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== Pen Will Kickstarter Discussion ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' But not really. Can we move on? Okay. We'll move on. You know I love the chaos pen, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You know I love it. I know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Not as much as I love Dan Keller from the pen will. He has a new Kickstarter out, Myke, that was an Instaback for me. He is, a lot of us are familiar with his work with the pen will. You have one. I have one. It's a desk pen holder that attaches to your desk. It allows you to keep a pen upright on the desk. And he's made a more portable model of the pen will traveler. And I wanted to link that, number one, because I'm a backer. But more importantly, because I love to support makers who do cool things. Like, it almost doesn't matter if I use this product. It matters if I support good people doing good things. And that's what I love to do. And I actually think I will use this product. It's kind of awesome. And then I scrolled down the project, Myke, and I saw the Pen Addict logo on there. And I was like, oh, I wonder what I said. And then that's not really what happened, was it? It's not always about you, Brad.

'''Myke Hurley:''' People care about what I have to say, too, you know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, so Dan reached out. And he said he really liked something that I said when talking about the original pen will. And I asked if he could get my permission to use the quote in the video as well as on the page. And it was when I said, you see the pen will and you're like, that's very strange. And then you use it and you're like, oh, that's really good. Which is how I feel about it. I use my pen will every day. The Traveler one, I think this is a great idea. It doesn't have, for me, the old worldy charm that the original pen will does. But I actually think that Dan went with the right kind of design for this specific model. Because it does feel more techie in its moving around-ness, you know. But I would pick one of these up for the exact same reason that you are. Because I really like this stuff. So I want to support it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What color are you going to go with?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't know. I haven't decided yet.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I haven't decided yet. I have. I have. I'm going with white. Like, that's a... It seems like a neat, neat option. Even though there's some cool stuff going on, I thought for sure I would like to try the white one. So, anyway, props to Dan. He's already met his funding goal. So this one's going to be happening. But get out there. Support Good Made Better, the company behind the pen well. And the awesome Dan Keller and his wife, who traveled to pen shows. Many of you may have just seen him at the Colorado Pen Show. So, very cool. Great job. Another great job on a Kickstarter. Myke, have you seen the Ferris Wheel Press Kickstarter? I like bringing up some of these new Kickstarters from time to time.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I haven't seen this until it was in on notes today.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So, I got familiar with the pen that Ferris Wheel Press did. Aziza at Gourmet Pens had the pen earlier this year. And I missed their first Kickstarter. I think they had a Kickstarter where you could get the pen. I totally missed it. And I like the design of the pen. It's very unique. There's not a lot going on with the pen. But it's got these really intricate details, like in the grip section and on the nib. I like the story that they're telling.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You know, like they are a print shop and they have a lot of machinery. And so, they incorporated like a nut, like a brass nut onto the pen. Right? Like, they have a cool story to tell that I appreciate greatly because it carries through to the design of their product. So, I was really taken aback by that. And also, just like their overall like packaging design and stuff is very cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's some of the best like design, marketing, like style.

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

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know, where like everything works together. It's really cool. Like, they've really thought about this project. And, you know, the core of this project is the ink. And I got to say, like the inks don't really grab me. Like, I want the pen. Like, the inks are fine. Yeah. I want the artwork. I want the bottles of the pen. I mean, of the ink. But, like the ink colors, like they're fine. Tanzanite sky, bluegrass velvet, candy marsala. Three really nice colors. They all work together. The bottles are 85 milliliters. So, they're huge. And they're about $30. So, they're fairly priced. And like the top of the bottle is that same nut that's on the pens. Like everything matches up. It's really, really well done. I'm going to, unless I can buy just the pen though, they don't have a pen only level. So, I'm hoping one day I can just pick up the pen because I don't need the ink. But, I thought this was a really cool project. It looks like they did a spectacular job to be quite honest with it. And, actually, I would be more inclined to buy like the charm pack. Like the enamel pens, the PIN pens. Those are super cool. Like, they did a really good job with those. So, good job, Ferris Wheel Press. I'd like to know if anyone already has the pen. And if that's something I should try to chase down. Because I kind of like the style of it. So, I'll be paying attention to what they do. I'll hopefully be able to try Aziza's in Toronto coming up soon. So, you'll be able to do that too, Myke. I hear we're going to be there in a week or so.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Speaking of which, there will be in the show notes, again, information about the meetups that we are doing in New York and Toronto. So, we have a couple of things going on. So, you can find that in our show notes, which is at relay.fm slash penaddict slash 330. Or in your podcast app of choice. We will be joined on our next episode by Anna Reinert. And we're going to be going through the whole experience and kind of talking about what we're going to be up to when we head out next week. And as a programming note, the episode that we'll be recording about Toronto and New York whilst in Toronto, that will come out on the 31st. So, as normal, we're kind of sticking to our regular schedule for this one because it's not an audience live episode. So, we're going to hold on to that one for a day or two. And then we'll put it out kind of as normal for you all. So, yeah. We'll be back next time. Thank you so much to our wonderful sponsors for this episode. Squarespace and Mac Weldon. You can find Brad at penaddict.com. Twitch.tv slash penaddict. Instagram.com slash penaddict. He's Dowdy. He's on Twitter. Knock.co for wonderful goods. I am imike. I-M-Y-K-E. Give me a follow on Instagram, especially with the trip coming up. I'm going to be sharing a lot to my Instagram stories of everything that I'm getting up to. So, I'm sure that'll be fun if you want to follow along. But we'll be back next time. I'm joined by our third host. Until then, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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