Editing The Pen Addict 378/transcript (section)

== Sheen Inks Discussion ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right, so last week before you went on your trip, or actually you were in the U.S. already when I made you order from a site back at home, in the U.K., I asked you about sheening inks just because I thought you might actually enjoy these for something a little different, and you were sitting in Memphis, Tennessee and ordered something back in the U.K., and did they arrive, and are you using them, or have you not even had time to breathe yet?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, so you asked me to order the Diamine Colt pens inks, the Christine, Maureen, Phillip, or Robert. You told me to pick one. I went with all of them. I only arrived home yesterday because we were delayed by two days, which was an experience. Oh, wow. I don't even know that. Yeah, we got waylaid in Chicago. We had a flight cancellation, and then we couldn't get rebooked on a suitable flight for another two days. Oh, my gosh. We were supposed to be home on Monday, and that's why. Oh, Sunday. We were supposed to be home on Sunday. So we got home yesterday, Tuesday. So the ink was waiting for me, and I've played around with them, and I am currently today using both Robert and Phillip, and I feel like I don't understand the colors that they are talking about.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' As far as what you're seeing for Sheen?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just in general. I'm kind of confused, to be honest.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What paper are you using?

'''Myke Hurley:''' So that's one of the kickers. I know. I read this on their website. And so this is like a whole thing, right? I mean, I realize why you challenged me with this, because this isn't exactly as I thought it was going to be. So I'm using Robert, which is supposed to be purple with green, and I can see no green. Their image on their page is all green, right? And there's none of that. I see no green Sheen at all. No, so yeah, that's on Robert. It just looks red to me, which I'm very confused about. And then Phillip, which is supposed to be a purple with a gold Sheen, I just see purple. So I clearly need more work on this. I don't exactly know what I need to do, but I can keep working on it, I suppose. They say like papers can be a problem, and I get that. Yeah. But the inks and the colors are nice, but I'm not seeing any of the sheening.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You're not seeing the specialness. I like that you're going through this right now, because it is like a thing. Like if you're not using the right paper, which is like one of the things I always talk about when I review it, like you're not going to see the full sheen amount or get the effects of what you're actually buying.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I feel like in a blood nib and Robert in a stub nib. So like I'm going fat nibs.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, your nibs are good. So now you just need to test paper. So Rodia, Tomoe, like your Crossfield or something like that. And you'll see the effects of why I like these inks so much. And they're just good writing inks anyway. But yeah, like when I review them, I do a picture on Rodia and a picture on this Yoseka notebook I have, which shows sheen a lot, and they're completely different looking inks. So it's a really cool, cool ink. But I can understand if you're not using the right paper, you go, what did I just buy? It's just a regular old purple ink.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. So I need to try it out on some Tomoe.