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== Blackwing Point Sharpener Follow-Up ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep. So, and this is also why we support companies like Blackwing who are willing to say, hey, it looks like we have a problem. Here's how we're going to fix it and move forward from there. So I always appreciate that when I'm working with companies.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I feel so bad for all of our listeners.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Because of what we've already said or for what you're about to say?

'''Myke Hurley:''' For what I'm about to say.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay, good. Because I was thinking, like, wow, did I do that bad a job on all of the setup until now?

'''Myke Hurley:''' That whole segment sucked. I feel terrible for people having tuned in. No, I feel genuinely very sorry for our listeners. Because they can't own what I own. Which is this Jonathan Brooks customized Arushi Safari.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This pen, it arrived a few days ago. Words cannot describe how incredible this pen truly is. It feels fantastic. It feels like an Arushi pen because that's what it is, right? But like that, if you've ever held an Arushi pen that's like, it doesn't feel like plastic.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But it doesn't feel like metal. It's got like a hardness to it, but a softness at the same time. Like, the feeling of an Arushi lacquer on a pen is quite a special thing in the first place. In this shape, like, in the Lame Safari shape is like so weird in a beautiful way that makes it quite special. But this pen that I own, it's absolutely stupendous. Like, every inch of it has got rotten, right? Like every centimeter of it, there's like abalone shell buried into this thing, cut in these perfect discs. So turning the pen in my hand creates this almost disco light show.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And I cannot believe how much of a Lame Safari it actually is. Like, it is still a Lame Safari. Like, that hasn't changed. Nothing has changed about that, right? It looks like a Lame Safari. It has all of the characteristics of a Lame Safari. Oh, but also I have finials of pure rotten.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I love this pen. I love it so much. I can't even begin to understand how, like, the cap still fits. I don't know how Jonathan was able to do that. To the point that, like, the mechanism is unchanged. It's still, it friction fits, right? Like, I don't know how he did it. Like, I cannot understand how he did it. Honestly, the only place where I notice any difference is the threads are tight. Yeah. Because there's a Rushi on, like, in it, I assume. I don't know exactly why, but the threads on the pen are tight. But that is not a complaint. That's just a thing that is true. I adore it. I absolutely love this pen so much. I'm so happy. It's an absolute prized possession. I've decided that I need to somehow, like, I haven't spoken to Jonathan about this yet. I figured I would give him a break first. But I would like a matching stand for this pen of some description.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Now, that would be a lot easier job than doing what he did. I have no doubt about that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But, yeah, this, I put my left-handed Lamy nib on it. Oh, nice. Do you remember that? I bought it, like, a year ago in San Francisco. I'm still getting used to it. I can tell it's definitely different. But I can't really tell you in which ways it's different. But it is different. I'm still getting used to the feeling. Like, I have to be, it's comfortable to use, but I've found in some instances it, like, it skips on me a little bit. Sure. Because it, I mean, it's ground differently. So, like, I'm just trying to get my head around that. But it felt like I wanted to put something special on the pen. I'm using Lamy Petrol. Oh, nice. That fits. And that's the color. I think that might, I mean, we were talking about this, right? That each of our colors fit one of the ink releases. And mine definitely fits Petrol.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so I put Dark Lilac in mine. Yeah. I'm excited for you. I'm glad this made it safe and sound. That's a, that's an uncomfortable shipment to make when you have to send a one-of-a-kind product across the sea when we're, like, having, like, shipping issues to begin with.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It hit customs and had a small customs charge. But I was, yeah, just the bare minimum one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.