Editing The Pen Addict 10/transcript (section)

== Pilot Vanishing Point ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' So, so the vanishing point is, you know, so named because it has the vanishing point, right? So the, the fountain pen is retractable. It's a rocker style pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I want you to listen to it. Cause this, this is right up your alley.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh yes. That's kidding me. You're just murdering me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's really strong and sturdy, you know, mechanism. I mean, it's thunk. I mean, it's, it's, it's a good one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, I'm going to assume that you went with the fine.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I did. I did. Absolutely. That, that was easy. There wasn't even any consideration on, on medium or broad, um, which were the majority of the options. You know, one of the dealers were going through and it's like medium. Medium, medium, medium, medium. Oh, here's a fine. You know, it's like, it's one of those things.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But you get a bit worried.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Nah, nah. There were a couple of choices and, you know, they're all, you know, everyone there pretty much prices, prices similarly. So, and you know, I will say this is, this is far and away the most expensive pen I've ever bought. I think it probably at least by double. I'm guessing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's not cheap.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's not cheap. You know, I think I got it. You know, I bought a few other things from the same vendor. So I've got a tiny, tiny discount. I think I, I told someone on Twitter, I paid about 135 US dollars for it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So you've got a tiny discount.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And that's pretty much what they go for. You know, like on jet pins, they're 140. I mean, that's a completely fair price. You know, some people were selling for higher than that at the show. And then some of the other, like the capitalist and decimos were up like 175, you know, 200 range. Um, and I don't, like I said before, I don't know what makes those more expensive, but it didn't matter because this was the one that I wanted. And, um, just really because of the looks and, um, and I, I was fairly certain I was going to like the nib and I do. I mean, the, uh, retractable mechanism's great. I, um, I couldn't wait to get it home that day. And I got home and started messing around with how to, um, you know, how to fill it. And, you know, I was following the directions in the box and I started writing away and, you know, I got, you know, 10 or 20 lines into it. I'm going good. Then all of a sudden it kind of petered out on me, the, the ink. And I was like, hmm, maybe I didn't do it. You know, I'm not, I'm not experienced at filling, you know, uh, cartridge or in this case is a non cartridge pin. This is a plunger converter that comes with this. It comes with a cartridge, but I was adamant on using the, um, the converter that came with it. Well, you know, I've, I went to Twitter and I got, I got a bunch of good responses and actually figured it out to get a better fill, um, for the, for the cartridge. Um, so, you know, I've done a little bit better job there, but as I kept reading and kept reading, this is one of the few pins where people actually use a cartridge more than the converter, just because this is a pin that's used a lot, right? I mean, it's, it's designed to be, you know, it's got the clip and the retractability so you can carry it around and use it. So a lot of the things I read, people weren't getting enough ink even to make it through the day sometimes, um, with this pin. So what they'll do is use the cartridge that comes with it and then just syringe refill the cartridge with their ink of choice and just keep using the same cartridge over and over and over again.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, could you not just find a good cartridge? I mean, did they not exist, Brad? The good cartridges?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You're limited, right? Number one, you're limited by design. Um, the Pilot Namiki cartridge is different than, in design than, like, you know, we talk about short international cartridges that fit, you know, the Kawekos and several other brands. There's not many non-Pilot cartridges that fit, um, the Vanishing Point, if any. I don't know of any. There might be some, um, offhand that I'm unaware of. So that's, limits you to six colors right there. I mean, I think it's black, blue, brown, red, green, and purple, something like that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, you know, the black's a good choice and I'll, I'll probably, you know, order some cartridges. But in the end, I'll probably use those cartridges to refill it with something else. Like, I had a bottle of Pelican, Pelican Brilliant Black that I was trying to use for this. So, we'll see. That's, that's, that's to be determined. We'll see how that goes down the line. Um, I'm, I'm still reading a lot about this pen. Um, just because there's a lot of different options. You know, there's two different converters it takes and then there's the, the cartridge refill, um, filling it with a syringe that, um, I'm going to look into. I don't know which way I'm going to go yet.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because it, it looks like from what I can see on jet pens that it comes with a CON50 converter, which is what I have for my Pereira. Um, and as, as I said before, the Pereira was playing up a little bit, but since has been fine.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think that's more me than, than, uh, than anything else, to be honest.