The Pen Addict

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The Pen Addict is a weekly fix for all things stationery. Pens, pencils, paper, ink – you name it, and Brad Dowdy and Myke Hurley are into it. Join as they geek out over the analog tools they love so ... more

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May 10, 2023563: Outs and Ins and Arounds
Brad is back from the Chicago Pen Show, with tales of deep dish pizza to tell. There were pens, too, as he breaks it all down in this episode. Brad also discusses his grand Jury Duty stationery selections.
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Links and Show Notes: Support The Pen Addict with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Spoke Pen / Model 2 – Spoke Design The Pen Addict x Caran D’Ache 849 Ballpoint Pen — The Pen Addict mnmlscholar Charles looks relieved as pen works on his big day | Metro News The Coronation Fountain Pen in Sterling Silver | Onoto The Pen Brad Dowdy on Instagram: Customised Plotter Narrow Plotter Narrow Notebook Review — The Pen Addict The Prospector Gallery – Newton pens inkyconverters - Etsy Good Made Better Amarillo Stationery Atlas Stationers Tinterías Podcast Papier Plume Schon DSGN Retro 51 Dromgoole's Exclusive Tornado Sprinkle Ops Rollerball Giveaway — The Pen Addict Marty Henderson on Instagram: "I can quit anytime I want! 🙈🧁🍩" The Cortex Mark One Pen Membership - Relay FM Access your Membership Content
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56min
May 03, 2023562: Brad Breaks Stationery
Many new pens crossed the desk of The Pen Addict this week. Which ones survived? Tune in to find out!
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Links and Show Notes: Support The Pen Addict with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Pilot US Exclusive Custom 743 Green Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet Pilot 743 Verdigris Unboxing Day! - The Pen Addict - YouTube LAMY x NeoLAB LAMY x NeoLAB Digital Pen Setup - The Pen Addict - YouTube Makers Cabinet Lazlo Brass Ballpoint Pen Review — The Pen Addict Makers Cabinet Ferrule Pencil Extender Review — The Pen Addict Pen Type-C – CW&T CW&T on Instagram: "Good company. Birds eye view of Pen Type-A, B + C plus Skeleton Herringblade" 8-Bit - Tactile Turn, Spring 2023 Limited Releases – Tactile Knife Co. Mountain of Ink 2100 Inks! — Mountain of Ink Chicago Pen Show with Brockton Exclusive LE! - Edison Pen Co PLOTTER on Instagram: Chicago Pen Show 2023 Thinking Tools by LAMY on Instagram: "If you could create your very own LAMY safari, what would it look like?" @penaddict’s statuslog
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58min
April 26, 2023561: BAT!
We tried to let the ChatGPT conversation be one episode and done, but Lamy had other ideas. We discuss their AI design, praise Pilot’s new pen color, get inky with red inks, and Brad shares his love for the Pentel Sharp.
This episode of The Pen Addict is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Support The Pen Addict with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback LAMY on Instagram: "May we introduce: The LAMY monolog." Pilot US Exclusive Custom 743 Green Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet Jacob on Instagram: "This is Giftionery Delta's just-released 80th-anniversary Pilot Custom 845, called Custom Jade." TWSBI Diamond Mini AL Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet Kilauea Kai Fountain Pen - Kanilea Pen Co. Kohala Sunset Fountain Pen - Kanilea Pen Co. Diamine Ink 80ml Bottle Celadon Cat – Cult Pens Diamine Shimmering Ink 50ml – Cult Pens Wearingeul Monthly World Literature Collection 30ml Fountain Pen Ink – Pen Chalet Delfonics x Pentel Sharp P205 Mechanical Pencil Review — The Pen Addict Brad Dowdy on Instagram: "Pentel Sharp Rave!!!" zaquilae's Videos - Twitch ★彡 ame (@ameruu) • Instagram photos and videos Stationery Brew - Twitch ameruu - Etsy ameruu Mini Pop Up at Yoseka on 4/30! – Yoseka Stationery Aolani Fountain Pen - Kanilea Pen Co. New Retro 51 Phoenix Tornado Rollerball: Rise from the Ashes with this Pen Chalet Exclusive - Pen Chalet Pen Addict Fire On Fire Fountain Pen Ink, by Robert Oster — The Pen Addict TWSBI Vac700 Review — The Pen Addict Pen Review: TWSBI Vac700R — The Gentleman Stationer
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54min
April 19, 2023560: Dear LAMY,
Since Brad and Myke can’t talk Lamy into making an Orange Lamy 2000, maybe AI can? They give it a shot this week!
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Links and Show Notes: Support The Pen Addict with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Mark One — Enigma Stationery Blackwing on Instagram: "Introducing Lab 04.18.23, the first notebook in our Labs series" Blackwing on Instagram: "How to use the Blackwing Lab 04.18.23" Cortex #134: AI Art Will Make Marionettes Of Us All Before It Destroys The World - Relay FM Klarissa on Instagram: Silent Auction Information KURUTOGA DIVE – Website Update Coronation invitations written in special ink that will never be made again – Telegraph Retro 51 Exclusive Phoenix Tornado Rollerball Pens – Pen Chalet
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56min
April 12, 2023559: Overbooked My Brain
There were many recurring themes this episode, including one which sent Brad over the edge. So far over the edge that he has implemented a moratorium for the rest of the year.
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Links and Show Notes: Support The Pen Addict with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Lamy USA on Instagram: Bracket Winner Listener Vote Results Jony Ive Red Lamy 2000 Jony Ive Sotheby's Auction – Insider Appelboom Bites Podcast Audio Feed TWSBI Swipe Prussian Blue Fountain Pen | TWSBI Studio Neat Brad Dowdy on Instagram: Mark Three Thoroughly Considered - Relay FM Sailor Pen North America on Instagram: Slim Solar Term Series Pilot Decimo Fountain Pen Review — The Pen Addict BENU PEN on Instagram: 'Alluring Anime' (@rosestudio.2019) on Instagram The Pen Addict #332: The Big Little Pen Show - Relay FM Stationery Shops Map | All Things Stationery
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April 05, 2023558: Gecko Like the Lizard
The Lamy bracket final is upon us-who do you have taking down the title? The venerably Lamy 2000, or the upstart Lamy Safari? It’s a battle for the ages! Brad also recaps his visit to the Atlanta Pen Show, and then gets back to his vacation.
This episode of The Pen Addict is sponsored by:
Pen Chalet: Click the ‘podcast’ link at the top of the website and enter the password 'penaddict' for this week's special offer, and to get your code for 10% off.
Links and Show Notes: Support The Pen Addict with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Lamy USA on Instagram: "The final is here!" Lamy Bracket Final - Who ya got? Sailor pen on Instagram: Moonlight over the Ocean Appelboom Bites #23: Brad Dowdy talks about his Pen Addiction with Anabelle and Joost - YouTube The Pen Fans Series: Brad Dowdy (The Pen Addict) - YouTube Carola: Floral Drawing & Watercolor Painting (@fromcarola) • Instagram Brad Dowdy (@penaddict) • Instagram Brad Dowdy on Instagram: "FINALLY SOME COOL DECIMOS TO CHOOSE FROM!!!" Sinclair Model R - Rickshaw
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49min
March 29, 2023557: He's British So I Love Him
If Lando Norris used a Lamy pen, which would it be? Maybe one that landed in the Final Four of the Lamy Bracket? Or maybe a Deelite Safari? Let’s find out!
This episode of The Pen Addict is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Support The Pen Addict with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Lamy USA on Instagram: "Who's ready for the semi-finals?!" Lando Norris on Instagram: "Beating jet lag, testing pens, getting .jpgs" Hands-on With the 2023 LAMY safari Fountain Pens! - Goulet Pens - YouTube Platinum 'Super Black Ink' – Instagram Field Notes | Streetscapes Writing at Large Atlanta Pen Show Meet Your Maker – Brad Owens, Mythic Pens — The Pen Addict MZG Mosaico sea Anemone - Gold nib (New) – leonardopen Leonardo Officina Italiana Momento Zero Grande Mosaico Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet
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50min
March 22, 2023556: Pen Sommelier
What are we using? Why are we using them? How difficult will Brad make this? Find out this week on The Pen Addict!
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Links and Show Notes: Support The Pen Addict with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Spoke Pen / Model 2 – Spoke Design Spoke Pen 2 / Lava Crush – Spoke Design Aurora 88 Unica Nera Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet The Story Behind Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black « The Pelikan's Perch Brad Dowdy on Instagram: Edison Pen Co. x Stormwinds Palomino Waltz Sailor Shikiori Chushu Ink (Mid-Fall Gray) - Izayoi-no-Yume - 20 ml Bottle | JetPens Enigma Exclusive 'Brilliant Bunny' Nautilus Fountain Pen by Nahvalur — Enigma Stationery Robert Oster Signature Bottled Fountain Pen Ink – Pen Chalet Collection by Narrow - PLOTTER USA Pentel Orenz Nero Mechanical Pencil - 0.3 mm | JetPens Smartpen - LAMY safari all black ncode | LAMY Shop Life Noble Book A5 Black – Vanness Sidekick Notepad – Cortex Brand Mark One – Studio Neat Sailor King of Pen Royal Tangerine | Nibs Pen Addict Fire On Fire Fountain Pen Ink, by Robert Oster — The Pen Addict Penwell Craftsman Deluxe Brass – Kingfisher Blue | Good Made Better G.F Smith Accent Recycled Pilot Ink Cartridges with Eraser Stopper Kuru Toga Dive As the Pen Turns Pairings Party: Onoto Scholar Highland, Ferris Wheel Press Central Park Greens — The Pen Addict Octopus Fluids Petrol Buffalo Pigmented Ink Review — The Pen Addict Leonardo Officiana Italiana Messenger Fountain Pen Review — The Pen Addict Platinum Mixable Mix-Free Fountain Pen Ink – Pen Chalet Pen Tray Small | Toyooka Craft Co Yoseka x Hachi Collections - Walnut Pen Tray – Yoseka Stationery Pen Pillows – Rickshaw Leather pen tray - 2 pens Pilot CON-40 Fountain Pen Converter | JetPens Pilot Penmanship Fountain Pen - Clear - Extra Fine Nib | JetPens Pilot Prera Collection Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet
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59min
March 15, 2023555: Lamy, Call Your Boys
Brad is back from the Baltimore Pen Show, and has tales to tell. Also, Lamy has decided it is bracket season, and boy do we have thoughts.
This episode of The Pen Addict is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Support The Pen Addict with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Great Fountain Ink Cartridge Stopper - International Standard | The Hamilton Pen Company Size 0000000 Rubber Stoppers | WidgetCo Ink Cartridge Stopper | Great Fountain Italy The Coolest Signature in Nascar | FOX Sports Valtteri's Signature Sailor 1911 Pen of the Year 2023 Golden Olive Large Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet The Pelikan's Perch Lamy USA on Instagram: Bracket Breakdown Introducing Mac Madness 2020 – 512 Pixels Brad Dowdy on Instagram: "Baltimore Pen Show peeps!" Brad Dowdy on Instagram: Edison Beaumont Palomino Waltz at Sunset Sugar Turtle (@sugarturtlestudio) • Instagram
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55min
March 08, 2023554: Block Signature Signature
Our recent signature and handwriting talk sparked some great feedback, which we dig into at the start of today’s episode. Brad then heaps praise on Sailor. That’s right. PRAISE! Brad will also be at the Baltimore Pen Show this upcoming weekend, and goes into all of the details.
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Pen Chalet: Click the ‘podcast’ link at the top of the website and enter the password 'penaddict' for this week's special offer, and to get your code for 10% off.
Links and Show Notes: Support The Pen Addict with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Baltimore Pen Show – BWIPS Products — doane paper Idea Journal Large — doane paper Sailor pen on Instagram: Jellyfish Leonardo Supernova Star Light Blue Fountain Pen Review — The Pen Addict Lamy Special Edition Joy Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet LAMY joy - Product Information and Writing Systems Toyama Teal Kaweco Sport Collector's Edition – Pen Chalet Kaweco Bronze Sport Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet Sailor Compass 1911 Fountain Pen Review — The Pen Addict BWIPS Vendors and Brands 2023 Baltimore Pen Show with Jennifer Earley Exclusive! - Edison Pen Co Stormwind's Blanks and Scales Weirdoforest Pens
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59min

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