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== Sailor Pro Gear ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' This is what I was looking for, right? I have been saying I wanted another Sailor Pro Gear and I wanted a cool limited one. This is perfect for me design-wise. We'll see how it goes with the body size. I mean, I'm probably going to be fine with it, right? Like, I can't imagine I'm going to hate it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You'll go, okay, this is smaller and lighter, but I like it. Like, I really like my slims. I prefer, I'll pick the Pro Gear if I have a choice every time. I enjoy my slims, right? I mean, they're really good pins. Okay, that's good.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's good to know. I also bought a broad. I figured I'd change it up. You know, I have a medium in my current Pro Gear. I thought, what's the point in getting to, like, with the exact same nib? I might as well change it up. So, I went with a broad. Just figuring that I could change it if I don't like it. But, yeah, I saw it and I was like, this is exactly what I need. And I bought it immediately.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I wasn't going to let this one pass me by. And this one's super limited. I mean, you're not going to be able to get it, like, if you think about it, for, like, the next week or two. Like, it'll be gone.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. This was part of it. Like, as soon as I opened the page, I was like, I love the look of this one. Not so sure about the size. There's no point messing around with this. I'll just buy it. If I don't like it, someone can take it off my hands quite easily, I bet. For sure. This was just like, I'm not sleeping. I don't want to keep sleeping on these because this is what I want. Like, right now, top of my list is a new Pro Gear. And it has been for months. And I've been doing a bunch of searches online, and I just couldn't find what I wanted. And I'm always so jealous at pen shows because people like you and Father Kyle, you're bringing out all your amazing limiteds. And I'm just, like, sad in the corner with my one orange. And I'm like, I wanted another one. And this one looks like a great contender. I'm very excited to see it in person.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, good. I'm excited that you bought it. I'm going to pass on it. I just don't need another pen right now. Like, I think we'll be talking about that next year.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's like... You should get that tattooed on your arm. You just don't need another pen right now. Brad Dowdy. That could be the name of your memoir.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. We'll write that down. But yeah, like, I'm going through that phase. Like, this happens at the end of the year. It's like, I bought a lot of stuff this year. And there's lots of cool stuff out right now. Like, we're going to talk about another pen in a minute that I really, really want. But it is super expensive. Way more expensive than this one. We'll get to that in a minute. But first, I want to talk about another purple pen, Myke. What do you think about the new Platinum Purple? I'm going to go with Lavende or Lavende. I'm sure it's French for lavender. I just don't know how to say it. I slept on the... 3776 Nice Lavende.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I slept on the Lylas, right? Like, I didn't get it. And it's still available, but I didn't get it. I'm now pleased I didn't get it because the purple and the rose gold is way better looking. And I put my name down for pre-order at Pen Chalet. And I will buy this one. When it comes out, I will buy this one. So I've cost you some money today. I need a Platinum in my life, right? Everyone's telling me I need it. I want to spend more time with the nibs, right? Because I want to see how they are before going up to Nanakaya one day. So I put my name down, I think, for a medium, if I remember rightly, for one of these. Because that colorway, purple and rose gold, that is stunning. That looks so good. So yes, I've got my name down at Pen Chalet for one of those. So you made me spend a lot of money today, Brad, in two lengths. I did my job today.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Fantastic. Ron's going to be happy. Yeah, Ron should be thrilled. This is an awesome pen. And you know what? I have to agree with you. This is better than the pink.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It is.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I loved the pink. I didn't buy the pink. I didn't buy... I'm not going to buy the purple. I bought the red.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But I'm not going to buy the purple either. But dang, if this isn't good looking. You know, both Sailor... I mean, pink and purple and orange, it's really hard for me to avoid. But man, this is some good stuff. It's the right time of year for some awesome pen releases. And we aren't even going to cover them all today. There's some really good stuff that we're leaving out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So I'm glad I could spend your money today, Myke. You've made me a happy person. And I'm living vicariously through you today, which is the opposite of what usually happens.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, that is... It is weird. I mean, I think that you... For some reason, you woke up this morning and you were like, I'm going to make Myke spend a lot of money.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, this next link and pen might cause me to spend a lot of money. The first one I want to talk about is not available. It's the new Aurora Optima Flex. So they're going to be... We said last year when we were talking about Aurora in LA that eventually in 2018, they would have the Flex nib in the Optima and then they would have Flex nib units. So these things are starting to come to fruition. And I'm seeing now there's a picture on Instagram from Laura who helps at the Chicago Pen Show. She's on Instagram at Fountain Pen Follies. She has a picture of the orange Optima with the Flex nib. And what I like about this the most is that it has the rhodium plated trim instead of the gold trim. I still don't know that this is a pen that I would go for. Like I didn't go for any of the other Aurora Flexes. I thought they were too expensive for too basic of a barrel. This might be the same thing. I don't know what the price is on this. This is just, you know, a very early look at them, but they look killer because I love the Optima.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So yeah, when I saw that, I was like, oof, yeah, that's good. The one I want though, Myke, this is as close as I've come to buying a pen recently, but it's so freaking expensive and I don't want to spend the money right now. But the Aurora Optima 365, that's my pen. I mean, this is like, damn. I don't know what it is about this pen, but I just love how this pen looks for me. It's crazy, crazy expensive. There's only 365 of them made. I'm probably not going to pull the trigger because it's so expensive, but I'm in love with this pen. What do you think about it? I don't like it. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' For that amount of money, I don't like it. I feel like I've seen, I mean, you know, the devil's in the details, but like just from the pictures, I feel like I've seen this finish in a bunch of pens that don't cost 660 euros. You know what I mean? Like, I don't know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Totally, totally fair.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. It just doesn't, that does not scream 500 plus to me, really. Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And the Pelican Ocean Swirl that's coming out right now, it's kind of like the same pattern. I love that one too. And it's like, yeah, I don't, I really think they're beautiful. I don't need to spend that money on just on any pen right now. So, yeah. Let me take a look. I am having a hard time. I am having a hard time with this one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' See, the thing is, that Pelican, that looks nicer to me. Like, I could, I think I could justify that design more, like, because I've, that looks like a, something I've not seen, like almost a kind of nebulous type, you know, like it's, it's a, that's a really interesting pattern to me where the Aurora, I feel like I've seen that pattern, that exact pattern, like on pens that cost $45 or something, you know? Do you know what I'm saying? Like, again, like the pictures might not be doing it justice, but like, I don't know, there's just, it doesn't really scream $600 to me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, that's the kicker on these high-end demonstrators, right? Like, that's the most egregious amount of money. And I buy those all the time. Like, I have the Pelican 805 and I have my Optima as a demonstrator. And that's a road less.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And you're a king of pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. It's clear. It's clear blue plastic, right? When you, when it boil, when you boil it down to it. So it's like, yeah, but like, I am, I still get wrapped up in those things. And like, that's way more outrageous of a price than at least a full, you know, material barrel or mostly material barrel as opposed to just a clear plastic. So, yeah, I'm with you. I'm not, you will get no arguments from me. It's also not going to keep me from buying some of the stuff too. So it's, it's the, uh, the dilemma of the life I lead, Myke.

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