Editing The Pen Addict 118/transcript (section)

== Pelican Pens ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I've always wanted a larger Pelican, for example. I have an M205 and M405 Pelican, which is both the small-sized ones. They're both the exact same size. They're smaller. I thought the 600 is the next step up. I thought that would be kind of a perfect size for me. And then the 800 is larger. And then the 1,000 I've actually held. And I think it's too large. It's a really, really large pen. So I was using this FC Model 19 and really, really enjoying it. Just the whole experience of having a larger pen, riding with it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I was like, I need to look at getting something larger. And that wasn't an immediate thing. I was like, just mental note. Start looking at some larger pens next time you're shopping for pens. So when you have a thought like that, the first thing you don't do is go to the Fountain Pen Network classified section. So there's tip number one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It seems like an interesting place to go if you're not necessarily in the market.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I'm not in the market. And I click over. Because actually, I keep a shortcut link to the classified section. I check it about once a day. I don't know why. Just for grins. Because usually if I'm not checking it, Thomas Hall is emailing me. Hey, look at this one. Hey, look at this one with a link to the one in classifieds. And I've bought several pens from classifieds. And we're going to talk about that some more. So I click over the classifieds. You know, 29 times out of 30, I don't see anything. You know, I'll flip through like the last day's posts. And, you know, it's nothing that interests me. It just so happened, like within an hour or two of me having this thought that I need larger, I need a larger pen. And I click over to classifieds. And there's a Pelican M800 Brown Tortoise. So this was a special edition Pelican.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And it's the 800 size, so it's very large.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And it has the beautiful tortoise shell pattern.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And it's got gold furniture. And I've never been a real gold guy. But I've always said, if there's one thing I will get gold on, it's a brown pen. I just think it really works well with brown. Like the Pelican Green Stripe and Blue Stripe or Solid Black. I don't, or any solid black pen with gold. I just don't like those at all. But something about brown and gold really works. I mean, it's just a natural combination, right? So I look at it. And I'm just assuming it's sold because it's a really good pen at a fair price. And it's an EF nib, which is perfect for me. The pen was bought from Richard Bender. So you know it came from a legitimate dealer. The nib was worked on by Richard for smoothness. So you know the nib's going to work good. And the pictures this guy showed were very good. You know, it's hard to tell in pictures. But you can tell by the way someone writes and the way they do the pictures. That the pen's in good shape. And you can tell it's been well taken care of. And you can tell it's practically brand new.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I was like, wow. It's a Pelican M800.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' EF nib. It's kind of like everything I would want in a larger size pen. And he's asking $400. I think originally these pens are like $5, $50, $600. So it's a pretty new pen. And it looks good. So now I'm considering it. On his classified, until you click it, in the main form page it says Pelican M800 Brown Tortoise and Knack. And then it's like cut off. So when I clicked in there, not only did I see that he's selling the Pelican M800.