing. Well, it's like a Twisby gold needle.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's exactly what the person said who sent this to me. So I got sent this link via Twitter. Dennis, thank you for sending this. And he said the exact same thing. This is, we talk about syringe filling, you know, cartridges or converters. And, you know, you just use like the standard, you know, medical grade blunt nose tip syringes. And then other companies like Visconti have had these needle fillers things. And this is the damnedest thing I've ever seen, Myke. It's literally like a Twisby Go was turned into a syringe. And it's by Moonman, which people have heard of, you know, from their fountain pens. This is basically a spring-loaded syringe that looks like a rocket ship. It's pretty awesome. And it's only like 10 bucks. Like, you know, I would totally buy one of these. Like, I'm going to need to source one of these whenever they come. Our link is just like to AliExpress. I don't know if they're going to become, you know, in other places that Moonman gets carried. They probably will because I think this would do exceptionally well. If this works for the price, everyone's going to have one of these who's into the stuff that we're into. Right? Like, it has to.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, it looks really interesting. I wonder how long is that shipping going to be? Right? If it's AliExpress.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, I'm not going to order it from there. Okay. I'm not going to order it from there. I'll wait until it's easier to order. Right. You know, if it's Moonman and it does well, there's a ton of places that carry Moonman. What's Moonman? Pens.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I've never heard of Moonman.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. They make pens. They came out years ago with like a mini pen that was real popular. And then like an eyedropper pen that was real popular. And now they're coming out with all kinds of different things.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is obviously one of those things where like someone could go back and find the episode where we spoke about this. But it's been absolutely erased from my own memory. We haven't talked about them very much. No, but like we definitely have. Right? Like at some point it's come up. Surely. Totally.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, yeah. Because we've reviewed some of the pens on the blog before. So I'm sure it's come up. Yeah. I'm sure it's come up. Anyway, that wasn't the only link I got on Twitter. A bunch of people. I don't know about you, Myke. Have you got the link for the new Apple TV series called Home? Did you get this link with people pen spotting in their various in the TV ad for this?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I get them all the time.