Editing The Pen Addict 170/transcript (section)

== Retro 51 Tornado Popper ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' It's the Retro 51 Tornado Popper Flying Tiger LE Limited Edition. I want one of these. They're basically impossible to find. If anybody knows where I can get one, I need to know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So Lisa Van Ness texted me the image. She's like, oh, check this out. I was like, man, that is beautiful. She's like, yeah, they're already sold out. I was like, why are you texting me this?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't know how I'm missing this one. It doesn't help. If anyone from Retro 51 is listening to this, you've got to help me out on this one. Come on. How many pens have I sold for you guys so far? That's right. That's right. This is one that I'm so annoyed that I missed this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I was actually, I kept meaning to ask you about this one. I didn't know if this one would be up your alley or not. So apparently, yeah, it's pretty awesome. All right. Pen blog of the week time. We have a new pen blog. Cody actually reached out to me via email. He writes a blog, thepenhall.com. So you can find him there. He's just getting cranked up. He's got a handful of reviews out there. He did a nice post over the last week or maybe it was over the weekend about some, it's kind of like a beginner fountain pens tip thing. Some common issues you find with fountain pens, how to rectify those issues. Some real basic type stuff. But it's stuff we have all had questions about, you know, either when we were starting or to this day, you know, and he did a good post about, you know, ink drying times, ink performance, you know, what type of cleaning regimen and maintenance, things like that. So congrats, Cody, for getting the blog set up. Check him out at thepenhall.com. We will have the link in the show notes for you. So be sure to check that out.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Sounds like a good one. Should I take a break? Yes. We were talking about field notes a moment ago. You know, I've got something special at the end of this little spot here today.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. This is my, this is my tea spot. This is where you spend my money. These are the spots that I don't know about.

'''Myke Hurley:''' PenchLA. You know the PenchLA. They sell authentic, amazing roller balls, fountain pens, ballpoint, mechanical pencils, and so much more. My loving mechanical pencils. PenchLA do them. They have all of your favorite brands like Pelican, Lamy, Pilot, Namiki, Sailor, Kaweco. They're an authorized dealer of all of them. And we're not just talking about pens and all those great brands as well. We're also talking about things like carrying cases, pen holders, refills, fountain pen converters, everything you need to feed the pen addict in you can be found at PenchLA. They have awesome customer service. They're super fast, super reliable. They will sell internationally. They have very reasonable shipping rates, but they also ship on orders over $50 for free in the continental United States. So, you know, I mean, you go to PenchLA, you want to spend one in $50, of course, and you'll get shipping for free if you do. PenchLA has great prices. They are always doing great sales and discounts and all that kind of stuff. And they also have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. As well as those sales and discounts, they have closeout specials as well. So when they're getting rid of new stock, they give you to you. Get rid of old stock and get new stock in. They give them to you at a great price. Now, we know what you love. We love you love the special offer part. That's what I'm going to tell you about. So if you go to penchLA.com, you want to use the code pen addict. It's going to get you 10% off anything that you buy over at PenchLA. If you have something that you're thinking about buying, go to PenchLA first. See if they have it. Not only will you get 10% off if you use the code on anything you find, it'll also be helping support this show. But for the special offer this week, click the podcast link at the top of the website. Use the code pen addict for even more savings as well as your 10% off, including a special offer on the Workshop Companion Edition of Field Notes. I'm not going to tell you how awesome the deal is. I'm not going to tell you the price. You have to go to the site yourself and find out. But it is also worth noting, as you all know, Field Notes make limited editions. The Workshop Companions Limited Edition. By that nature, there is a limited stock at this price over at the PenchLA. So if you haven't yet got yourself some Workshop Companions or you want to get some more and you want a great deal on them, go to PenchLA and they'll hook you up. Thank you so much to PenchLA for their support of this show.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You're evil.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's a good price, right? It's. You've seen it?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I've never seen this much of a discount on Field Notes before.

'''Myke Hurley:''' On a current edition? Yeah, on a current edition.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's a legit discount. It's big time. And plus, this is a good edition for PenchLA because it's the most fountain pen friendly paper that Field Notes has done, in my opinion. So yeah, it's great. And then just to stay on the PenchLA thing, like two sponsorships ago, the Platinum 3776 Century Black Rhodium Fountain Pen, which is also on this list. I bought one from our sponsorship. And I have it off with Dan Smith, aka the Nib Smith, to put an architect nib on for me. So I will hopefully be able to report back in a couple weeks on that. So I was looking at that. The first pen in the list, that's one I picked up from one of PenchLA's good deals here myself. So yeah, Ron always knows how to tempt us, and he has certainly done it this time.