Editing The Pen Addict 406/transcript (section)

== Pens and Gel Ink Experience ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' But I've used this Uniball Signo DX 0.38 needle tip for like two days straight. It's like a $3 gel pen. And I just, the experience when I write with that is awesome. Like this is the kind of thing that, you know, keeps me going, right? This little $3 gel pen because I'm just kind of fascinated at how good it is, how much it suits me, how cool the color is. And then I think about why can't anyone else do it as well as Uniball does. So, you know, this is the things that fascinate me, even though I have my Namiki Milky Way sitting, you know, 12 inches away from it. Right? It's like, I've used this pen for like two days straight. On top of that, I've used the CW Pencil Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil quite frequently over the past couple days. Just drawing, sketching, taking notes. This is the, this is what the Perfect Pencil should be. Not the $250 version. And I've talked about this before when I, when I opened this up. But at the time, I hadn't really used it to see like, is this a good product? And I think it is. I'm still concerned about the other pencils fitting in it. I'm going to need some narrower diameter type of pencil thing going on here. But yeah, those are the non-fountain pens that I've been using. And I don't know, this is why I like doing what I do because I get to play with all of these things and they're very cool. The Y Studio Resin Fountain Pen, I'm prepping it for review. So it's been in very, very active use for the last couple weeks since I got it. Or maybe last week, week and a half. I like, I knew I was going to like this pen. I was concerned how much I was going to like this pen. But once I got it in just like regular use, which is, you know, I need a couple weeks with a product for, that's like this. That's different, right? Like if I got a new gel pen, I can tell you pretty quickly if it's good or bad. But with a fountain pen that's a little bit different, like the Y Studio Resin, I need a little bit more time to kind of formulate my thoughts. And I was, I had some concerns and I still have some concerns and it's not a perfect pen. But it's better than I thought. And I think it's going to do pretty well for them. But we'll see. To be determined. I'm sitting here clicking and I'm sorry. That's me. Because it's kind of fun to play with. It is a very tactile pen. The way it's built. And I just, I enjoy having it around. And the last pen I've been using is the Kaweco Sport Ocean Blue, which got sent to me by City Lux. And I've got a ton of Kaweco Sports.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I should just like have one and keep it inked up all the time because whenever I don't have one inked up and ink up a new one, I always go, God, I love this pen. It's just a good pen, right? The, I said AL Sport. It's just the Sport Classic. Not, it's the plastic body. Not AL.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' These are just darn good pens. And this one's a little bit different because it has a medium nib. So there's two things different than I would normally do with this Kaweco, which is why I'm continuing to use it. One, it's a medium nib, which I just said. And which I'd never get a Kaweco with a medium nib. And I'm enjoying writing with it. It's not overly wide. Like, it's definitely wider than my extra fines and fines. But it's not like these are micro tip nibs to begin with, even the extra fine. So the medium hasn't been bad. And then I also used the Midnight Blue Kaweco ink cartridge that came with it, which is their blue version of blue black. And it's just a very enjoyable combination.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All of this is going in my William Hanna notebook. This has been at the core of my workflow for a while. And I don't see it going away anytime soon. And so I've shared, I've talked about it a bunch. And I've shared my layouts. And I can put more layouts on the Instagram machine. But I have basically my calendar on the left page and a blank note page on the right page. And like this week's right-hand note page is like three quarters filled already. Like, I like just having this blank space to where I can have like podcast notes. Right? We're going to talk about Tokyo Inklings again. Like, when I listened to the podcast, I like I took my notes on here so that I could put them in the show notes here. So it's a very good layout for me. Also, I've also been keeping track of my turnip prices, Myke. Good, good, good, good. Yeah. It's important stuff. So I have a column. I have a column that says stonks on here. So just so you know, you know, keeping track of that and was able to make a good sell. It's the stalk market. You know that, right? I know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They're sold to you by a stalk, which is just the best thing. We're talking about Animal Crossing now, everybody. But that's on my page. What's your highest turnip price so far?