Editing The Pen Addict 238/transcript (section)

== Pen Show ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' So, Pontus wrote in. Pontus, our friend who traveled from the lands of Europe. Pontus and Julia. Over to the Atlanta Pen Show last year. Said, thanks for the not cleaning fountain pens confession. It made me feel better about my habits. But that Chivor explosion, explosion, people are unhappy about that. Leslie said that she also has a leaked fountain pen and a Ziploc bag. Like, and that's kind of amazing. But it was an Emerald of Chivor. And Eric said that he was sad to say that he was happy to hear about my pen misuse because it was something that he could relate to. Yeah. So, I feel better. I feel better.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I mean, and I don't disagree that this is a thing. Like, this is not, like, way abnormal. It's just kind of insane. And, like, some of us have those super OCD tendencies, you know, and that's the kind of thing that freaks us out, you know, like me. So, but, you know, other people, it's, you know, part of their routine is no routine. And that's cool, too. It's wrong, but it's cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, I have decided to, I have some follow-up for you, Brad. I decided to satiate the audience and I have provided a photo of the explosion still in its Ziploc bag. Okay, I got to look at this. I haven't seen this yet. So, I took this photo today.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Wow. Yeah, that's legit explosion. You should clean that, not because you should clean that, but because that's a completely kick-butt pen. Yeah. You know I obviously love the 20, which is what the Pen Addict pen is. And yours with the clear and the smoke finial, it's just an awesome pen. You should just clean it because it should be in your rotation. That's why.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, maybe you should check that second link. Oh, look at you. Get out. I got it out to take the picture today and I was looking at it and I thought to myself, I should just clean this pen. Yeah. So, I did. And I filled it with Califolia of Andronople. I have some important follow-up. It was not Emerald of Chivor in there. Whoa. I thought it was, but it wasn't. It was Conpeccy. Okay. That's better. So, it came out pretty easy. There is some blue in, like just basically it's like baked in. I can't get it out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, the innards of the ice models are not smooth.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No. And so, there's some of it in the ends that was basically impossible to get out. But as you will see, it was very difficult for me to fill this pen. As you will see from the image, I took a picture of it in my hands. I couldn't. I cannot find my pipettes. I cannot find them. I don't know where they are. So, I had to fill it using a converter. So, I used the converter to draw the ink out and then drop the ink in. It was messy. Now, I'm in the terrible situation right now where the ink is not coming out the way that it should be. So, it's basically like a dark purple right now where it's still kind of drawing out the blue. But I've cleaned up the Franklin Kristoff and I have treated it to my favorite ink right now. And it's sitting here on my desk and I'm going to keep using it until it's shining a beautiful pink California in Andronopel. So, I have already achieved my first resolution of the year. I have fixed the problem. It is not as bad as we thought it was. And I'm ready to push forward now with this pen in usage. Because I have a Masuyama Italic on this. And it's a really interesting pen to use. I mean, I have pens that feel a lot nicer to use because the Italic grind makes it a little sharp for me in places. Like a little scratchy. And I think that's just my left-handedness. Because I've even had this pen tuned by Masuyama himself. But it's still just got that little scratch in places for me. But it produces some very interesting effects. Speaking of which, whilst I was in New York, I got to sit down and take a look at Tiff's collection. Who is quite possibly, as I said before, the fastest pen addict that I've ever come across. Because she has amassed this collection within a year. Which is quite incredible. Like, she has Nakaya's now. And she has some beautiful things in her collection. Including a pen which had a Jowo Feud nib on it. Feuday. Feuday nib.