Editing The Pen Addict 162/transcript (section)

== Pen Type A Kickstarter ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. So, did you ever get into the Pen Type A Kickstarter way back in the day? You remember that? I know we've talked about that a million times because we've had some things to discuss about it. Did you, you never, you're never a high-tech C guy, so you never got into the Pen Type A, right?

'''Ed Jelley:''' No, I never, I never really, it was never really my bag. Just because I'm not a big high-tech C guy. I mean, the Pen Type A, the body itself is very pretty looking. And I can see why people like it with the ruler and such. But no, it was never my thing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And what about you, Ed? Did you ever get into the Pen Type A back in the day?

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, I mean, I saw it and I thought it was cool. And like, I think that was really when I was like, oh man, that's really expensive. And now I've kind of like dabbled and now I'm still kind of like, it's really expensive, but it's cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's still totally expensive. But I'm bringing that up because Sae Wei and Taylor from CW&T, they're coming out with a revised model of the Pen Type A. And, you know, it's just something I wanted to mention. They've been good friends to me over the years and they reached out saying that they are, it's basically called the Architect Scale now. And they've redesigned the, basically the ruler piece on the, for the Architect Scale. It's all laser etched and all the rulers are nice. You can get it in imperial or metric measurements. You know, it's the same shape and design. It just looks more refined, if you will. So we'll have the link to that in the show notes for people who missed out on the Pen Type A. And if you did miss out on the Pen Type A, there's lots of story to go along with that. And you should, you should check out, you know, all the podcasts we've done on it. And, you know, all the blog posts on it. There was all kinds of things going on with that. That was one of the first, that was the first Kickstarter drama I think I was involved in. And that was the first, like, really long running, obscenely crazy project that, that ran on Kickstarter. That just took, I don't know, maybe a good year than, than it's when it first, when it first launched. So, yeah. So I just thought I'd point that out there for anyone interested into, into that. And, and it, it, you know, I traded my Pen Type A and I'm kind of missing it. So I traded it for a rotary back in the day. So I don't know, I might have to get back into one of these. So another, another, another pen.

'''Ed Jelley:''' I wouldn't mind something like this as a pencil.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know? Yeah, I don't, I don't know if they ever did a pencil component for that or, or what exactly. So, um, yeah, I, I'm not sure if they, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm racking my brain because it seems like I've seen something from them pencil wise, but, uh, I, I don't think so. But yeah, that would be cool. Another one that's pretty cool that did land on Kickstarter that I backed is the SS001. Um, it's a mini pen and stylus. Um, Scott emailed me, Scott, Scott Savage is the creator of this one. And he emailed me and I just checked it out. I get tons and tons and tons of email. I'm sure you do add to, and I'm sure Myke, you get a bunch as well. And he sent me this one, you know, just say, Hey, check it out. And, you know, I, I check almost all these things out and I rarely back any of them these days. I just, you know, there's only so much, uh, so many differences you can get, um, in all these different projects, but I thought this one looked pretty cool. It's a, it's a really nice mini pen. I, I could do without the stylus, but it has a flat end cap, so you can take the stylus off, but it might come in handy. So I did back this one. So I'm just throwing this out there for anyone who's looking for a good mini pen. Um, and it actually takes the, the, uh, Parker size refill in this, in this mini component. Uh, pen, not necessarily the D one refill that some of the other smaller pens like this do. Do you, do you carry a small pocket type pen like this? Ed, do you, do you have anything like this in your, in your carry arsenal, which we're going to talk about later?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Um, I have a Fisher space pen, like the bullet pen that works, uh, just fine. Cause it's small. I forget it's in my pocket and I tend to wear the same jeans a lot. So it just kind of hangs out there until I need it, which is cool. And, uh, I believe it's called the move EDC pen that has like a built-in machined loop that goes right on the key ring, which is pretty cool. And it's built around, uh, when those little barrel shaped Lamy ballpoint cartridges. I know exactly.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's a really good pen. I, I, I reviewed that one. I really, it's really well made.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. That's what I noticed about it. Like I'm like, ah, this looks like it could be a little cheap. And then I got it and I was like, oh, this is great. And, uh, that kind of floats on and off the key chain because I have enough junk hanging off my keys that, you know, I have to choose selectively. And if I have a pen in my pocket, I probably don't need one on my keys too. In addition to 10 more in my bag. So.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. So we're, we're going to, we're going to talk about this, this key chain thing. Cause I, I have a, I have more of a discussion on that, but, uh, we've, we've, we've got a lot to talk about it. You and I had.

'''Ed Jelley:''' I'll be here too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Hey Myke, how's it going?

'''Ed Jelley:''' I'm good. How are you?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Do you, do you, do you carry any type of pocket pen? No. Like non fountain pen. Yeah. I didn't think you, like if you're taking your field notes out, like if you throw your field notes in your pocket and you're going down to the coffee shop, what pen comes with you?

'''Ed Jelley:''' Whatever I'm most recently using. Like it, it, it, I don't. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Clip it to your shirt, clip it to your pocket, whatever. It doesn't matter.

'''Ed Jelley:''' I clip it to the field notes all goes in the pocket or throw it in one of my lovely knock products. Nice. You know, maybe, maybe in a little fodder stack or something, you know?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay, cool. Yeah. That's perfect. Perfect. Little, uh, carry kit. The only thing about this SS001, if you scroll down and look at some of the images, when that, uh, model name is flipped upside down. It spells loss. Um, so that's not necessarily a great thing. Thought I'd point that out. I can't get that out of my head now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know. So anyway, it looks like a cool pen and, uh, I hope it backs cause I kind of want this one. So I hope it, I hope it gets fulfilled.

'''Ed Jelley:''' Well, it won't now you've ruined the branding.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know. Sorry. Um, I've never not been called a jerk. So does that make sense?

'''Ed Jelley:''' I think that was a double negative.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So does that mean I'm a jerk?

'''Ed Jelley:''' Maybe.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay.

'''Ed Jelley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's pretty much what I get. Well, this, okay. This will clear up any jerkness, uh, on my part right here, Myke. So I have an awesome reader of the, of the blog, Margaret listener of the podcast. She's got a daughter named Maggie and Maggie is into all the pens that mom's into. And Maggie's a fan of the pilot friction. So she wrote and said, my daughter did this great review of the pilot friction. I think she's like nine. I had to go back and look at it. She did a great review of the pilot friction and she wanted me to share it with you. And it was a video review. And it was, it's hilarious. I mean, it's just two little girls doing just this funny little pen review. They're in their own little world. And there's this whole little backstory to it. So to prove that I'm not the jerk that you say I am, Myke, um, we're going to put this link in the show notes. I got permission. I got permission from her. Um, and, uh, I'm sorry. Uh, Maggie's the name. Uh, the mom is Brit, I think. Yeah, Brit. I got them confused, but we're going to put this in the show notes because this will warm your heart. And, you know, it, it just shows that pen fans start young. This is when I was started to become a pen addict when I was this age. And, um, it, it's really cool to see the excitement of kids. Like I see it with my kids, you know, like they like to see all the new stuff that I get and we, we, you know, unpack it and we talk about what each little pen does or pencil does and how there's all these different kinds and, you know, which ones can they have when I'm done with them and things, you know, that's very important to them. So check out this review. Um, I, I did get the, get the permission to link this into the show notes and you guys should watch it because it cracked me up seriously. So do it.

'''Ed Jelley:''' I just want you to know that I don't think you're a jerk.