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== Sailor King of Pens ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Speaking of King of Pens, Myke, we're going with my fourth choice. Sailor King of Pens, Sky. So this was my first King of Pens. This was an experience pen. Uh, you know, like it was a whole, you know, thinking about this for a long time to, to spend this amount of money at the time. Um, which is outrageous at the time. I think it was six, six, five, 80 or six 60. There was, there was a time where they were, they were more reasonable than they are now. So yeah. Um, just a fantastic, this is my favorite King of Pens shape. This is the Pro Gear shape. So Myke's is the 1911 shape with the rounded torpedo style. Mine is the flat ends of the Pro Gear style. And, you know, I remember writing this review that you're going to have linked in the show notes saying like, there's no way I could recommend anyone ever buy this pen. Right. But when you use it, it's either going to just be like fascinating to use for you or just going to like, yeah, I don't get it. And like, that's totally fair. This is not a pen for everybody. Um, which is, makes it great to be on this list because it's a pen for me and it's just a fun color. It's a fun story about getting this one. And I've had several other King of Pens over the years. This is the one I always go back to. It's my favorite.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes. So that was the one. That was the one that I uncapped in Atlanta and burst out laughing. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Because it's ridiculous.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just the nib. Just the nib. I'm keeping the sailor train going with my number four, which is the Sailor Pro Gear Japan Blue fountain pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, that's so good. I forgot about that one. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is an old timer. Every time I think about that one. From Wancho, they still sell it. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. This is the hammered, hammered steel. Yeah. Steel. Yeah. This one's so good because it's so different for Sailor. Yeah. And I actually don't know why they didn't do a little bit more of this because they executed this one super well, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's such a weird pen too because it is the kind of size of a regular Pro Gear, but it uses the nib of a slim. Because I think it is essentially a slim, but they have to wrap the metal around the body, which makes it kind of like the size of a Pro Gear. But then the cap has no clip for this reason too. So just like the profile of the pen is very different. And it actually ends up being a little longer than even the regular Pro Gear. It's like all around a strange construction, you know, like it's like abnormal, but it just feels so good to hold. Like the weight is excellent. It is a special, special pen. It feels like something special too when you use it. It's also, I think the cap is friction fit as well. Yeah. Very interesting pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' A lot of times when Sailor experiments with shapes, they kind of don't really nail it, but they totally nailed this one. Yeah. Right. Like this one came out like super, super good. I love that pen. Yeah. All right. Next up, we're in round five here. I have a Nakaya appearance, Myke. Nakaya.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, wow. I have a surname I haven't heard in a long time.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep. Nakaya, portable writer, Aotamanuri with a fine cursive italic nib. This is actually, so we're five into this. This is the first one that I have that has a modified nib. So there's, we'll go over this at the end. There's a couple of themes in my list that I'm finding.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Did you say this is the Aotamanuri?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. So I have a review of this one on the blog. That's what I found. It's black, black with a green trim. The kind of green one. Yeah. Yeah. This one, this was my first Nakaya. This is the one that took me, I wrote the whole story in the review about, it probably took me about two years to come to a decision on this pen. Wow. That review's from 2015. Yep. Wow. Wow. That's crazy. Wow. This pen holds up like over time. It is. Again, I said this about a lot of these pens. It's just such an enjoyable writing experience to hold. The Nakayas are so different in the feel of any other pen on this list. Yeah. And that they're airy. Like they don't look like they would be, but you pick them up and they're very like a featherweight type of pen based on how they're made with the ebonite and the Arushi coating. And then just the level of craftsmanship, like nothing about this pen screams, look at me. Right. But then you pick it up and it just kind of like, this is different. Right. It's a very different experience to use in Nakaya, especially like a very simple one like this one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And also looking at the, you know, the color and design of this one, you kind of get lost in it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Which is really special because you can kind of, it looks like there's a depth to it, which is made up by the fact that it's got this kind of like green, just like in there. It's really good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. So that's, yeah, that's definitely my favorite, favorite Nakaya. My first and favorite, kind of, it's interesting now that I think about it, the King of Pen, I've had a lot of King of Pens. My favorite is still the first one that I bought. I've had several Nakayas. My favorite is still the first one that I bought, which is, now that I'm saying it, all this out loud. It's kind of interesting.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm sure there's something about first loves in there, but. Probably.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm going to draw the line. Oh, speaking of which, that's another. Oh man. I'm making a list of what I didn't put on there. That's. Did you just put the pink love down? Yeah. That's on the, that's on the didn't make it list.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Spoilers. I really struggled. It didn't make it, but I was like, I looked at that many times before. Yeah. Yeah. Because that was one of those pens that I went on like a great hunt for over time.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It's not the right size. We'll get to, well, next week we're going to cover some of the ones that didn't make it, but like that's on the list for sure. All right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' My number five, the Canalea Haleakala Silhouette.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Oh man. I struggled. I struggled. Yeah. Speaking of the list.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This, this. We're getting to the tough zone here. Like I, you know, I obviously I've spoken many times about my love of Canalea pens, but this one, the yellow, gray and black with the rose gold medallion, like it is just mesmerizing. Um, I adore this pen. I, I've always loved this design. Um, this also has two stories to it. One, this was the one that, um, I bought at DC pen show and the model I picked out was the model that had been photographed for Pen World magazine. Oh, I forgot about that. That's right. So just a good eye. The other, um, my wife and I, we went on our honeymoon to Maui and we stayed kind of like in the shade of Haleakala. So it has that like special thing, uh, for me too. Um, yeah, I, I adore it. I love Canalea pens and I don't know if they, they do a lot of incredible work, right? We talk about it every few months for me. I'm not sure the level top this one, like for what, how much I love this design. It is an all timer. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And the best pens have stories too, right? Exactly. This one's loaded with loaded with story, which is, is great. Yep. All right. Uh, number six for me, we're going to write back.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think the biggest thing for everyone to check out is the, uh, Kuyoku Haku cases. Okay. So I started seeing these coming out last year, started making, uh, the rounds at pen shows, this brand. And I ended up picking up one and I'm just kind of enamored with it. It's a Japanese fabric case with beautiful patterns and they have lots of different styles with them. So you can get like a three slot case. You can get a 10 pin case. I think there's a two, yeah, there's a four pin pouch, um, five slot cases. So lots of different, uh, layouts with really, really cool fabrics. So I love seeing these. I actually need to review mine because I am really enjoying it. Um, so much, so highly recommend, uh, those. Also, I don't think we talked about this. I'm looking, I've definitely seen it and mentioned it before, but, uh, the Diplomat Arrow Rome Flame fountain pens. I don't even know if I'm saying that right. Do you know what the word R-H-O-M-B means? Rome Flame. But it's a beautiful, uh, I don't know if that's the, um, if that's the geometric design on here, but it's a really unique arrow and we love the arrow here as just a really fun, great pin. And this one has this unique gradient on there and this pattern. I don't know. It's really, really wild. Um, I'm trying to see it written down. Romb? Romb? Yeah. Romb. Romb. Yeah. So I don't know if that has to do with the pattern on there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I haven't learned about, uh, the bold geometric texture of the arrow romb and the remarkable hammer. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I thought that was going to give me something there, but it says it's a romb, a romb pattern.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's inspired by the form of a Zeppelin. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I mean, that's the classic arrow look is the Zeppelin look, but it's kind of, uh, this one has a little bit, it's a little bit more, uh, like a boxy shape. It's got some, I don't know. I like how it's laid out as opposed to like some of the, like the more traditional.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It means a rhombohedral crystal.

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