Editing The Pen Addict 308/transcript (section)

== Pelican Numbering ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So this one is 815. And it's, I don't know their full classification system. I like that so much. The 8 is the size. The 5 is the trim. Either it would be a 0 for gold trim, 5 for the silver rodent trim. I had no idea.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I like it more now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They have this weird system. So the middle digit, I mean, I guess the 1 is for metal inserts. I don't know. Because the only thing I ever have is 0s.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. So I'm on board again because I just thought that they randomly picked these. But that Pelican numbering system is kind of incredible. How do you know that?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' From buying enough Pelicans to know. But I don't know the full details. I could get something wrong there. But I know what the first and last digits mean.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's really cool. I found a thread in the Phantom Pen Network talking about this. So I'm going to just put that in the show notes. There's like a lot of people kind of breaking down what it means. That's kind of cool. So if you want to find out more about that, you can. But this is beautiful. It's black. It's a black pen. It's a Suveron. And it just has these little silver stripes that go up the body. That's wonderful. Wonderful. What size? What size is this?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's the 805 size. So it's the second largest, which is my favorite size. That's what my Ocean Swirl is an 800 series. So the difference is it's those stripes aren't just for look. That's what the standard stripe barrels do. And like they did the Stressmon last year and the year before with the gray striping. These are actually physical metal stripes, I believe. And that's the difference in this one. And that's why Thomas, I know, sent this to us because he's been a big fan of any time Pelican adds metal to their barrels. So they did the metal rings and they've done the metal stripes in smaller sizes before.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I want this pretty bad. It is palladium plated stripes of brass.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That is big boy stuff. The rings and the clips are palladium plated and the 18 carat gold nib is completely covered by rhodium in order to obtain the silver sheen. Boy, oh boy. I want one of these.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And it's going to feel different. That's the kicker with these, right? So Thomas gifted us each one of the long ago discontinued metal stripe pins with the blue barrel. It's a 200 series. I think it's a 215. Only because he loves them so much, he wanted other people to experience what the difference the metal adds to the pin. And I've never seen one in this size. So I wonder how it's going to feel. But I'm actually going to feel awesome because the Pelicans are pretty light to begin with.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Do you think you'll get your hands on one of these at some point? Do you think?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know. It's so new. It doesn't even come out for, what, another month and a half. So it's too early to say. I'm not going to buy one or order one. I don't know if I'll get a loaner to test out or see. I would be anxious to see what the weight's like. I imagine it's going to, I mean, everything Pelican makes is so finely engineered. I fully expect this to be just a great feel and a wonderful writer aside from looking stunning. I mean, it's amazing looking.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, man. I love this. It's too expensive for me to just buy. Like, MSRP is $850. And you can get it at different prices in different places, right? So like the Nipsmith, where I'm looking at, I go for $680, which is okay. But I'm not going to drop $680 on this because I don't have a Pelican this size. And I have no idea what the weight's going to feel like. So, you know, this is something that maybe one day I will pick this up at a pen show and it will enter my life. Because I only have one Pelican, which is the one that Thomas gave to us or gave to me. It's the only Pelican that I have. So, yeah, it would be. But it's too much money. It's too much money to just for a pen that I really don't understand, you know? Right. Kind of size and weight and stuff like that. But beautiful.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And this one will sell well because all of their metal stripe pens, I think I mentioned before, are always very much sought after. And this is a limited edition. So, I imagine this will, I mean, all their limited editions, you know, do really well. So, it's not like I'm saying anything like crazy. But they do such a good job. I mean, Pelican does a wonderful job. I don't know what else to say. It's fascinating. I'll be anxious to try one and see what it feels like. But it'll probably be DC before I can get my hands on one. Because if they're not out to the end of June, you know, I won't see one at Drumgools. I won't see one at the Raleigh Pen Show two weeks after that. So, it'll probably be DC before I get to test one out. And then I will let you know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Or just buy it for you.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Don't do that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah, because that would not be a gift. I'd be there with my handout. Although that could be your wedding present. Which, you know, don't get your hopes up.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm just going to say, like, if you were going to spend that money on a wedding present, I would prefer the money for our honeymoon. Yeah, right. Exactly. Don't get your hopes up there, buddy. I can make that go a lot further in Hawaii, right? Than that pen's going to get me. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I love you, but not in that way. Nah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Nah. You're good. You're good. You're already spending enough money to come over. You're good. Oh, please. Please. Please.