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== Nib Grinders ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' The second topic I wanted to get to real quick is the years-long question that we've had on the show about, hey, who is a nib grinder I can use in the European market? And I think maybe we have an answer. I haven't talked to her yet. But for some reason, I follow her on Twitter. And it's strings and pedals on Twitter. And I went and looked. And I happen to follow her. So, Annabelle, her tagline is she's an artist, a goldsmith, and a nib specialist. And the reason why her post came up in my feed, which, you know, I get Instagram algorithm out of seeing so many things. But this one, for some reason, rose to the top because it was her show schedule for the rest of the fall and winter where she's going to the shows in Europe to do nib work. And I was like, okay, this is interesting. Then I clicked the link. And she has a nice website and takes work online. So, I think we might actually have an answer to all of our European listeners who have been pining for someone that they can talk to and send their pens to for nib work. So, this looks really, really cool. She does work on the side for Apple. Yeah, she does like one day a week there for them. Like, she's in school. Like, I've been reading all her stuff because I was fascinated. It was like, how did I follow her yet miss all of the context around actually following her, right? So, this looks great. I bet now that maybe hopefully we've mentioned it, someone will reach out and who hears this say, oh, yeah, I've had some experience with her at X-Pen Show. And she did a great job. So, I bet we'll start hearing that from the community. But yes, we'll have a link to her website, opusscenaris.com. And you can look. And she offers nib services online in the European market. And thank you, Annabelle, for existing, for doing this, for putting your...

'''Myke Hurley:''' Sorry for us just going ahead and doing this and maybe blowing up your inbox. But let's just... Oh, yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. I didn't speak to her or anything. I didn't drop her an email. But because I just found this yesterday. It's just, you know, Instagram algorithms are what they are. But I'm glad this one popped to the top of my feed. And then I was like, oh, I should follow her. And I was like, wait, I already do. So, how have I not seen this before? So, there you go.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' We got three standouts. I mean, the list is always too long to talk about everything, but three standouts in my mind. Number one is the Opus 88 Omar, which is the large size, large capacity Omos eyedropper that gets really good reviews. They've done a really good job with their eyedropper fountain pens, kind of new to our market overall. So that's a great pen, great deal. If you're a big spender, the Parker Dual Fold Centennial is a really, really nice pen. I have one of these and it's kind of glorious, but it is kind of pricey. So if you're looking for a deal on one of those, this is the place to go. And then on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, I'll talk about this every time he pops this on here is the Pilot Ageless Ballpoint Pen. It has this unique click mechanism. It's a real pocket friendly pen and it's one of my favorite just pens to have to carry around. And it's at a price you don't normally get them at, which is kind of Ron's middle name.

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