Editing The Pen Addict 698/transcript (section)

== Nib Materials: Titanium, Gold, Steel, and Palladium ==

* So let's hit this,
* let's hit this feedback
* from Scott
* because this is something
* more to talk about
* that we,
* that's another
* recurring theme.
* Regarding nibs
* and their metals,
* you guys touched
* on titanium
* quite a bit.
* It's not just
* that the metal
* is more springy
* than others,
* it's also how it's used.
* For example,
* see Schoen's Monarch nib
* which is a pretty hard
* as a nail nib.
* Likewise,
* gold isn't always
* springier than steel.
* Like platinum's nibs
* are usually fairly hard
* save for the soft,
* fine and medium models.
* Aside for Sconti's use
* of palladium
* was a big outlier
* but even palladium
* is an expensive metal
* though it's a third
* of the price of gold.
* Yeah.
* It's not that,
* it's basically
* what Scott is saying.
* It's not the material,
* it's how you use it.
* Yeah.
* But when you compare
* a stock titanium
* like say a Bach
* titanium traditional nib
* to a Schoen Monarch nib,
* those are so far apart
* in what they are.
* It's like comparing
* like a Honda Civic
* to a Lamborghini,
* right?
* That's,
* so you don't say,
* well we should use titanium
* and make more Lamborghinis,
* right?
* That doesn't necessarily
* help the market.
* I want to see,
* Schoen has his market,
* I have a Monarch
* and I love it,
* I think it's one
* of the coolest things ever
* but no one needs
* a $500 nib,
* right?
* And we're already
* getting just
* dinged so hard
* on,
* you know,
* the pins with gold nibs,
* like I don't know
* that having $500
* titanium nibs,
* while I want that
* to exist as a concept
* in our space,
* that doesn't alleviate
* anything that we're
* talking about,
* right?
* That's a specialty item
* and those kind of stand alone
* in their uniqueness.
* Does that make sense?
* I think so.
* Yeah.
* But I do understand
* what Scott is saying,
* which there is something
* that's interesting to me
* and kind of exciting to me
* in that different people
* can have different,
* like,
* outcomes with the same material
* depending on how they use them.
* And so my hope there
* is that there is room
* for different materials
* to operate in different ways
* and fill different roles
* because this is my thing,
* right?
* I just feel like
* there has to be something
* other than gold
* to get a really good experience.
* Sorry,
* I keep interrupting you.
* No,
* no,
* no,
* it's okay.
* I was just going to say,
* I was going to agree
* with Scott's point here
* is we want people
* to keep experimenting
* with stuff,
* whether it's the basic nib
* or the Lamborghini,
* right?
* We want people
* to keep going
* with other materials.
* So to that,
* I totally agree
* with Scott here.
* It's possible
* that there has been
* kind of like a lack
* of a need
* for development,
* like research development
* and that this may push
* some of the
* more traditional brands
* to do a bit more of that.