Editing The Pen Addict 14/transcript (section)

== Vanishing Point Pen ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes. Anybody that has been following me on Twitter has been seeing me talking about my vanishing point woes this week.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But it has finally arrived. It arrived yesterday after paying... I think I paid in shipping the amount of the pen cost by the end of it. I've learnt my lesson. And I will no longer be using the guaranteed shipping option because it's... you know, the cost doesn't really make it worthwhile.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Unfortunately, it's no fault of JetPens. It's totally the UK customs officials that made it as difficult as this, but...

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't even understand how that works at all. I don't know that we want to digress into that, but that just boggles my mind.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I think it's best for everybody involved if we just leave it. Leave it there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, it arrived. It arrived with something else. It wasn't the only thing that I purchased. I also bought myself another Retro 51 Tornado. Oh, that's right. I bought the King version, which is very attractive. Cool. But I mainly bought it just because I want another one at home. And I've come to the realization that I think I may start collecting them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. That's not an uncommon thing, I don't think, with the Tornado and other Retro 51 models. I mean, it's kind of... I don't know that it's made necessarily for that, but they do a good job of, you know, updating with new items or limited items and things like that. I think that's a pretty good idea. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Especially because I'm going to include a link to a recent blog post from Retro 51 where they showed a new bunch of styles they've got coming out soon. And some of them are really cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, was that the ones with kind of the two-tone barrels?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, and like the copper blasted ones, which look like they've been rusted. They look incredible.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's going to... yeah. They'll get you. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I tried getting them on Twitter to send me one. Like, but I don't think they took the bait.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because I want one. And it seems like it's going to be a while until they're released. But they look very cool. So I'll put a link in the show notes to them because they took to my fan's things. So the vanishing point then. So it comes in a very interesting package.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Doesn't it?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It's like a... It's like suspended in plastic. It's like a big picture frame. Yeah. The pin's suspended in a weird... I tried to explain that when I opened mine up. I don't know if it's... It's like a plastic, but it's real pliable and it just kind of grabs around the pin.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like a rubbery plastic.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And yeah, it's very, very interesting.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But it was nice to open it up and see something like that, to be honest.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It's very well done. It's sturdy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes. And it adds to the overall experience, like the mystique of the thing, if it were. Yeah. Now, I opened it and was instantly pleased with the feel. So I've got it in a matte black finish. And I'm very pleased with the way the pen actually feels. Like the matte finish is very nice.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The clip, being in the position that it is, which is on the writing end of the pen, was initially quite... Even though I knew it was there, it was still peculiar for me. Sure. And it maybe gets in the way a little bit for me sometimes, but not so much that it causes a problem. But just with the way that I write, sometimes it's there where I'm not necessarily expecting it to be. But it doesn't cause me an issue, really, I don't think. Good. The knocker is incredible.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it's really sturdy. And I just... Yep. It's just all the time being clicked because it feels good.