Editing The Pen Addict 218/transcript (section)

== Pen Comparison ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh man, so you've got an interesting pen that I want to talk about right out the gate. Because I've had this come up more since we've initially talked about it. And it's the Platinum Plazier, so why don't you tell me what happened with the Plazier once we were talking about, like, I think it was an old Ask TBA question, right? For like a beginner fountain pen type of thing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It came up there, and then also on, I think maybe the last episode, or like the last episode we had the Pen Chalet or the one before that, we had the Plazier as a deal. It was Ron's deal. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was the Platinum Plazier. And I mentioned that I never had one, I never used one, anything like that. And then Ron said to me, what's your address? I'm sending you some of these things. So he sent me a couple of the Plaziers, and I've had them for a week or so. I have the 05 and the 03.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So can you explain that a little bit for the listener, what is the differences here? Sure.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Sure. So 05 is Japanese fine, and 03 is Japanese extra fine. Very simple.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Okay. So the 05 feels kind of broadish to me. I don't know if something just changed over my time here, but like, it's a relatively thick line. It feels like a medium or something. That was hilarious. So I don't know. I don't know, but it's nice. I like them both. I have like a silvery color and a blue color. Let me get the actual names of these colors, because I can actually get them from the Penchalet's website. I'll put a link to the pens on Penchalet in the show notes. But yeah, I have like two.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, I'm getting corrected.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, okay.

'''Myke Hurley:''' 03 is fine. 05 is medium. 02 is the EF. I'm sorry. I win. Thank you, chat room.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I win. My instincts.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Myke was right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' My instincts are now better than your knowledge. I got the frosty blue and the gunmetal. I really like the gunmetal one. It's a kind of a mirrored. And they're not very expensive. I mean, Ron's got them up, as we record, about $17 on Penchalet. And I've got to say, for that price, this is absolutely excellent pen. Like flat out. Like I can't believe that they're that cheap. Yeah, it's an aluminum barrel pen. It's super lightweight. It feels great. For my tastes, I would put this over the Metropolitan as a beginner's pen. I'm still not sure whether I would put it above the Lamy. The Lamy Safari, I've had so much experience with over the years. That kind of tips it a little bit for me, I think. Maybe after using the Plasias a little bit more, I would change my mind. But I like a lot of this pen. I like how light it is. I like the cap. It's pretty cool. The mechanism is pretty nice to put the cap on and off. And I love the little P that they put on the nibs. And the nibs are kind of short and squat, which is kind of quite different looking. I think it's a really flat out great pen. And it has the great... What is the style of this cartridge? What is it called? It's got the big fat end on it, as opposed to the thinner end. You know what I'm talking about?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's just a proprietary platinum cartridge. Oh, this is their own. Okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I was thinking it was kind of like the Namiki ones. I mean, they're kind of like it in design, but the end part is different. Sure. I found that out just as soon as I opened it. Yeah. Yeah.