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== Canalea Pens ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm going to go with Canalea because I have a few reasons for this. I like Pelicans. I love Canalea pens. I do think that part of this for me is knowing the story behind the product. Knowing where they came from, knowing that they're handmade by a small team of people, knowing all of the thought that goes into them. It's kind of hipster, but I like that. That's kind of how I am. You know, it's like the idea of the small batch or whatever. Right. Like that whole thing about like, you know, the authentic made. Like I like that kind of stuff.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And I'm sure that, you know, Pelicans are made with a lot of care, but it feels like a big company. It doesn't feel the same. I mean, also as well, I actually do think that as nice as the Ocean Swirl looks, I do prefer the look of the Hanaama Bay.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But yeah, that's kind of where I'm falling. I would go Canalea.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I'm going to do like you. I got to take the big breath.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm picking the Pelican.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's a tough decision. But the number one, if I had to pick purely on looks, like the newest Canalea, the Hanaama Bay, between the Ocean Swirl, just on aesthetics, the Canalea is like a 10 out of 10 and the Ocean Swirl is like a 9.5 out of 10. Okay. So I would pick that. But if my choice is to what pen I'm going to use every day, I'm going to pick the Pelican pretty much every time. Because it fits my hand from a writing perspective better. It has a piston filler, the gold nib. Pelican's extra fine gold nibs in the 805 don't need any work for me to use. It's a perfect writing pen, perfectly balanced. I get a lot of joy out of using my Canalea pens. The Ocean Swirl is a workhorse of a pen. And, you know, if those are the only two pen choices I had to use, like for the rest of my life or the rest of the year, say, I would pick the 805 and it actually wouldn't be much of a competition.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Interesting. Okay. I mean, I understand.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, yeah. I mean, like Hanaama Bay might be number two, right? It's like, it's almost unfair, right? Because it's so close. But if I'm forced to pick one, I'm using the 805 every day without question. That doesn't mean anything against the Hanaama Bay. It's a stunner. I want to use it. It's inked up right now, you know. But the pen I've been using, like, just over the past week or two is Ocean Swirl, like every day. It's really, really, it's an amazing writing pen, right? Yeah. So, yeah. That's why I love this question so much. It is really hard to answer because it's so close. And, like, if you pick one over the other, it feels like you're saying the other one's bad and that's not the case. Like, it is that close. And that's why we pick something different because it is that close.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. So, great question. I love these type of tough, tough questions. And I'll be, like, both of us were willing to put it on the line, put it down on paper, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think that's, we would, right? We'd just write it on paper. This isn't going to go anywhere else. That's our job. All right. Should we wrap it up? We should. All right. Thank you so much for listening to today's episode. If you want to find our show notes, head to relay.fm slash penaddict slash 307. Thanks to Harry's, Blue Apron, and Pen Chalet for the support of this show. If you have any questions you'd like to hear us answer on a future episode, just send in a tweet with the hashtag AskTPA. They go into a document for us to pull out. If you want to check out the show live, we record every Wednesday, typically, around 10 a.m. Eastern time. But you can go to relay.fm slash live, and there's a link that you can hit there to get our schedule. So you can see. We always try to keep that up to date if there's been any changes. But it's a great live crew. They hang out every week. And so you can come and join and hang out with us. Actually, you can go directly to relay.fm slash schedule, and you can get that. You can find out exactly when we're going to be recording live along with all the other shows that do. The chat room's a great thing to be in. There's a bunch of great folk in there every single episode. If you want to find Brad online, go to penaddict.com. He is dowdyism on Twitter, penaddict on Instagram. Brad's doing a bunch of stuff on Instagram Live, so make sure you go and follow Brad and have your notifications on. So you can keep up with that. And you can also find Brad's amazing work on cases over at knock.co. I am at imike, I-M-Y-K-E on social networks. This show is a part of Relay FM. There's a ton more shows, and I bet it's something else you're going to love. Go to relay.fm slash shows, and you can find more right there. But until next time, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad, and God save the Queen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Why? Why are we doing that?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know. Why not?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay.

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