Editing The Pen Addict 9/transcript (section)

== Notebooks ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, what made the package so large is I had some notebooks and things like that that we will certainly talk about later. But it made the size and weight of the package pretty heavy that I had to go sign for it upon delivery. But, you know, what made what I was so anxious to get was probably the smallest single item in that package, which is my Kaweco Lilliput extra fine nib fountain pen. And if you're not familiar with the Lilliput, you know, we've talked about my AL Sport, you know, the aluminum body hexagonal shape. We've talked about your Sport Classic, the plastic body hexagonal shape, you know, that that's, you know, compact pocket carry, you know, a nice compact build fountain pen. The Lilliput is maybe half that size of those pens and maybe a quarter of the weight. I mean, actually, I take that back of the plastic classic like you have. I think that pens lighter in weight overall. But in size and diameter, the Lilliput is even smaller. It's about like if you took out a Pilot Hitec C or a Uniball Sino DX, the barrel width is about that diameter. It's very, very narrow. I mean, the ink cartridge, I think, just slides in the barrel with not much play on either side, you know, maybe a couple millimeters on either side.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Is it using a standard sized ink cartridge?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, it uses the same cartridge as the other Kawecos, which is the short international cartridge. Uh-huh. So, yeah, the Kaweco cartridge that you have fits this Lilliput.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, I assume it's like the size of the cartridge and nothing more, no extra space.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, like if I unscrew it, you know, I'll have a ruler in front of me. I mean, it's maybe a couple millimeters worth of play around the cartridge.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because as we learned on last week's show, you can get another cartridge in, but it will get stuck in the Kaweco.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I wonder if this one will fit one up there in the barrel. Don't do it. I don't think so.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What was funny, this is last week at the end of the show, I had to listen to Brad banging the end of his Kaweco against his desk trying to get the cartridge out. He was very scared.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that kind of stuff annoys me. We talk about the stuff that it's the little things that get to me. I can't let that kind of thing go. It's like that thing's stuck in there. I'm getting it out. And, you know, even if I'm cutting it open and ruining my pen, I'm getting that thing out. But this Lilliput is fascinating.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's a fully aluminum barrel, so it is super, super lightweight. You know, I wouldn't recommend it to you personally because I know how you carry your pens. You know, you need that clip in there to keep it in your pocket, in your jacket pocket to keep it, you know, keep it safe and secure. There is no clip for this pen. I mean, it is a teeny tiny little package. But when you unscrew the cap, the cap's threaded and the cap posts on the back of the pen, it threads as well, which I never realized until I actually got the pen in my hand. And as many times as I looked at it online at JetPens, and I obviously didn't read the description because it's in there too, the butt end of the barrel is threaded. So I unthread the cap from the nib section, and then I thread it right on the back of the pen. And I think the full length is pretty comparable in length to the other Cuicos. You and I have the Classic and the AL Sport lengthwise.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I can see the reason for that would be because if you capped the cap regularly, it would cover up too much so that it would be too small to fit in the hand, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. So what happens...

'''Myke Hurley:''' They've got a picture on JetPens where there's a guy holding it in his hand, and it looks like it sits the same way that the regular Cuico, the Sport, sits, like with the same sort of length.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Exactly.

'''Myke Hurley:''' In the hand.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So what happens, like you say, there's two things that will happen if you don't have that threading on the back. One, it'll slide over the barrel too far. Or two, it'll just hang on the end of the barrel, and then that part's in the cusp of your hand, and it's moving all over the place. Right? It's not a solid snap into place. So the threading works perfectly. I thread it tight as if the pen was shut. Don't even know it's there. It's pretty fantastic. The real... Well, obviously, I wanted this pen really badly because I like the portability aspect of it, just like my AL Sport. That's the fountain pen I'll leave the house with. This might be the new one I'll leave the house with, but the secondary issue I wanted to... Why I wanted to get this pen was to try out the Cuico EF nib. Out of the three or four or five Cuicos I have, I have no EF nibs, and you know how much I like the EF nib. It is awesome. It's so good. I'm going to switch out. I have two AL Sports. I'm going to buy the EF nib replacements for them and swap out the EF nibs that are currently in there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, wow.