Editing The Pen Addict 70/transcript (section)

== Nock Bag ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So this is, this one's pretty much going to be a go. It's a, it's like kind of a dark orange exterior and a lighter orange interior. Um, the pictures don't really do it justice.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I like the images cause they don't really show too much. It's like, it's very sort of like, you can kind of see what we're doing here. I like it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And I'm actually, if everyone wants, I, I don't want to totally pimp this out because that's not my style. But if you go to the NotCo blog, which is notco.com forward slash blog, the most current post is a post about this orange color that we're looking at. So in the comment section, this is what I wanted everyone to see. A gentleman named Harold Himmler, um, really liked the color. And he says, I have not a single clue regarding stitching and manufacturing of fabrics, but I've had several different products with the same flaw. The knots would sometimes untangle, risking the seam to come undone. Looking at the knot next to the field notes, could this be wax sealed or hot glued or something in the manufacturing process? That would be really neat. Well, since this is our prototypes, we don't have all the machinery that we're buying, but this is like the first thing that we planned when Jeff and I were sitting down a month ago saying, when we're doing this Kickstarter project and we're launching the business, what are the things we need and what we need to, you know, help with Kickstarter and this money that we're hoping to get from Kickstarter is we're going to buy a bar tack sewing machine. So Jeffrey goes into a long explanation of exactly what Harold's talking about and our exact solution that we have already planned for, um, to, Oh, I'm looking at it now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I'm reading it as we speak, but yes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So Jeff gave him a long, a long answer about exactly how we're going to solve that problem. And that's cause that's a concern of ours too. And that's the primary thing, primary piece of machinery that we're hoping to buy with this Kickstarter project.

'''Myke Hurley:''' One, I think it, the best way to describe it is the machine that you guys will have stitches, um, like a knot or a stitch in the same way that Levi belt loops are attached. And I, you know, everybody knows how strong they are. So I'm happy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So it'll do this like a zigzag stitch on these seams. So you don't have the loose popping up or anything crazy. Like you'll see it in our prototypes. You'll see that it looks kind of looser or, or not finished exactly perfect.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's like a little mess. It's like, it's like a little messy because there's a little knot on the end, you know, kind of right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. So when we have this new machine, it'll be neat and tidy and it'll look like exactly like that, um, seam on, um, on the Levi's belt loops, you know, little zigzag tight stitch, and that'll not going to have any problems with the seams coming apart. So we're super excited about that. I was really glad he asked that question because that's the level of detail that we're looking at, you know, when we're looking at these and to see, have someone else point that out and us already have a solution to kind of tells you where, where our head's at in getting these things out. So it's, it's important. If it's important to you guys, it's important to us. So we want to hear any, any comments and questions you guys have about things like that. So it's very, very vital.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Also on the blog at the moment is a, there's a picture of two very handsome gentlemen with a big American flag.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Did you see that? Huh? Uh-huh. Looking good?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Looking very good. Get you two handsome guys.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We had fun shooting the video. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So you shot the video. The video is done.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Video is done. I haven't seen anything of it yet, but Jeff's seen bits and pieces of it. So, yep. It, it came out hopefully good. I, I had a blast with, uh, the guys shooting the video. I was super, I wasn't, both Jeff and I were complete nervous wrecks as soon as the camera switched on. And then, um, shortly thereafter, um, Sharif who did the video for us, he got us, he got us, uh, loosened up and then hopefully, hopefully it came out good. So I'm anxious to see it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just in case. I don't want to see it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Okay.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I want to, I don't want to see anything that the people don't see unless you need, unless you want or need some specific advice from me or whatever. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, I think that'll just pretty be pretty sure that's going to be just a launch day unveil. So, yeah. Good. I don't think, I don't think anyone will see that except, uh, me and Jeff.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Good. Cause I want to, I want to have the whole experience just wash over me. So then I also can quiz you on the show running up to it. Have you got anything new that you can share today?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Um, not other than the, the colors that we've showed. Um, that's a, that's a new thing for us. Um, people are wondering what colors are going to be available. We'll, we're going to do, you'll be able to choose any case that you back in three separate color ways. Um, and this orange is probably going to be one of those. So that's, that's the newest thing. Um, outside of that, you know, just like I was talking about the labels, um, we'll, we'll show everyone, um, what those labels looks like when we get those in and we're able to stitch up our final prototypes. So we'll be good to go. Um, everything's still tracking good. It'll, it's definitely going to launch this month. I just don't have an exact date yet. So, um, just everyone, uh, we appreciate the support. That's for sure. It's been hugely, hugely positive. And, um, we really appreciate that. And we want to be able to be accessible to anyone who has questions or ideas or anything like that. So y'all definitely let us know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm very, it's very exciting.