Editing The Pen Addict 273/transcript (section)

== Watch Recommendation ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' I love that watch. Like, so that's the one. Um, it's, you can put it in the show notes cause I get asked about it constantly. It's a Todd Snyder Timex and I can get you the link.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I can find it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. It should be easy to find. All right. Last one. And this is another awesome question. All of our, all of our questions are awesome. Thank you all for sending in the, the STPA tweets. And we'll tell you at the end how to send in more, but this is from mod watch, right? Uh, yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. You got it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. So pastor, pastoral urban it, urban it. I don't know what this is. What's the best way to find out your, what your favorite nib size might be by a Lamy Safari and buy all the nibs. Get a dip pen set. Don't say pen show. I love that. I crack up every time I read this. Don't tell me to go to a pen show and try all these things.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Go to a stationary exposition.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Travel to a local pen store. No, this is a good, this is a good question, right? So the, the way I approached it in the beginning was to understand what I liked in a Jell-O ballpoint pen and then read up a bunch on how I could duplicate that performance. And when I started, you know, I thought, well, extra fine is what I need. Well, as it turns out, the first pen I bought, the Lamy Safari extra fine, it was extra fine as far as a German fountain pen nib would be. But I didn't know that there was a difference at the time, right? That, oh, well, if I bought a Japanese fine nib pen, that would be finer. And if I could source a Japanese extra fine nib, that would be even finer. So to find out your favorite, it is going to take a little bit of effort. But understand what you're trying to do, what your writing style is. Is it cursive or print, you know, block or, you know, small, large. And I'm happy to talk about these things. And you can email me, send me a comment and say, I get these emails all the time. This is exactly how I write, what I write, what I'm looking for in a pen. These are the pens I currently like. Is there a fountain pen that's going to give me this type of thing? It's very, very rare where that answer is no. So there's almost always something that we can find. And I'm glad to help you out and discover these things to help you save a little bit in the beginning. So you're not buying something that you really dislike and it turns you off from fountain pens. Or you feel like you wasted your money and things like that. But I'd really take a look at yourself first. What your current likes are. What your current style is. Do some research on what you think might be a good fit for you. And then start asking questions before you even purchase. And dig a little bit deeper and try to narrow it down. So that's kind of what I would say. And this is something I'm glad to help out with all the time. It's something I do. I won't say weekly anymore. My email has gotten a little bit crazy. But I do reply to everybody. It just kind of takes me sometimes a week or two to get back to you. But I'm happy to help. So send an email my way with your specifics. And we'll see what we can do.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. If you want to get your question in for the show, you can send us a tweet. You just tweet out into the world of hashtag AskTPA. And they go into a spreadsheet for us to pull from. So thank you to everybody that does that. You can contribute to the stationary.wiki, which is always a fantastic place to be. So you can go and find out information about stuff we discussed in the show. And also contribute as well. We really love that. The contributors are amazing. And the more the better on that one. The more the better.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's really, really impressive.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' If you want to find Brad online, go to penaddict.com or knock.co, where you can find his writing and his products. He is penaddict on Instagram, dowdyism on Twitter, and I am iMike, I-M-Y-K-E. If you want to find the show notes for this week's episode, relay.fm slash penaddict slash 273. I want to thank everybody again who has become a Relay FM member in August. There's still more member specials to come, by the way, from other shows. So go to relay.fm slash membership and you can find out more and help support the show. We'd really appreciate that. But until then, until next time, Mr. Brad Dowdy, I would like you to say goodbye, Brad Dowdy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Welcome back, Myke.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, no, you did it wrong.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad. I'm gonna stop it.

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