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'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. Should we take our first break? Let's do it. All right. Today's episode is brought to you in part by the Canalea Pen Company. Canalea pens make wonderful – they just make the most wonderful products. They are inspired by stunning landscapes of Hawaii. And Canalea's founders, Hugh and Carol, believe that these locations, the wonderful places that they like to depict in their products, help recharge our spirit. They help connect us with nature. The pens that they make have been created with a particular image in mind. They like to look through the images that they find the most inspiring. And then they try and create and work with wonderful people who can take those products – who can take these pictures and turn them into pens. And you can look at – on their website, when you go to canaleapenco.com, you can look at all of their pens. And you can see the images that they've taken the inspiration from. And the results really are incredible. The story behind these products is amazing. The execution is perfect. I love all of my Canalea pens. Every single one of them is handmade in a process that means that no two pens will ever look alike. The coloring of all of them and the way that they're made up is completely unique. Canalea have a wide variety of styles of material as well as shapes of pen as well. You'd be, I think, incredibly hard-pressed to find a collection of pens that one company makes that are as stunning as these ones. I said that we both own multiple canalea pens. I have actually purchased the new one from Hugh and Carol. I've sold them which one I want. So I now own another canalea pen. And I'm talking about the Eolani, which is the new model, which is based on a photo of the clouds at sunrise rising over the Haleakala volcano on the island of Maui, which was where I honeymooned. So, you know, it's just a nice little thing for me. But they are incredible canalea pens. It's usually number six nibs. You can buy steel or 18-carat gold nibs directly from canalea. They offer sizes from extra fine to 1.1mm stub. And every single canalea pen, whether bought online or at a pen show, leaves the shop after being inspected and tuned by Hugh personally to make sure that it writes like a dream. Talking about pen show, if you want to see some of these pens in person, which you should, and meet Hugh and Carol, the canalea pen co will be at both the San Francisco and DC pen shows this year. So this is a great place to see the new Eolani in person as well. You can check out their range of pens right now at canaleapenco.com. That is K-A-N-I-L-E-A-P-E-N-C-O.com. Canaleapenco.com. You can find links in the show notes to that as well. Canalea is one of my favorite companies run by some of my favorite people in the pen industry. I think that their stuff is amazing. You should go and check it out and add one of these pens to your collection. That's canaleapenco.com.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Can I elaborate real quick on the uniqueness part that you mentioned?

'''Myke Hurley:''' If you can ever get to a pen show and you're interested in these pens, you should take a look at their display because each pen really is different than the one sitting right next to it. Even if it's in the same product lineup, you know, the materials are so complex. They can't help but be made from like different parts. Like they're not all similar to similar type swirls. And even, you know, if the coloration is the same or, you know, the layout's the same, they all have these different pieces and parts that you can kind of pick out that really kind of speak to you. Like my Hanamabe has a lot of translucency. Like I picked out the one that had a lot of clear parts in it. And, you know, someone might like more of a darkness or a depth in theirs, you know, as opposed to what I like. So I thought it was really cool. So that's one of the super highlights of getting to pick out your Kenalea Pen Co. in person. So make sure to see them in D.C., see them in San Francisco, and, you know, tell them the pen and I said hi.