Editing The Pen Addict 14/transcript (section)

== Pen Clip Design ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' It's got a real power behind it. Like when you retract it, it's like, yep, pen's retracted. It's got a very nice power. And that comes from when you're... I mean, you posted your review, your sort of video, which will be in the show notes, obviously. And what happened to you is exactly what happened to me when you unscrew it. The end just flies off because the spring's so powerful.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, yeah. You kind of have to cup over the back of your hand when you're unscrewing it because the back end of the barrel really pops off. It gets kind of spring-loaded. And it just pops off of there. So, yeah. It's gone flying across the desk more than once. Yes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And it comes with a converter standard, right? Yes. But I purchased some Namiki cartridges. Mm-hmm. Just because, you know, I've decided I want to get another Prera as well. Okay. And the reason I want to get one is because I am in love with the broad nib.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, and you got a broad nib in the Vanishing Point, right? Yeah, I did.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay. And it is the same thickness as the Safari, pretty much. Okay, good. The medium nib. Yeah, which I really love. I love the medium Safari.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right, that's the sweet spot for you.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. Because it's comfortable but not too big. The Namiki ink is very nice. It dries quickly. But the actual writing experience of the Vanishing Point is incredible. It feels really good. And I am very, very pleased with this purchase. Good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Good. Yeah, it's kind of the total package. Yeah. Pen. I mean, it's got everything. It's got looks. It's different. It's got build quality. Yep. Yeah, it's got uniqueness. It's got quality. And it's got versatility. It's nice.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's got really good weight. Yeah. Nice, nice heavy pen, which as I've always said in the past, a heavy pen always feels like an expensive pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm. And even so, it is an expensive pen, but I haven't had any issue carrying it around. I feel comfortable that I'm not going to do any damage to it carrying it around in my pocket or clipped to my shirt or anything like that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The actual nib itself is interestingly designed. A lot of it comes out of the end of the pen.

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

'''Myke Hurley:''' And it looks quite unique to me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it's much narrower than a traditional fountain pen nib. Yeah. Even the smallest nib you probably owned before, it's still probably half that size or so.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And that's because of the, I assume, because of the mechanism.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I guess it's part of the retractable nature of this pen to make it that way. You know, and when you take out the whole inside of the pen, the whole nib section and cartridge section all comes out in one, and you see the way it's designed, it's really long and skinny to allow it to be retractable and still work well. Yeah. I guess to get the right amount of ink flow and be retractable and to do its job, it's good.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Have you started using the cartridges yet? I have. I have. How do you feel about cartridge as opposed to the converter?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. So this past weekend, I cleaned it up, just ran some water through. I had Pelican Brilliant Black Ink in my pen, which I liked, using the converter. And I wanted to switch to cartridges before I started going into work, just because, just ease of use, honestly. I mean, if I'm using it at work, you know, all the time, and I run out, I just want to be able to pop in a cartridge. I don't want to keep ink at my desk and have to deal with that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Just not interested in doing that at work right now. Yeah. So I switched, I cleaned it out. It cleaned out very easily.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Dried it off, popped in the cartridge, and I was ready to go. So the cartridge has been good so far.