Editing The Pen Addict 65/transcript (section)

== Filling Systems ==


'''Ed Jelley:''' Um, those I just find really cool because of the way they fill. The mechanism is one of the most complex filling systems to date in a fountain pen. Um, and from the second, I'm like, Oh, I, that looks like something I want. And, uh, I had a chance to see a bunch of them at the Lion pen show back in March. And, uh, I picked one up there and I actually recently traded my TWSBI VAC 700 for another one. So, Oh, cool. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's one of the snorkel is one I've shied away from just cause I'm scared of it. But after seeing your pictures and, and, you know, that's something I need to check out. I think that's something, you know, I probably just have to own, you know, that's one of those, I need to own one, right. You just, it's kind of what you do in just to have that unique filling system. Um, it, it's pretty crazy, but, um, they're so, they're so well, well respected and well liked pens. I mean, they're, they're pretty cool. It's kind of like the Parker 51. I mean, you just, you know, people just, you know, if they have a fountain do buy fountain pens at all, they usually have, you know, at some point end up with one of each of these really classic all timers, um, like the snorkel. So that's, that's, that's pretty cool. Well, there's no, no wonder why I like you so much because you're going through the list of the pens that you use. I'm like, yep, that's, that's, yeah, sounds like me. Sounds like me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's like, I, I don't know. There's something about the, the Lamy's where you just know they're going to work. They can take, you know, a beating if, you know, they have to, not that you're going to be rough with the pens, but you're not afraid to, you know, take them, stick them in a pocket, toss them in a backpack, or something like that. And you just know everything's going to be fine. Even, you know, up to like the, the 2000, which I carry all the time. That's one of my all time favorite pens. And, um, it's just fantastic. And people keep getting on to me cause I've never reviewed mine yet. Then I keep talking about it. So that's actually one of my top,

'''Ed Jelley:''' uh, one of my top search terms is always, it's every day. Lamy 2000 review. Yep. In whatever, you know, 10 different ways of saying it. Um, but I get why it's a great pen. And I think everyone should at least, everyone should try one or you can't try one and then not get one. I think.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. It's, it's very, very impressive. And, um, it's one of those pens that's grown on me. The more I've used it and I've had some modifications done to, to the nib. So I like, I like it even better. And I think we've, you and I have talked about that at some point in our, in our history, we discussed that. So yeah, I'm huge, huge fan. And, uh, I promise everyone I will get that review done soon. I need to get it done. It's just one of those that I know it's going to be really long. So I'm like scared to like start it. So I need, I need to get it done. And I promise soon, promise soon. So you have something very cool that I am very impressed with. And I'm a huge fan of, and Myke, I don't know if you saw, I almost forgot to put this in the show notes. Um, but I just added in a show note in the bottom and, um, you should, you should check it out. Um, Ed has maybe the coolest tattoo I've ever seen. It is, let me let you explain it. I'm not, I'm not going to do it justice. So tell me about your tattoo, Ed.

'''Ed Jelley:''' Okay. Um, you know what? I feel like I almost have to bring up a picture of it. If that's bad. Um, it's actually, uh, none of, I have several tattoos. None of them are really like meaningful per se. You know, Oh, what does that mean? Uh, what is the, you know, everybody asks, what's that? And I'll say, you know, I just, I wanted to get it, but this, this one, that's not the case with, um, actually my uncle, uh, and he was a big fountain pen user. He had a big collection and, uh, was a year and a half ago. He suddenly passed away. And, um, I was fortunate enough to inherit his collection. So along with that collection, uh, there was a Mont Blanc 149 and, uh, a vintage bottle of Schaefer Peacock blue ink. So I went to my tattoo artist. I told him I wanted a fountain pen tattoo. I said, I want a Mont Blanc 149. I gave him a piece of paper with some of the Schaefer blue ink on it and said, I want an ink bottle with this color in it. And, uh, when he sent me up the drawing, I was like blown away by it, made the appointment and, uh, had, had to do it. I mean, I,

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't have any tattoos, but I'm a huge tattoo fan. I love the artwork and I love the design. I love the detail. I'm a real detail, you know, small details guy. And I'm fascinated by tattoos. And when I saw this, I was like, that is the, I'm, I was like jealous. I mean, I'm like, that's like the perfect tattoo. I just love it. I mean, I thought, and especially to have that meaning behind it for you, where it really means something, you know, the colors mean something and the pen design means something. I mean, that's just really, really cool and exceptionally well done. Um, and, uh, it's definitely,

'''Ed Jelley:''' it's definitely one of my favorites, uh, out of anything I have.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm sure you get a lot of comments on it too. I mean, it's pretty fascinating.

'''Ed Jelley:''' Yeah. I, it's, it's, it's definitely there. It takes up a pretty big, pretty big section of the back of my leg.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm.

'''Ed Jelley:''' And, uh, you know, I, that's one I constantly enjoy. I like that. It's, uh, I like that. It's the hair.