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== Nib Swapping ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Plumix, I can remove that nib, put it on the Metropolitan. Yes. Cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's a shame Colt pens don't seem to carry it, which is a shame.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You should be able to find it somewhere. It's... I mean, it's one of those pens that, for a time, it was on the shelves in the US at, like, Target, you know, just like a big box retailer. So it's a somewhat common-ish pen, but I don't know. I don't know how often... I don't know if they're still manufacturing as many as they used to when they came out a few years ago.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But if not, you know, I can come up with one for you.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Are there any other Pilot pens that carry that nib that you're aware of?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No. No. I mean, just the Prera, which you're going to have to spend too much just for the nib.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Yeah, I'm not going to spend 43 pounds on it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So what Pilot does, there's two pens that are bought by people like me who like to change nibs around for use in other pens, like the Prera. It's the Pilot Penmanship, because you can get the EF steel nib, which doesn't come in the Prera or the Cocuno, and the Pilot Plumix, which has the calligraphy nib, which doesn't come in those.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So... Why didn't they just offer the nib?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know. I don't know. But both of those pens are under $10. Like, I bought like three or four penmanships. I think they were like $8.50 each at JetPens. Oh. Just for the nibs. I mean, I don't even use the pen. I just take the nibs off and put them in my Preras or whatever else fits.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm going to assume that the Pilot Parallel does not have a removable nib. No.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Damn it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is a 1.5 millimeter.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, but it's a completely... It's 90. It's a pure calligraphy nib. It's a very squared off, rough edge nib. It's not a stub nib. It's got a little bit of that roll on the corners.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You really do know everything. No. Gosh. You do. I've thrown these random Pilot throwaway pens at you. You're like, oh yeah, well no, this one has this. I think I do this show with the right person.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Good. We should keep doing it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh yeah?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Huh. I think it's got staying power. This baby's got legs. Yeah. We should look into that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Speaking of legs, I need to run.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Let's wrap this bad boy up. Dear Lord, that was maybe one of the worst. I'm good. I'm the best at the worst. I will tell you that right now. That's an interesting way to look at it. Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Well, it's been a pleasure talking to you today, sir. Thank you very much for your assistance.

'''Myke Hurley:''' We'll be back next week with another episode. If you'd like to find the show notes and links and contact information for me and Brad, go to 5x5.tv slash penaddict slash 89. I am Myke Curley. I am at iMike. I am Y-K-E. Brad is at Dowdyism, D-O-W-D-Y-I-S-M. And he writes at ThePenAddict or PenAddict.com. I want them both. Because I made you. Thanks so much for listening. And we'll be back next week. Bye-bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.

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