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== King of Pen Orange ==


'''Myke:''' This pen is amazing. And it is the color that I love.

'''Brad:''' It's orange. It is exceedingly orange. Yeah. In the best way possible.

'''Myke:''' You know, in that moment, I realized that the word orange has been warped for me by you. Mm-hmm. I say orange now. Mm-hmm. And that's you. Mm-hmm. So just wanted to point that out just for the record books. I just realized that I just on my own said orange. Mm-hmm. That's a Brad Dowdy right there.

'''Brad:''' Orange.

'''Myke:''' Orange. Orange.

'''Myke:''' Yeah. I love this pen. I love the color. It's like the Royal Tangerine, I own it in two sizes, right? Same as you. Do you own two sizes?

'''Brad:''' We own, I own two sizes, but our smaller pen is the different one. No, you have the L. I have the- You have the small. I have the small, yeah. Yeah.

'''Myke:''' And do you have the king of pen or the large?

'''Brad:''' I have the large. I have the king of pen, not the middle. Right.

'''Myke:''' So, okay. So we both have the king of pen, which is, I'm holding it now, it's almost like a weapon,

'''Brad:''' the 1911. The 1911 with the rounded ends, right? Yeah. Not the flat ends like the pro gears. It takes on a different meaning of king of pen. Yeah. That shape is-

'''Myke:''' And that's why I like the 1911 king of pen shape more, even though, like, you know, I have one of each. And I like the 1911 one more because it is the biggest, most absurd, right? What I love about Sailor's king of pen is the absurdity of that pen. And nothing shows it more than the nib. The fact that it is- And even the name. Yeah, I mean, yeah, for sure. But like, just the fact that they took the nib and just made the nib bigger, like, it's just something that's so funny to me about that. Like, you could give one of each of these pens to someone and it would look like, you know, once someone had a tiny hand and someone had a big hand, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So this is just like, this kind of really does a better job, I think, of summing up exactly what I love. So that's why I picked that. Then my last one is, again, like, it is a sentimental thing, but also, like, it's sentimental for two reasons. Because it kind of reminds me where I come from when it comes to fountain pens, but also is special. And it's the Jonathan Brooks Arushi covered Lamy Safari that he made for us a couple of years ago. This is just a joy pen. It really is. I don't use mine enough. And I have the left-handed Lamy nibbiness.

'''Brad:''' Yeah, that's cool. And do you like that? Yeah. Like, do you, like, it fits your writing style?

'''Myke:''' Perfectly. So much so that I forget that there's something different about it. The only thing about this pen, of every pen that I own, it dries up the fastest.

'''Brad:''' So we have probably lost some seal in the cap with the thickness of the Arushi. That will probably be why, then. It doesn't just straight up snap into there. No. And there's probably some air gaps, which that's one of the things you just deal with. Yeah, I mean, I deal with it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, like, the Lamy Safari, the way the, and not even counting the feeds as well, right? The feeds are the most simplistic, finless, you know, non-saturated feeds. So, like, it's just a combination of a few different things from design to added thickness and things like that.

'''Myke:''' Yeah, I wondered if it was something to do with the nib, but that makes a lot of sense what you're saying. Because it doesn't really snap shut in the same way. Right. Right. Right.

'''Brad:''' And then, I think it's just a, yeah, and I think it's just, the Safari is just designed that way to not be the most inky, saturated feeds as well. So that probably doesn't help. So, there you go.

'''Myke:''' It is just, what Jonathan did to this pen, for this pen. It's nuts. It's breathtaking. It's nuts. You know? Like, and there is nothing better than on the narrow part of the grip section where he laid in the four dots, you know? Yep. Yep. Man is a genius. And he did beautiful work with those pens. And it is a treasure of mine to own. That's my top five right now. There's some weird stuff on there.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. I like that in your notes after you did kind of like I did, it's like, I kind of need to put the Mark I in here. Like, I kind of needed to put the Ajoado in here. Because it is such a frequently used pen, like, to have that type of rollerball, be it the Mark I or the Ajoado, both of which we love, both of those brands. Like, it's the same thing, right? It's the same. I have all these fountain pens. And, like, the list was designed to be fountain pens. But we have these other pens that we use very frequently. And we feel a certain way about these just basic black rollerball writing vessels that just really kind of check our boxes as well. So, like, I would want to have those. If I was limited to these five fountain pens, okay, sure, I'd be happy. But I'd like to have, like, a rollerball and, like, a couple other things with that as well, or a gel pen or a pencil, that kind of thing. So, I like that you put the Mark I in here. It's just, like, I really want to add this. And I was like, yeah, like, I do too. So, like, we're on the same page there.

'''Myke:''' Yeah, it's like, I love the Mark I, right? I own, like, five of them. I just, like, as a platform to be a pen, it's, like, as good to me as anything. But it just, and I wanted to give it, like, really my only special mention. But it just didn't, I couldn't knock any of those fountain pens off the list. Because ultimately, given the choice, I am always going to pick one of those five before anything, literally anything else. Yes. Right. But if I was to have a sixth, it would be that. Or if you were to say to me, you know, what about non-fountain pens? It's Mark I all day. Yeah. All day.

'''Brad:''' Like, I just talk about it so much. Like, I think probably one of the reasons why I do this is because I will pick up a pen and sometimes the pen I have to stop and it makes me smile, which I already mentioned in the show once. Like, these are the type of pens that do that for me. And I'm glad that they do. And it's just these realizations about how they make you feel, about how they make your writing look, about the people that made them, about the stories they tell. It's like, sometimes I just look at these pens and smile. And I am glad we got to put together this list.

'''Myke:''' All right. That's it for this week's episode of The Pen Addict. We'd love to know your top five pens lists. Yeah. When you send them in to us, you can send them on Twitter. Brad is at Dowdyism. I'm at imike. I-M-Y-K-E. And you can also follow us in other places. Brad is penaddict on Instagram. I'm also at imike on Instagram. Brad streams multiple times a week at twitch.tv slash penaddict. I'm looking forward to a stream that I'm doing this Friday, which is on the 27th. It's going to be at, what is it? It's 11 a.m. Eastern time. I'm going to be building a prototype of a keyboard that I'm very excited about. It's called The Mode Sonnet. And they have sent me a pre-production unit that I'm going to be putting together. Nice, nice. I'm really excited about. So if you have any desire for that, you should come and check it out. They make my favorite keyboards mode. So I think you'll dig it. So come and check it out on Friday at mike.live. Don't forget to also check out spokedesign.com, cortexmerch.com. And thanks to Trade and Squarespace for the support of this episode. Until next time, I'm Myke Hurley and he's Brad Dowdy. Say goodbye, Brad.

'''Brad:''' Goodbye, Brad. We'll be right back.

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