Editing The Pen Addict 4/transcript (section)

== Pilot Prera ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Anyway. So I have another addition to my arsenal this week.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's what I hear. I know you were excited about it, so I'll let you spill the beans on what you got.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I picked up a pen we've spoken about a bunch of times on the show. It's a fountain pen called the Pilot Prera. I picked it up in an ivory colour. Ivory barrel. Ivory barrel, yes, to put it correctly. Yeah, and I'm absolutely loving it. It arrived a couple of days ago in a very nice little box, a very Japanese box.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The presentation case is quite nice. It's clear, and it's got a little elastic band. I instantly got Brad on IM because I was terrified by the cartridge that it came with.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right, the Pilot Namiki cartridges. Number one, they're pretty long, and they kind of have a funky little flange on one side, and they go down to a taper on the other side, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, they're very weird. Very weird. But we'd spoken, and I'm going to pick up a converter to convert it to ink.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Obviously, you'll be able to find links to all of that stuff in the show notes, as always.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So what nib size did you get? That's what everyone really wants to know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I went for the medium. Okay. And I knew that I would want to go for the medium with this pen because it's a Japanese nib, as you've taught me, and Japanese nibs are thinner than your average European nib or Western nib. Right. No, because I usually use, like I bought a medium in the Lamy, so I knew that anything other than medium was going to be far too thin for my taste. Right. I really like the nib size. Good. I really do, because it's initially, and sometimes still, it's a little scratchier than I'd like, or than I'm used to, but that does kind of get worked out. That's exactly right. But the actual thickness of the line is fantastic, especially for writing the show notes for the shows, because I write those in pen and paper. I always have done. It means I can, because last week I wrote them in with the Lamy, and they were a little bit too thick, because I'm writing these in a field notes, and I like to try and keep within the blocks.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And the Prera does that beautifully.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So you can definitely tell the difference between the two M nibs, right? I mean, it's pretty clear.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I did the pen addict usual of writing down the names of the pens to check the nib size.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And, yeah, I've really, really been enjoying it. It's the only pen that I've used for the last two days. My favorite thing is the click. So you'll hear this.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes. Very sturdy. But it's got a nice cushion to it. It reminds me of, you know, in fancy kitchens, you see, you get those drawers, like the push-close drawers, like when you push them and they slow down and go in on their own. That's kind of what this reminds me of, because with the Lamy, you just push it and it clicks, or with any other pen I've ever used, it just clicks down. But there's a slight resistance as you get to just putting the cap right on again. Yep. And I really like that. It's a very nice feel.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it's cool. It's really well made, and that's a cool feature.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's very stylish.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The clip, like, I like the clip, too, because it's got, like, a natural curve in it, which probably, I would assume, helps keep its sturdiness over time. Right, right. Yeah. So it doesn't weaken so much, because that was, so I've had a Lamy before, I've had a Lamy Safari before, and the clip wore out and became weak very quickly. Okay.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But that's not, and also on my, I have a Mont Blanc, which is currently out of action, and the clip on that came quite loose. But this feels like it's really integrated as part of the pen, and it's nicely made.