Editing The Pen Addict 90/transcript (section)

== Interesting Avenues ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Probably not, is the answer. Like, we've not yet been able to narrow it down to a specific pin exactly. But we have a couple of interesting avenues that we're going to go down now. So, I want to echo what Brad said. Like, the pure amount of follow-up and feedback that I've had this week has just been absolutely fantastic. Like, I want to, I think that, you know, I've kind of, I hope that I have at least thanked everybody that sent something in. I'm not sure if I've been able to. You know, sometimes you miss some people. But hopefully I've got to everybody. But, yeah, the actual scale of stuff that's come through has been incredible. So, I want to sort of give a, what you've very kindly, Brad, thrown some of the, these are like the really common suggestions that I've had. Yeah. Into the document. So, the Twisby Classic is potentially the best answer to the information that I gave last week. However, I left one very important piece of information out that I forgot about until somebody reminded me via Twitter about the fault of the Twisby Classic. Is that you can't post it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, really?

'''Myke Hurley:''' And for this person, that is a key thing. She likes to be able to post a cap because she's worried she'll just lose the cap otherwise. Oh, yeah. Which is actually a very fair reason that a lot of people do that. So, when she's looking for a balance in weight as well, she's also looking for the ability to be able to have the weight balanced even when the cap is on.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, the Twisby Classic doesn't post, huh? Does not post. Huh. I did not know that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Twisby put it in there. I think. What did you say?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Sorry. Go ahead. You said Twisby said what?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think I've seen Twisby have given that information. I think I've seen it on the, it might have been on the writing desk or the cold pens. Uh-huh. And they were like, yeah, it doesn't, you know, like the description is like, be aware this pen doesn't post. Really? Okay, well. And it's strange to me why, I don't know why it doesn't. I think it's something to do with the filling system and the fact that the pen is a bit thinner, I think. Might be part of it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Now, we've got, so, yeah, aside from that, there's a couple of other, like, really sort of key suggestions and the frequent ones. Is a Metropolitan with a stub nib swap. Now, this is what you suggested. Right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But what my friend said to me, she said, well, I've got the Pilot Metropolitan now and I like that. I want something else. Gotcha. Which definitely seems like the pen addict, you know, the call of the pen addict, I think. I found a pen that I really like, but now I want a new one. So, yeah, she's like, you know, I've got that. That's cool. I've got that down. You know, I've got, she's been using the Metropolitan. She loves the Metropolitan. You know, I've told her she can keep it, which she's very happy about because she didn't want to give it back anyway, I don't think. But, so yeah, that is a good option just to get a stub nib. So I may actually try that. If we can't come up with anything else, then I may just grab it as a Plumix, wasn't it? Yeah. And replace the nib. One suggestion, the Pilot 78. The Pilot 78 is no longer being made and I'm not really looking for vintage in this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it might still be being made in Japan or something like that. You know, it might be available but not easy to corral, if you will.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm not really looking down that route. The SC Model 27 Collegia, which is new to me, which is a new Franklin Christophe pen, which is now on my list of pens to buy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' She just didn't like the design. Sure. But I'm probably going to get one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that seems like a really good deal. Plus they have just a huge range of stock nibs that you can get for it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The closest that we have gotten from a design perspective is the Monteverde. Monteverde? Yeah. Just in general, a selection of those pens like the Arista Crystal, the Invincia Color Fusion, the Invincia Stylus, and maybe the Deluxe. So there are a couple of different models that she quite likes to look of. The issue that I think that we're having at the moment, well, the reason that I've not gone ahead and just bought one for her or told her to buy one herself, but I'm probably going to be the one to do the buying anyway because I have a reason for that I'll come to in a moment. The reason that we haven't pulled the trigger on one of these is it's very different. You haven't tried one. I know that Jeff has, and Jeff who writes for you, Jeff Abbott, he has. So he sent me a link to his review of one, and I've had a couple, and then I sort of put the call out on Twitter for people who have tried out these pens and what are they like, what's the weight like, what are the nibs like, what are the stuff nibs like, and honestly, it's been extremely mixed. Okay. Some people are telling me they're fantastic. Some people are telling me that they're inconsistent, not worth the money. Some people are telling me they're a great investment. So we haven't bought one of those yet, even though it seems like the best thing, potentially the best route because a lot of these have stub nibs, so that works. Now, the reason that I say that I'm going to buy it was most probably because I have kind of led her down this path, so I feel like it's my responsibility. And also, if she doesn't like any of them, I'm going to keep them. Right. But I'm not really that excited by the Monteverde line. I really don't like their logo, and I really don't like that they print it on the cap.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I mean, I've always been kind of torn. You know, Monteverde has always come up in lots of conversations, and I've just never bought one just because I've never loved how they look. I'll probably try some out at the pen show because there's always a – I don't know if the distributor is usually there, but there's usually a ton of Monteverde's there. It might be because one of the distributors comes to the show, and there's just tables and tables of Monteverde's. So maybe I'll pick one up and try it and maybe get a better idea, maybe even purchase one. But I'm kind of with you on that. They've never grabbed me from an appearance perspective, regardless of how well they may write. I've just never been enamored by the looks. Although the crystal, the clear demonstrator, does look pretty good. Do you know what?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's the only one that doesn't come with a stub nib.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Really? Yep.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I found it interesting that she liked that but didn't like the Twisby ones. Yeah. I guess, you know, as we know very well, this is a matter of taste. Totally. So I'll tell you where we are as well, and the reason that I haven't bought anything new, I received another email with a bunch more. This is the kind of stuff that I like, having looked around. So one that we're actually going to pursue is the Rotaring Art Pen, just as a fun little how-does-this-work project. Yep. You know, they're typically not really intended for daily use. They're more of a calligraphy item. And research online is proving that they actually clog up and stuff quite a lot, but they're £13. So I will add it to an order whenever we do buy something.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Other than that, go for it.