Editing The Pen Addict 212/transcript (section)

== Pen Size Comparison ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Is it different in size? What is the difference between the Classic and the LeGrand?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So, just kind of like my ProGear Slims that I'm using in your regular ProGear. You know, they have that different size comparison. And also, with the LeGrand, it's a piston filler. Where the Classic is a cartridge converter filler. So, the LeGrand, you'll see the ink window because it has a piston filling mechanism. And the Classic, you won't see that because it's a cartridge converter system pin.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But it's got a little ink window in it. And, yeah. It's just incredible. If you look at the Where to Focus WTF page from Anderson Pens, you'll get kind of a good view. They've got some great photos of this thing. I'm lusting. I am lusting.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I am too. I mean, this is like... I'm glad I didn't buy the Rouge Noir. Like, and then this come out. I would have been ticked. Because I couldn't afford both of them. There's no way. And this is the one that's speaking to me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' There's a thing that upsets me, like, deeply. Which is on Anderson Pens' website. You have to click for them to email you the price. That's when you know you're in. Yeah. In bad times. Right? Like, this is bad. This is not good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Those are those things that come from down on high. Right? Yep. Come down from on high. And, I mean, you can only carry Mont Blanc if you have a brick and mortar store. I believe it's still one of their things. That's why Anderson has them. But then there must be some kind of rules directly from Mont Blanc that you can't publicize the price. But the European companies do publicize the price. So there's got to be something up.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But it's like you just know it's going to be expensive, right? Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So for the small one, it's $670. I've typed Euro in the sheet, but it's $1. And then $870 for the LeGrand. Boy. This, if there's a pen designed for me, this is it. And we were talking in the Slack room yesterday in the podcast. Number one, we were talking, are we having blacked out fatigue? You know, where the all black and the ruthenium and, you know, the whole murdered out look.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And my answer to that was no, because that's just the style that appeals to me. You know, I already have three or four pens that way. I'm not tired of it. I would add another one. And then that conversation continued with our friend Joey Feldman. And they're joking about this in the chat room. He went to the, he regaled us with a tale of him visiting the Mont Blanc store yesterday in LA when they were unboxing these. And he got to play around with them. And somehow he didn't leave with one. But he's working on it. And he's working on a deal to try to get a little bit of discount on it. But he said it was pretty awesome. And woke up this morning having dreamt about it last night. And this is one of those pens I hope to see at the DC Pen Show. And we'll kind of chart a course from there if I'm interested in it or not. I want to see what the size of it is. I'm assuming it's a good medium-sized fountain pen. So I'm not familiar with Mont Blanc's big shapes. Everyone was hoping it would come in the 149, which is the bigger of the three models.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And it does not. So I'm interested to see where this falls into, if it's comfortable for me. And this one's on the list, Myke. So what are you thinking? What am I thinking? I'm not like Jones into like jam buttons and put it in a shopping cart.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. It's cheaper than I thought it was going to be in the UK.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's about where I thought it would be.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just looking at the prices that you put into the document. It's like £450 and £570, which is still an incredible amount of money. And it's not a, I'm just going to go ahead and buy this. But I am willing to go and take a look at one. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's what I want to do. I want to look. And like I've just said earlier in the show, I'm not using fountain pens as much. So I'm not like all over this. Like I have to have this like maybe, you know, a year ago. It's like, oh, I got to have this. I got to have it now. And I'm ready to ink it up. And I know what ink I'm putting in. And we're going to go to town. Now I'm, for something this expensive, you know, takes quite a thought process to get into. But this is one of the few Montblancs that have spoken to me. And this one is, it's a looker. I know that. So I'll be anxious to see it in DC. I'm guessing they'll be there. Yeah. I guess if they're already available. So they'll have them. I'm sure the Andersons will bring them.