Editing The Pen Addict 368/transcript (section)

== Sailor Rialo Topic Introduced ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, you know, I've wanted a Sailor Rialo, right? I know. Yeah, yeah. I remember we wanted one. You two. You two.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Let's be clear. You two.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, the issue that I have always had, and I think you're on the same wavelength, is there's never been, like, the right design to spend the money on. Yeah. Um, they don't have the. I have a black one. I got a good deal. Yeah. But they don't have the expansive colorways like they do in Sailor's other lineups. Um, even the King of Pen. Like, the King of Pen has more cool stuff in it than the Rialo lineup. Um, and it's not even close to, like, the Pro Gear and 1911 lineups. Like, that's, it's, the Rialo is pretty much a second-class citizen. Because it's kind of expensive relative to the rest of the product lineup. And what you're paying for, if you're not familiar with the Rialo, is you're paying for a filling system. It's a piston filler, which is unlike any of Sailor's other pens. Even the King of Pens are cartridge converter pens. So, the Rialo is different in that way. And I don't own one. And, because I haven't found a style that I've enjoyed. So, we've talked about it a bunch. And I've had a bunch of people send me different links of different Rialos over the past few months. And then a friend in Japan had tipped me off to a group called the YY Pen Club. And he said, they're coming up on their 10th anniversary. They usually always do a Rialo. Here's a picture of all the ones they've done in the past. And I'm like, oh, those are cool. And, you know, they've done some neat stuff. And, you know, it's nothing I could get or anything like that. They're all long, long sold out. It's a smallish, smaller club. I mean, sure, it's large compared to things we're used to in the U.S. and the U.K. But it's a very specific small club. And he sent me the link to this one. I was like, I'll let you know when the 10th anniversary one comes out. And we'll see what it looks like. And he sent me the link. I'm like, yep, that's the one. And so it's basically a clear translucent Rialo with a metal section and a frosted cap. So it's kind of got a, for a clear crystal looking pin, it's kind of got a lot going on. Just a little bit of extra fit and finish that's outside the normal. It has the YY pin club across the cap band. It's got like a very sleek nib, you know, not much stamping or things on it. I love the look of it and like the grip section and the cap. I don't know. It's kind of like my Rialo. And so he said, he gave me their email, told me to reach out to them. He said they're generally good to work with through email. So I did. And they were. And it was actually too easy for me to part with about 500 U.S. dollars for this pin that they've made like 60 of for their club in Japan. And it's not here yet. It's shipped. So who knows how long.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Why can't we make a Sailor?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't understand. I want to make a Pro Gear, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All we need, I guess I just haven't worked on the contact. It sounds like I would have to go.

'''Myke Hurley:''' If they made like 50 or 60 of them. Yeah. We could do that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, I know. And Bung Box, I don't think they make more than that quantity on their pins. They're not making like hundreds. No. I don't think. Like we could totally do that. Come on, Sailor. I think we just have to go outside the U.S. I don't know if the Sailor distributors in the U.S. would work with us on that. Would we have to go around them? So I don't know. Maybe we'll. That's one of those things.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's a life goal.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Right. We make a Pro Gear together.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So maybe when we take our trip to Japan, it'll be to pick up those pins. Yeah. You know, that'll be our. That's our life goal. That's the end game. End game for the Pin Addict podcast. And we're done at that point.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What else is there to do? Go to Japan. Pick up our custom Pro Gears. Shut it down.