Editing The Pen Addict 310/transcript (section)

== Triangle Pen Show ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm on the website, the Triangle Pen Show website. This website has a lot of information on it, which is really good, but they've made some very particular decisions that I don't think I agree with, of the design of this website. Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm going to go with unique. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I'm going to tell you this right now. It's better than last year's. Okay. Okay. So I don't know how, but somehow they've changed it enough to manage an improvement, but it is unique.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, they get the necessary information award, right? They win that. Correct. That's very important to have all the necessary information. But I think somebody needs to just help them out just slightly with the design.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Hashtag GeoCities, right? I mean. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Mm-hmm. It's got that vibe. But hey-ho, look, at the end of the day, obviously, this is, I'm just going to assume this is made by someone, like, this isn't something that is mega important to them or something that they're not, like, 100% sure how to do would be my expectation. But the most important thing is information on these types of websites. And they have provided that. And that's really good. I think that's really, really good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This is par for the course in the pen show world. Mm-hmm. Except the information is actually up-to-date and accurate. So that's always appreciated. So, yeah. I'm bringing Nock. I packed up the shop Monday. I don't know how heavy this bag is that I packed, but I weigh overpack on shows that I drive to because you can. So I'll be bringing all the goodies. We'll have the new chimney tops and sapelos. And I'll have the kids in tow. So they'll be slinging Nock Co. goods all weekend long. They're really excited. We have a couple fun things planned with them to do while we're at the show. So it's going to be fun. Be sure to come by and say hi. And we'd love to see you hang out at the show. And, yeah. We don't have any, like, after-hours events planned, but I'm sure we'll be, you know, hanging out at the bar like we did last year and just chit-chatting and having a good time. So I look forward to it. It's been almost two months, month and a half since Atlanta. So I've missed being at a pin show. So I'm ready for this one. Should be fun. So do you need me, when I get there, do you need me to buy you a Sailor Stormy Sea? Or were you in on this one or out on this one?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I was, like, undecided on the Stormy Sea. And I think I still mostly am. I feel like that I'm, like, the inverse for you with the Tangerine, where I'm kind of just, like, so-so on it. And then maybe when I hold it, like, I'll feel differently. I didn't know. So, like, Susan did a great review on your blog. And I didn't know that this Stormy Sea had, like, kind of a glittery effect to it. And, like, maybe if I see that, that might tip me over the edge. But this would be an in-person purchase because I'm not dying for this one, to be honest.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's what actually confused me about this pen. And I guess in a good way. Like, the images, it came out so fast. Like, it just appeared out of the ether. And we mentioned it, you know, a week or two ago that it existed. And then I got to see one when I was at Dromgolds. I was like, oh, this is different than just some of the flat, solid colors that they released, like the Fresca and the gray and even the orange. This one has, like you said, it's got some depth to it. It's got the chatoyance, which I don't even, that's like my least favorite fountain pen word. It's, that's like the... What does that mean? Yeah, I don't even know if I said it right because I hate that word. Susan's a big fan of the word. But it means like the, like that swirl of color that you see in the different light, the lighting.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like as you rotate it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay. Yeah. Chatoyancy is an optical reflectance effect seen in certain gemstones. That's what Wikipedia tells me. But when you see, if you've, if you've ever seen like Tiger's Eye, like that's, that is a good example of chatoyancy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. So this pen looks great now that we've, I've gotten to lay hands on it. And Susan actually captured it pretty well in the picture. She's a really good photographer. Man. And this is a hard one, another hard one to photograph. So take a look at that one if you're interested in seeing like what this pen is because it's not as flat as the other words, other ones that are available recently. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I like it. But I like it too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I just, like I said, when we first mentioned it, like I said, I'm holding out for the ocean. Like I'm definitely getting the ocean.

'''Myke Hurley:''' See, this is one of those things where because of how many different designs Sailor make and how wild and wonderful they can be, it makes me like less inclined to get something like this. Because I've seen like millions more amazing ones, including like a couple of days ago, there was some, I think it was some Instagram posts that mean you got tagged in or maybe it was on Twitter or something of this just like wild looking Sailor Pro gear that I think we've seen. We've maybe seen before. Do you know what I'm talking about? It's like, see if I can try to find it.