Editing The Pen Addict 459/transcript (section)

== Recent Pen Addict Event ==


'''Brad:''' It was just great. Like, we had fun. I feel like we were just scratching the surface, even though we talked about a million things and, you know, ranted and rambled on, as I do. And it was just fun. Got a lot of good feedback on that. So y'all definitely go check that out. But you should be listening to the Nib Section anyway, right? It's like one of the awesome stationary podcasts. Everyone should have that in their podcatcher of choice. And check it out whenever they publish. I think every two weeks is their schedule. But this one just came out. And check it out. Let me know what you think. And let Diana know what you think. Because I think she was an awesome interviewer. So I got another link, Myke. This one caught me by surprise. Good friend Glenn HK, friend of the program, sent me something you rarely see out in the wild. And that is a Platinum 3776 store special edition. Now, these have happened before. There's been stores that get 3776 special editions. There's been, you know, different editions that Platinum does for different things. But they're not that often widely available, right? They just kind of exist. And, you know, we might see them. We might not. They're not sailor. Put it that way. They're not sailor in the way they handle their special editions. So anytime you see a Platinum, it's like, oh, cool. Because I love the 3776. That's fair to say that you love the 3776 or at least the Platinum nibs. And this is a store exclusive for a store called Journalize, which is in Hong Kong. I actually like that store name. What do you think about that store name?

'''Myke:''' Journalize? Mm-hmm. Yeah, I think it's fun.

'''Myke:''' Yeah, that's it. That's fun. That's right. I never would have had like a revelation about it. Right? Like it's a fine name. But like I never would have been like, oh, man, that's a good name. Like that never would have happened to me.

'''Brad:''' I guess it's like, oh, yeah, I'm good with that. Yeah, that's exactly how I felt. It's like, yeah, it's fine. Yeah, yeah. I have no problem with it. We get some silly names or some fun names or like, you know, non-unique names. It's not like special. Like it's very, you could see that walking down the street in like a shopping district of Hong Kong and go, oh, that's very antiseptic. But it's okay. I like it. I'm down with it. Anyway, this, it's hard to discuss. It's a basic smoke gray translucent pen barrel. Okay. So if you're all familiar with the 3776, that's kind of what they do, right? Simple barrel colors, really great nibs. But there is a couple of little things that they did with this that makes me like even more like attracted to just like the basic smoke and rhodium trim barrel. It has Hong Kong around the cat band, which I don't, they rarely do those types of things, right? Changing the lettering on the cat band, usually say like Century 3776 or something like that. And then they have a converter with a little bit of artwork on there. And what I, well, we've seen that plenty of times before. I think it's kind of cool that it's this hot pink purple that you're going to see underneath the translucency of the pen.

'''Myke:''' Oh, you would see that through?

'''Brad:''' Yeah. Okay. Maybe a little bit. I don't think it's going to stand out a lot.

'''Myke:''' I would like to have seen that pink carried through to the pen itself personally, like in some way, like maybe some detail in the finial or something. Mm-hmm. Like I understand that this is different, like in the sense that they don't do this stuff very much. But this design, it really doesn't excite me. Agree. Yeah. I could imagine Platinum just selling this colorway like normally, like in a regular, if they don't already. Yeah. So like, yeah, it's got some little details to it. But again, it's like going back to that conversation we've had so much over the last maybe six weeks or so. It's just not, it doesn't really feel like enough to me to warrant like, oh, this is a special edition. Yeah.

'''Brad:''' I think it's a good store brand. Store branded edition. Yeah, sure. Right. Like the store, it's going to do well there. Like, is this like a universally like crazy awesome pen? Eh, maybe not. One thing I did notice is that it does come in all of the nib options, which is strange. It comes all the way down to UEF and then all the way up to B with the course and the SF and then all the standards in between there. I did get a new translation for ink converter. So in the translate, this is the ink inhaler.

'''Brad:''' So we might have to work that into. Oh, it's from Google Translate. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just breathing that ink in. Mm-hmm. Breathing the ink in. And yeah, the pen cap is also called the pen pole in this situation.

'''Myke:''' The pen attic podcast does not endorse breathing ink.

'''Brad:''' Mm-mm. No. So please don't do that. But anyway, I thought it was interesting. It's a highly specific edition. It kind of looks like it could be a stock edition, but I think it's unique enough. I think it's going to be a really fun and cool store brand. I would like to see this in person just to kind of get to see if it's even like better than like my Chartres Blue with rhodium trim. Like this could be the same thing like with Hong Kong on the cap band type of thing. But I think it's cool. I like it. It's nice. It's nice. What also is nice, Myke, is Team Safari is owning this year so hard. I had to decide to give away some pens. Okay. Success. And I just wanted to make sure our listeners knew, number one, how great Team Safari is in 2021. Mm-hmm. And then I'm not going to let Team All-Star live this year down for quite a while. I feel like it's gotten me, you know, a couple years worth of good vibes. I can just look back on this. And I wanted to continue to promote Team Safari on the blog this week. So I'm doing a giveaway for the Lamy Safari Savannah Green and the Lamy Safari Terra Red on the blog. So I don't always put, like, you know, my giveaways and talk about the blog stuff on here. But I thought this one was super cool in case, you know, you missed it on the blog. Go check it out. We'll have the link in the show notes. You can sign up through Friday. Anyone can win. And, you know, just profess your love for Team Safari is all you got to do. And click a couple buttons and you're in. So, yeah, that's the ticket.

'''Myke:''' We have the first Retro 51 of the new era. The first popper. It's popping in, as we know. Popping out, as they like to do. I feel like we should go... That's actually quite fitting. The pen is called The Herald. And the kind of the idea... I actually kind of really like the idea. It's kind of like a town crier or a publication making a proclamation. And the pen itself, which is one of the metal editions, features the, you know, the kind of the catchphrase, the tagline, life is too short to carry an ugly pen. And then overall, the pen... So I'll say Retro 51 sent this to me. It just arrived yesterday. I had no idea it was happening. So thank you to the folk over Retro 51. It is a... I actually really like the design in person. I wasn't that excited about it from imagery. But in person, it's much cooler looking. Actually, is it a metal version? I'm not even sure. I think it is, right? No? It's a lacquer version. It's just a good print? Well, they've done a very good job. There's also a texture to it, too. So it will trick you. It's really good. And they also... I like the... Where would it go? It's not the nib, the tip. The tip?

'''Brad:''' Oh, the hardware. Like the nose cone... Yeah, nose cone. And the clip and the barrel are like that nickel. And it's brushed. I think it's nickel. Yeah, it's like brushed nickel. Yeah. That's my favorite hardware. That's the hardware I picked for my very first Retro because it's so cool. It's like a little bit of dark, but not overwhelmingly so.

'''Myke:''' But what I like about this, honestly, is this pen, it's kind of good. I think it's fun for me in that it is self-referential in signifying that it's a new time. And that the new owners are saying like, here we are. We're staying true to what this brand is. Let's move forward. And I like that.