Editing The Pen Addict 294/transcript (section)

==Pay-It-Forward Project Kickstarter==
'''Brad:'''  Episode Mike and I have several more items I want to talk about that were current or recent Kickstarter projects number one.
<br>'''Brad:'''  Is the launch of the pay it forward project which are good friend Oscar Oscars in the chat room today.
<br>'''Brad:'''  That we met in DC last year when he set up the original pay it forward table where.
<br>'''Brad:'''  He was his idea was to go to Pen shows and give.
<br>'''Brad:'''  Well who are kind of the tag alongs with the real pain addicts you know the the family members the wife the husband the child that was just kind of tag along with their partner or parents or friend who was into the thing and they weren't necessarily into it to give them kind of a starter kit of fountain pens and kind of you know get a Marston to the hobby with a neat little kid you know pen ink paper.
<br>'''Brad:'''  To kind of get them started and had make them have like a super positive experience at their first Pinchot you know even though you know it may not been something they wanted to come to that day so it went so well Oscars trying to take this show on the road if you will and he has a really cool project on Kickstarter right now.
<br>'''Brad:'''  For a project like I said we'll have it linked in the show notes and he's got some really cool backer levels that you can get you can just stop you know can sport support him with dollars or you can support him and get ink from poppy a plan the heart of gold fountain pen ink which I just received from him.
<br>'''Brad:'''  You know to try a sample of you can get heart of gold notebooks from our good friend Vito had story supply company.
<br>'''Brad:'''  And you can get combination packs and then the big the big package which I guess is all gone now the pen that frankly Kristofferson aching for this project with a Jonathon Brooks material arm I guess are we calling this the heart of gold tend yeah heart of gold fountain pen.
<br>'''Brad:'''  So Oscar I was a backer of this the first day back the pen level.
<br>'''Brad:'''  And.
<br>'''Brad:'''  The you know the kind of all the things level the pen the notebook and eight that was the the level that I backed out so I got all the things an announcer said Haiti will miss Angie about all the ink to tryout house like that be cool I'd like to try out looks like a nice bright red ink with kind of some gold in there it looks really really pretty and then I open the box just this morning.
<br>'''Brad:'''  Because I've been traveling and open it up and.
<br>'''Myke:'''  Out pops.
<br>'''Brad:'''  A rod of the heart of gold.
<br>'''Brad:'''  Jonathon Brooks material this looks amazing Mike this look right up your alley style why size wise Franklin Crips Cristofori as Jonathon Brooks why would he think about thought has.
<br>'''Myke:'''  It's wonderful isn't it.
<br>'''Brad:'''  It yeah.
<br>'''Myke:'''  Very very very nice out I missed the pen.
<br>'''Myke:'''  I think yeah I think the Pam was just like snapped up.
<br>'''Myke:'''  So I get might.
<br>'''Brad:'''  Work out something for you but this blank that I have so this is like a.
<br>'''Myke:'''  Home.
<br>'''Brad:'''  Or we gonna say ten inch blank that Oscar sit me of this so maybe I could leave it with our good friend Jonathon Brooks in Atlanta and maybe he can make some magic happen for you mine.
<br>'''Myke:'''  Not mine.
<br>'''Brad:'''  I don't know what I don't know if I'm supposed to say I have this or not but Oscar said it to me so thank you Oscar I was very surprised I haven't put this thing down since I open the package is more in the entire pen show up and twirling this this in my hands like the heart of gold material just see this is this is it.
<br>'''Brad:'''  You hear that that was banging on my cancer.
<br>'''Myke:'''  Heart sounds very nice.
<br>'''Brad:'''  Ouch those little painful.
<br>'''Myke:'''  Let her do that I anticipated yet distance of solid material right that serious stuff yet.
<br>'''Brad:'''  But it's got it when this gets up when this gets made I mean they as a sample of the final version in there it looks looks awesome so I'm excited for this you all should really consider backing this project for all the good that it does young and.
<br>'''Myke:'''  Even if you just go and give him five Bucks.
<br>'''Myke:'''  Right you know just just to help out once because China do you know he's he's take this isn't money guys going in his pocket you know this is it this is like a fund raising experiment to to help.
<br>'''Myke:'''  The pay for project continued to drive and it was wonderful wonderful to see what was happening at DC it was really really nice to see the buzz around the table Oscar had so you know anything that that him and and Alex are able to do to help push this thing out wider is excellent.
<br>'''Brad:'''  Yeah N. he worked his tail off in DC I've actually never seen anyone at a pen show closer to death then Oskar.
<br>'''Myke:'''  Yeah.
<br>'''Brad:'''  He look like he was gonna keel at any time Oscar you know I love you but you're a walking zombie at DC because he works so hard and this to make sure it went off without a hitch in the problem was we had other things you know going into you know set up in and all that stuff so.
<br>'''Brad:'''  But it turned out wonderfully who was a massive hit so definitely take a look at this on Kickstarter and if nothing else yes dome a few Bucks get some sweet notebooks that includes great so I will be checking all this out again like I said I'm already a backer of this project into it looks awesome so congratulations Oscar it's already funded so I look forward to see what you are going to do the rest of the year with this project.