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== Conid Discussion ==


'''Brad:'''  Conid dash 19. If they don't come out with a Conid 19 pen, they're, they're leaving it on the table. See now that's, I feel like that you went too far now. I mean, it was your fault. Like you went there.

'''Myke:''' It had nothing to do with me. I didn't make you say that.

'''Brad:'''  Yeah. But they, people who are Conid customers love that pen. And there is a really hot secondary market for Conid pens because they are so beloved. But they have not announced what they're going to do. Like I thought at one point they kind of peeked their head above water and said, hey, we're going to start doing some pens. And then nothing ever happened. Um. So, I think the situation is we're all just sitting and waiting right now. Huh. So.

'''Myke:''' I didn't know that. Yeah. I didn't know they were a medical manufacturer. So, I don't know if we spoke about it. And I just.

'''Brad:'''  It's something to that degree. Yeah. It's something to that degree.

'''Myke:''' Yeah. I had no idea about that. Interesting. Yep. Yeah. I think they have a thing on their website. Because it's going to the website. And they're like, our products cannot be ordered at this moment. Read why. And so, I'll put a link to show notes to that too.

'''Brad:'''  Yeah. But that's like. That's probably like. I don't know. Over a year. It's April 2020.

'''Myke:''' Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. When they put that in there.

'''Brad:'''  Right. Right.

'''Myke:''' And the last question today comes from Two Hands of Blue. Do you have any recommendations for a good fountain pen under $100 that takes short international cartridges? I adore my Pilot Metropolitan 2P580. But I've been gifted a pack of international cartridges. And it seems like a good excuse for a new pen. Preferably not Kaweco. Don't like their style. But if it's the best option, I'll be good to know too.

'''Brad:'''  So, I'm in a mad dash to find the name or the model number of the Pelican that takes cartridges. Okay. There is a non-piston filling that looks like the M205.

'''Myke:''' Right.

'''Brad:'''  But it's not called that because it's not the piston. And I think it's under $100. And it's going to fit those cartridges. So, some of the Pelican pens. So, one of them is the Stola 3 that Chad is reminding us. So, that is one. That's not the one I'm thinking of. So, but Pelican makes several designs. And they take international cartridges. Okay. And, man, I'm blanking on this. I reviewed it on the blog. But I just, they, since everything's like a model number, I can't think of the number. And it, like, it really didn't take off. Right? Like, it was, I don't even know if they still make it. But, yeah, maybe it was the 205. But they called it something different. Like, the P205 instead of the M205. Is that it? So, I'm sorry. We're, like, rambling here. I'm looking at Chad. I'm doing searches.

'''Myke:''' Everybody's trying to work this one out, huh?

'''Brad:'''  But it's actually a 200 series. Yeah, here it is. The P205 cartridge fill. So, I don't know if they still make it. How much was this pen?

'''Myke:''' How do you look at that?

'''Myke:''' Huh. Okay. So, it's just a regular looking Pelican.

'''Brad:'''  It's a, it looks like your standard piston filling. And I don't think they make it anymore. But, yeah, I would look at some of the Pelican's other, like, lower price offerings. Yeah. They're going to fit international cartridges. Pelican makes international cartridges. And that's about as good a quality as you can get. Yeah. That's, like, outside of Kaweco. Yeah. And they have, they have products that take cartridges from, like, $20 up to, like, $100, where this, the P-series used to be. And then, you know.

'''Myke:''' Penchalet still have it. But it's still in inventory. In inventory, $160.

'''Brad:'''  Oh, yeah. That's more than I would pay for that, honestly. Like, I wouldn't, you can get the piston filler for that much. Right. So, like, I don't think that's worth it. If you have to have it, like, if you have to have it, so. Can I have it? Yeah. So, the chat is, the chat's actually saying the axle, the spoke axle, I didn't even consider. It's actually $79. That's a great pen. But if they don't like the Kaweco, they may not like the short style of the axle, right? No. The axle is, like. The spoke axle is perfect.

'''Brad:'''  It's funny. Like, I don't even, that didn't even cross my mind. Come on, Brad. It didn't. Come on, Brad. Like, now that I have time to, like, you know, totally promote my other companies, I'm still going to be bad at capitalism. Like, it's just, it's my move. It's my move.

'''Myke:''' So, let me do it for you. Thank you so much for listening to this week's episode of The Pen Addict. You can send in a question with a tweet, hashtag RSTPA, question mark RSTPA in the RelayFM members Discord. Or you can email them to hello at penaddict.com. Go to penaddict.com where you can read about all of the latest goodies in the pen world. We have posts written by Brad and the wonderful team over at Pen Addict. You can go to spokedesign.com where you can find Brad's pens and paraphernalia. It's interesting for me now that the intro has just gotten a little shorter. So, I have to, like.

'''Brad:'''  I was waiting for it. It didn't hit me until you started. And I was like, what's he going to do?

'''Myke:''' I'm just going to, I don't know what I'm going to do. I'll work it out. Go to twitch.tv slash penaddict. You can go to penaddict on Instagram. Dowdyism on Twitter. Brad on micro.blog. I am imike. I-M-Y-K-E. Go to cortexmerch.com and buy some frigging notebooks.

'''Brad:'''  I don't know why I'm so angry about it. You should make a product called the frigging notebook. So, you can say go buy some frigging notebooks.

'''Myke:''' No, I've got something that I'm working on, but it's going to take the time. It's taking time. You know how it is. Manufacturing is hard, Myke. Yeah. There's one thing. I've got a prototype. It's sitting right here in front of me. It's awesome. But I'm particular. So, it's going to take a while. Yep. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of The Pen Addict. Thank you to SD, Accutron, Squarespace, Pen Chalet for the support of this show. And we'll be back next time. Until then, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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