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== Fountain Pen Recommendations ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Ozzy Wats asks a great question that I want to take in maybe a slightly different direction than we would normally. Which is, what three fountain pens should all pen enthusiasts have in their collection? Now, I want to come to an agreement with you on this three, rather than us picking our own three.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay. Right? So, what three fountain pens should all fountain pen enthusiasts have in their collection? So I think easy one is a pro gear. Right? Okay. That feels like an easy one. I would maybe go vanishing point. Because it's like, well, I don't use it for various reasons. Wonderful pen. Fantastic price point. You can start at and you get something truly unique. And then maybe I would go with a Platinum 3776 then. Because I feel like that covers, the three of them cover a real broad kind of section of what fountain pens can get you. But just the best examples of each.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So this is an impossible question. And I've racked my brain on this. And I'm going to take this somewhere that you and maybe the listeners didn't think I would go. And it's only one pen I'm coming up with so far. That, like, if you're really into this hobby and you love fountain pens and it's not just a passing fancy, I think you should have a Pelican M800 series pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Mmm.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's a pinnacle piece of craftsmanship for me. In the mechanics and in the size, the feel, the nib. That feels kind of like a pinnacle type of pen. That if someone's really into this, they should kind of maybe have that one. That just, I don't know, something about that pen feels right as the answer to this question. The first pen I thought of was the Pilot 823. I just feel like that's just such a great pen, great value, great filling mechanism. But I also understand that style is not for everyone. Those translucent, you know, they only offer three translucent models. We keep waiting for something more out of that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So it turns out me and you will not be able to come to an agreement on the list. Right. Yeah. Surprise.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But, like, I'm not discounting those other pens. There are obviously three great pens. That's probably, like, two of my three most recommended pens in the Pro Gear and the 3776. Right? I mean, Lamy 2000 gets lumped in with those all the time. But I don't think those are, like, enthusiast requirements. Like, that's the words I'm, like, getting stuck on here. Right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because I take that as, like, you should have these. Like, if you care, you should have these pens. And I think that those three are great examples of that. Like, you really should just have them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, I don't discount that at all. Like, but I, the way I'm taking this question, I don't know. Like, the only thing that I can stick on is, like, the Pelican M8 series. Like, I just feel like that's kind of a perfect pen for the enthusiast part of this question. I don't know. Maybe I'm overthinking it. But that's a pen that I just think is important for all kinds of reasons that I already stated. I mean, I'm enamored with them. I think, I mean, I have two of them. Like, I'm not some huge Pelican collector. Like, Pelican's not necessarily my brand. But just that feels like the answer to that question to me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay.