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	'''Brad Dowdy:''' If I do say so myself.		'''Brad Dowdy:''' If I do say so myself.

	'''Myke Hurley:''' If you want to find more about this episode, you want to get links, etc., go to relay.fm slash penaddict slash 405. And thanks to ExpressVPN, ~~Penn~~ Chalet, and Harry's for their support of this show. You can find Brad's work online at penaddict.com. And if you're looking for some hashtag video quarantine content, you can go to twitch.tv slash penaddict on Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10 a.m. Eastern Time. American Eastern Time. I don't know if there is another Eastern Time. There probably is somewhere.		'''Myke Hurley:''' If you want to find more about this episode, you want to get links, etc., go to relay.fm slash penaddict slash 405. And thanks to ExpressVPN, Pen Chalet, and Harry's for their support of this show. You can find Brad's work online at penaddict.com. And if you're looking for some hashtag video quarantine content, you can go to twitch.tv slash penaddict on Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10 a.m. Eastern Time. American Eastern Time. I don't know if there is another Eastern Time. There probably is somewhere.

	'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, maybe. Probably. Also, side insert here. All these videos I do on Twitch that are stationary related get cross-posted to YouTube. There's no short link for me to send you to YouTube because their naming conventions are terrible. So just go search the penaddict on YouTube and you can watch all this old content. Like if you miss it live, it's all there.		'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, maybe. Probably. Also, side insert here. All these videos I do on Twitch that are stationary related get cross-posted to YouTube. There's no short link for me to send you to YouTube because their naming conventions are terrible. So just go search the penaddict on YouTube and you can watch all this old content. Like if you miss it live, it's all there.

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	== Visconti Ayo ~~Penna~~ Discussion ==		== Visconti Ayo Pena Discussion ==


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	'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. It is useful to give people an idea of everything they're going to get for the money. I find in general.		'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. It is useful to give people an idea of everything they're going to get for the money. I find in general.

	'''Brad Dowdy:''' I fly by the seat of my pants. Kind of like Visconti did with the Ayo ~~Penna~~, right? I mean, come on. You need this pen.		'''Brad Dowdy:''' I fly by the seat of my pants. Kind of like Visconti did with the Ayo Pena, right? I mean, come on. You need this pen.

	'''Myke Hurley:''' No, I don't. We made a lot of fun of this pen. Adina needs this pen. No, I don't think she does. I'm going to send it to her. I don't think she's going to like this. But even if she does, she can feel free to buy it. I ain't buying it. I don't like this pen, right? We spoke about this before. We both thought that it was ludicrous in its design. There were so many weird parts about it. This is the pen which is modeled on supposedly to look like a fish and is meant for the younger generation. And it is a $350 Visconti fountain pen that takes standard international cartridges but is longer than any dip pen you've ever seen. And has a rubber, silicone, flexible end to it. Exactly. And it comes in a little case. And then it has like a face on the side of it. It's a very strange pen. And it was reviewed over at Penquisition. And they loved it which I was very surprised about. How can you not love it?		'''Myke Hurley:''' No, I don't. We made a lot of fun of this pen. Adina needs this pen. No, I don't think she does. I'm going to send it to her. I don't think she's going to like this. But even if she does, she can feel free to buy it. I ain't buying it. I don't like this pen, right? We spoke about this before. We both thought that it was ludicrous in its design. There were so many weird parts about it. This is the pen which is modeled on supposedly to look like a fish and is meant for the younger generation. And it is a $350 Visconti fountain pen that takes standard international cartridges but is longer than any dip pen you've ever seen. And has a rubber, silicone, flexible end to it. Exactly. And it comes in a little case. And then it has like a face on the side of it. It's a very strange pen. And it was reviewed over at Penquisition. And they loved it which I was very surprised about. How can you not love it?
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	'''Myke Hurley:''' Right. Like and if that's what they said they were making. Right. Like I would feel very different about this pen. But they didn't. But they didn't. It's just very strange. Like, oh, it's designed by an Italian architect. Like, all right. And then because like his surname is Pesce. Pesce. Like, I don't know how you've pronounced it exactly. He designed a pen that looked like a fish. I was like, all right. Go for it. Love it. Today's episode is brought to you by ExpressVPN. Working from home. You're probably not thinking too much about internet privacy. You're on your home network, right? You know, you're not connecting to coffee shop Wi-Fi. But we know about incognito windows. Did you know that even in incognito mode, your online activity could be traced? Because even clearing your browsing history, your ISP can see every single website you've ever visited, which is why you may want ExpressVPN. They make sure that your internet service provider doesn't see what sites you visit. Instead, your internet connection is rerouted through ExpressVPN's secure servers. Each server has an IP address shared among thousands of users, which means that everything you do is anonymized and can't be traced back to you. This isn't like, you don't have to be like a bad person to want this. Like you maybe just want to know that your information is your information. And that is a perfectly valid thing to want in this world, even though it is becoming something which is harder and harder to achieve. ExpressVPN is rated number one by TechRadar, Wired, Diverge, and more. You can use the internet in confidence on every device. You just tap one button and you are protected. I have ExpressVPN on all of my devices, so whenever I want to use it, I just turn it on. Super simple. You can also change your location. You know, like maybe you're at home right now watching more content than ever before, and you maybe want to access like web and video providers. BBC. BBC. You know, like maybe you want to be able to access stuff to other countries. ExpressVPN can let you do that. Protect your online activity today and find out how you can get three months for free at expressvpn.com slash penaddict. That's exprassvpn.com slash penaddict. For three months free of a one-year package, that URL one more time is expressvpn.com slash penaddict. E-X-P-R-E-S-S-V-P-N. Our thanks to ExpressVPN for their support of this show. EmbrilayFM.		'''Myke Hurley:''' Right. Like and if that's what they said they were making. Right. Like I would feel very different about this pen. But they didn't. But they didn't. It's just very strange. Like, oh, it's designed by an Italian architect. Like, all right. And then because like his surname is Pesce. Pesce. Like, I don't know how you've pronounced it exactly. He designed a pen that looked like a fish. I was like, all right. Go for it. Love it. Today's episode is brought to you by ExpressVPN. Working from home. You're probably not thinking too much about internet privacy. You're on your home network, right? You know, you're not connecting to coffee shop Wi-Fi. But we know about incognito windows. Did you know that even in incognito mode, your online activity could be traced? Because even clearing your browsing history, your ISP can see every single website you've ever visited, which is why you may want ExpressVPN. They make sure that your internet service provider doesn't see what sites you visit. Instead, your internet connection is rerouted through ExpressVPN's secure servers. Each server has an IP address shared among thousands of users, which means that everything you do is anonymized and can't be traced back to you. This isn't like, you don't have to be like a bad person to want this. Like you maybe just want to know that your information is your information. And that is a perfectly valid thing to want in this world, even though it is becoming something which is harder and harder to achieve. ExpressVPN is rated number one by TechRadar, Wired, Diverge, and more. You can use the internet in confidence on every device. You just tap one button and you are protected. I have ExpressVPN on all of my devices, so whenever I want to use it, I just turn it on. Super simple. You can also change your location. You know, like maybe you're at home right now watching more content than ever before, and you maybe want to access like web and video providers. BBC. BBC. You know, like maybe you want to be able to access stuff to other countries. ExpressVPN can let you do that. Protect your online activity today and find out how you can get three months for free at expressvpn.com slash penaddict. That's exprassvpn.com slash penaddict. For three months free of a one-year package, that URL one more time is expressvpn.com slash penaddict. E-X-P-R-E-S-S-V-P-N. Our thanks to ExpressVPN for their support of this show. EmbrilayFM.

	'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. Here's what you need to do. All right. I know you want the ~~IOPenna~~ very much. So you fire up ExpressVPN. That way, no one knows that you went over to Visconti to buy it.		'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. Here's what you need to do. All right. I know you want the IOPena very much. So you fire up ExpressVPN. That way, no one knows that you went over to Visconti to buy it.

	'''Myke Hurley:''' And then I can secretly own it and not have to turn on anyone?		'''Myke Hurley:''' And then I can secretly own it and not have to turn on anyone?
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	'''Brad Dowdy:''' Let me break down just a little bit of these three pens that I keep talking about. The reason why I wanted to talk about this, Myke, is because I can't put these pens away. Like I am not inking some of my other pens because these are the ones I want to use right now. They're just always on my desk. They fit my style. They fit my personality. And that's important to me as a consumer, right? When I'm spending, you know, not insignificant amounts of money on a product, I really want it to be personalized to like my styles and tastes. And that's what I find. So like Estabrook, like it's, I think it's the newest of these three. I'm going to talk about Estabrook, Leonardo, and Montegrappa just in this kind of price range. Estabrook's the newest. The quality of this pen build is spectacular. It's, I'm going to say this, and I don't mean this in a derogatory fashion. The shape of the pen is boring, right? It's a standard cigar shaped pen, but it works for what this pen is. And it's a platform to use this really cool material, right? And it fits my hand well. It's well made. Like it's a substantial pen in the hand. And you can upgrade it, like you mentioned before, with like the little converters to use the old Estabrook nibs, which is just a smart business decision by them.		'''Brad Dowdy:''' Let me break down just a little bit of these three pens that I keep talking about. The reason why I wanted to talk about this, Myke, is because I can't put these pens away. Like I am not inking some of my other pens because these are the ones I want to use right now. They're just always on my desk. They fit my style. They fit my personality. And that's important to me as a consumer, right? When I'm spending, you know, not insignificant amounts of money on a product, I really want it to be personalized to like my styles and tastes. And that's what I find. So like Estabrook, like it's, I think it's the newest of these three. I'm going to talk about Estabrook, Leonardo, and Montegrappa just in this kind of price range. Estabrook's the newest. The quality of this pen build is spectacular. It's, I'm going to say this, and I don't mean this in a derogatory fashion. The shape of the pen is boring, right? It's a standard cigar shaped pen, but it works for what this pen is. And it's a platform to use this really cool material, right? And it fits my hand well. It's well made. Like it's a substantial pen in the hand. And you can upgrade it, like you mentioned before, with like the little converters to use the old Estabrook nibs, which is just a smart business decision by them.

	'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know, these have steel nibs that they use, Yovo steel nibs. It's fantastic. I have an extra fine steel nib right out the box. It writes like a nail, writes really clean. I love it. I just love how this pen looks, feels. And it was 156 bucks. Like it's not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but I feel like it's a good value. And that's where all of these pens are falling in. Leonardo may be the best value of the bunch. It's also the hypest of the three. It's getting the most play because they solely live in this market pretty much. Like they have gold nib pens. They have ebonite pens you can buy that are like twice as much and things like that. But their core pens, there is basically two designs, the Memento and I can't even remember the other one. So there's a rounded end one, just like Sailors. There's a rounded end one and there's a flat end one. So, and they're all right in that price range. They release probably, I don't know, they probably have two or three, maybe four releases a year where they'll refresh the colors. The materials are awesome. Like just awesome. And I just want to use them. They feel so good. They do what they do very well. And it's like they're not trying to be something that they're not. And they're just really succeeding at it, I think. Like that's why I talk about Leonardo ~~Penn~~ so much.		'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know, these have steel nibs that they use, Yovo steel nibs. It's fantastic. I have an extra fine steel nib right out the box. It writes like a nail, writes really clean. I love it. I just love how this pen looks, feels. And it was 156 bucks. Like it's not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but I feel like it's a good value. And that's where all of these pens are falling in. Leonardo may be the best value of the bunch. It's also the hypest of the three. It's getting the most play because they solely live in this market pretty much. Like they have gold nib pens. They have ebonite pens you can buy that are like twice as much and things like that. But their core pens, there is basically two designs, the Memento and I can't even remember the other one. So there's a rounded end one, just like Sailors. There's a rounded end one and there's a flat end one. So, and they're all right in that price range. They release probably, I don't know, they probably have two or three, maybe four releases a year where they'll refresh the colors. The materials are awesome. Like just awesome. And I just want to use them. They feel so good. They do what they do very well. And it's like they're not trying to be something that they're not. And they're just really succeeding at it, I think. Like that's why I talk about Leonardo Pen so much.

	'''Myke Hurley:''' You have been talking about them more and more recently.		'''Myke Hurley:''' You have been talking about them more and more recently.

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