Editing The Pen Addict 248/transcript (section)

== LB Five Pen ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' And, uh, yeah, that's a, that's a, it will be mine. Yeah. Yeah. That's a beauty. Um, I want to jump back to the LB five, um, real quick. Um, I wasn't super, I've always seen, uh, Andy Lambrough around pen shows when I've been, but I've never talked to him. Didn't quite know him or his story or the things he's been into. Um, and then I got to use one of your LB fives at a show and I was like, wow, I really like the size and the shape of the pen. Um, and I don't own one yet. That's in the yet category. It's like, I'm going to end up with one of these. I just know I'm going to end up with one of these. And unfortunately now Andy knows my name. So he's like, Hey, Brad, let me show you. And I'm like, no, I'm good. I'm good. Andy. Thank you.

'''Matt Armstrong:''' I have all your hand up to the side of your head and walk away. Yeah. Yeah. Cause he's, he's, oh, you, you meet him at a pen show and he is going to go into full blown salesman mode.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' He, he almost got me in Atlanta last year with the Jupiter. Is that what one of the, his models is called? I don't know exactly which model that is.

'''Matt Armstrong:''' There's, there's two in the Jupiter finish. There's the LB three, which is a smaller cigar shaped pen. And then the LB eight, which is this mammoth pen. That's like eight sided and gorgeous. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So I think it was the smaller one and we went back and forth and back and forth and he was going to make me a deal. And I almost did it, Matt. I almost did it. So one of these, one of these days I will just because I mean, who doesn't like Andy? I mean, he's just a really nice guy and you know, the, the, the pens are stunning.

'''Matt Armstrong:''' Yeah. He's one of those people who has forgotten more about fountain pens than I will ever know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So one of, one of the nicest gifts I've ever received was from you, um, from a book that I wanted. Andy sends, Andy has, what are the names of the books he's done? The, the two primary ones he sends or he has now.

'''Matt Armstrong:''' Fountain pens of the world and fountain pens of Japan. I know. And I, there's one other one. I can't remember what the third one is right off the top of my head.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So Matt is such a good customer.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Fountain pens of the USA and the UK is the other one. Okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Gorgeous books. So Matt is such a, a big, uh, customer of Andy's. He gets a book every time he purchases a pen. So Matt's like, yeah, I got an extra one. Fountain pens of Japan. Um, do you want me to send it to you? I'm like, oh yeah, because I mean, it's like a $200 retail book. I mean, it's a big honking, you know, a coffee table style book, if you will. And it's just beautiful that he puts these together. It is, it just boggles my mind how something like that comes together. And he's done like three of them. It's, it's pretty amazing.

'''Matt Armstrong:''' So, well, it, in the San Francisco show this last year, we were sitting out at the bar after a long day because we were both working at the Van Ness table at that time. Yeah. And, uh, we were sitting out and, and Andy happened to wander in and sit down. I think it was the last night of the show, Sunday night or something like that. And we were kind of showing our pens around and I pulled out this Parker duo fold I had bought. And, you know, that's not his, his brand. He's got his own brand. That's why he's there. And he's like, oh yeah, this is the duo fold centennial from 1989. The thing about this acrylic is it's a compressed acrylic instead of a port acrylic. So sometimes it can crack. So you want to be, I was like, how? How in the world do you remember that about this? I mean, this pen is like 30 years old. How in the world do you remember that off the top of your head? It's he's amazing. I love Andy. He's great.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' He is great. He's great. And, uh, so I'm, I'm sure we'll see him, uh, see him out and about several times this year. So, um, with the, with the pens you you're using, um, you, you have a bit of an ink problem as well. Um, and I say that lovingly because anyone who listens to the show, uh, probably has an ink problem, but yours is on display quite a bit. And I know you get lots of commentary about, um, the, the inks on yourself. So why don't you tell me how many inks you have?