Editing The Pen Addict 170/transcript (section)

== Mechanical Pencil ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Right. So, about a week or so ago, the one and only Mr. Myke Dudek sent me a DM and he said, I'm sending you something. Can I just confirm your address? I said, sure. And he said, don't look at the shipping label, the custom sinks. Spoiler. Right. So, I was like, okay. So, I was waiting. I was really excited, actually, because he's good with this sort of stuff. He's the best. And I was really excited. I was waiting. And then one day, something came through the door and I knew it was that, right? Because it just, it was an American thing. I didn't check the customs thing. And I rip it open and I pull something out. And I think I did a combination of a squeal and then a bunch of giggling.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's the way to go.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, he sent me a mechanical pencil. He sent me a rotary. He sent me a rotary lava.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Ooh, get out. Yeah, that's nice. God, those things are so pretty.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And it's one of those gifts that you're so excited about that you're mad at the person for doing it, you know? Right, right, right. Because, and he sent me a lovely little card and he was like, don't look up how much these were because I got a good deal.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, don't think of it that way. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But I... That's amazing. Yeah, this is a fantastic gift. I mean, now that I have two, now I have my fountain pen and now I have my mechanical pencil. And I've been using this one for a few days of maybe about a week or so. I really, really love it. So, it's different to my other rotary, right? The grip isn't knurled. The grip is soft, like smooth. It's definitely heavier. Heavier. Excuse me. And it also has a completely retractable... It's not even a pipe, though. It looks like a ballpoint, right? You know, like the little end part. Sure, sure, sure. Yep. So, it looks like a ballpoint pen, but you press it and the pencil comes out. Gotcha. Yep. So, it has... But it has it in a different way to the Colt pens. It doesn't have a button on the side. It has two different pressure of clicking. You push all the way down and up for the little pipe or whatever you'd call it. Sure, the retractableness. To retract. And then you just press it gently to make the pencil lead come out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And how's it doing now?

'''Myke Hurley:''' No comment. It's totally fine. I dropped it on my pad here.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I was hoping that didn't come through in the audio. Yeah. Just to be excited.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There's hardly anything in the pen world in my book that competes with the lava finish that Rotring did. I'm fascinated by that finish. I have the one fountain pen in that finish. And it continues to just be one of the coolest things. One of the coolest things going. And to have the pencil much less a gift from the dude. That's pretty sweet. I think this is probably going to... I don't know. We'll see how much this overtakes some of the other pencils you've been getting into recently. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, I really, really love it. I haven't even wanted to pick up any of the other ones.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It's certainly got that extra cachet to it. Not just what it is, but who it's from and things like that. You know, that makes a difference in, you know, our personal feelings about pens. You know, the story behind them. I talk about that a lot, right? I mean, the stories oftentimes is as important as, you know, what the physical pen or pencil is in this case.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, totally. Yeah.