Editing The Pen Addict 280/transcript (section)

== Pen Chalet ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' So, PenShalet.com, P-E-N-C-H-A-L-E-T.com. Thanks so much to PenShalet for the continued support of this show and RelayFM.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, you think Ron's going to get these next pens?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I have no idea.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I doubt many people are getting these next pens. But, yeah. So, I got tweeted these the other day from Fanta Plumo, which is a great supporter of the PenAddict as well, the blog. He, Frank has the new Carondash Justice League pens. Did you get a chance to check these out?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I sure did. There's a whole selection of stuff. So, there are some ballpoints which are like $8 or $9 and they just have characters printed on them. So, I think they have all five. They have like five different ones for each of the Justice League characters. But the big thing to talk about is the fountain pens. So, they have three fountain pens. They are all priced individually at €1,300.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's it? That's it individually. Or you can pick up the set for €4,950. They are interesting. There's three different pens. There's a Batman, a Superman, and a Wonder Woman. The design of them is very cool. They very nicely imitate the suits that each of these heroes wear. We have colors and textures as well that kind of match the DC Warner Brothers Justice League aesthetic that they've got. I think they chose the best three characters, obviously, for the job. But this price is poop crazy. It's poop crazy. I don't know why anybody in their right mind would spend five grand on three Caran DASH fountain pens. But, you know, such is life, I guess. They're made from good materials. 18-carant gold, pink gold nibs, and all sorts.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But, yeah, not for me. This makes cross Star Wars pen look like Bix in comparison.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I guess the difference for me, though, is these look like good expensive pens, where the cross pens did not to me. They looked bad. Yeah, but not like $2,000 expensive pens. Oh, I know, I know, I know. But, like, they at least look better. I think they're doing a better job with the opportunity to take this brand than Cross did. I mean, I still haven't got those Schaefer pens. I mean, that's the one, right? Like, that's the great one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But these, I was just taken aback at the design of these. You know, price, you know, forget the price. I mean, I'm not buying these. No one in their right minds buying these. But the designs are awesome. Like, Superman might be one of my least favorite comic book characters in the history of comic books. That is a fine-looking pen. Yep, they look great. I love the Wonder Woman one. I love the Wonder Woman one. The Batman's actually my least favorite because if I'm going to spend that much money, I don't want all black. Exactly. Like, that's a great $250 all black pen, right? It's not a great $1,650 euro all black pen. Like, I want the flash of Wonder Woman or Superman if I'm spending that much on that pen. But I love these designs. I really, really love these. But, man, that price is ridiculous. I'm definitely more in the $10 ballpoint range with these. But, yeah. I enjoyed seeing these. I like the good designs. You know, just like I like when Mont Blanc comes out with their special editions. They're always so good-looking. They're really good-looking. And I'll never own one because I just can't justify that price. Yeah. But, boy, I love looking at them and I love looking at these. So, super, super cool. So, we'll see. Maybe we'll get to see one of these in person one day.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That would be good. But I don't know if the person that would show it to us would be very happy about what we said about people that buy this pen. So, we'll see.

'''Myke Hurley:''' There was a post on the Pen Addict blog today from fine contributor Jeff Abbott, which is a review of the Caran d'Ache 849 fountain pen. I just wanted to mention this pen because Jeff spoke very highly of it. And there is one in this household which is spoken very highly of. So, I remember, if you remember, I bought one for Adina for when we were in Atlanta. No, DC. DC? DC. DC. And I really liked it. She really likes it. It's a really fantastic fountain pen with an extremely beautiful, unique look. I really, really like it a lot. Very smooth. It does a great job.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, see, and I don't love the section on this pen. And Jeff, you know, a lot of times, here's some behind the scenes blogging talk. So, I get a lot of products from vendors. We got this one from Goldspot. And then I, you know, distribute the goods for review amongst the writers. Sarah, Susan, and Jeff, and myself. And we kind of split them up. And sometimes the pens are given to me to keep. Sometimes they're on loan. So, this one was on loan from Goldspot, meaning, you know, we can take it, use it, review it, then we send it back. Jeff said, when he submitted this review, he said, how much do I owe you? Because he just wants to keep it. So, that's how much he enjoyed this pen. Me, on the other hand, I don't care for this pen. Like, and Jeff mentions it the same feeling that I have in this review. It's similar to the Retro 51 fountain pen. I don't like that pen. The grip sections aren't good enough for me for the style of the pen, as they relate. But I love the style and design of the pens. So, if the section works for you, then it's probably something to look at and something that's a good choice, you know, for you. But Jeff absolutely loved it and has decided to keep it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' As you should, because it's great. It's so beautiful. It's so unique. Did you get the pink one for Adino? It was luminous yellow. Luminous yellow. Yeah. Nice. That was the one she chose. I picked up a bunch. I took a picture of the green one, the pink one, and the yellow one. She's like, I want the yellow one. Gotcha. That was what we went with.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Gotcha. So, I found something, I guess it's been two weeks now, that I haven't had much time to spend with, and I keep meaning to circle back. And I wanted to make sure it was on your radar, too, because I thought you might like it. It's called FoldMag, or just Fold, and it's by our good friends at Moleskine.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I am impressed with what they're doing outside of the paper in their notebooks. Everything else, they seem to be doing pretty good. Well, I take that back. I don't like their carry goods. I think their carry goods are very, very weak. But their brand building and presence, trying to spread the word of the brand, I think it's cool. I like this kind of stuff. So, they have this online digital magazine called Fold. Did you get a chance to look around at this at all?

'''Myke Hurley:''' This was one that missed me. You put this in a document. Yeah.