Editing The Pen Addict 260/transcript (section)

== Bexley Pocket Pro ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So there was a limited edition Kaweco that was four or five years ago came out. I saw on JetPens had them. It was a celluloid like sport size pen. And this one's actually a stunner and I never bought it because it was like $650 for a pocket pen essentially with a gold, broad gold nib. But now this is a pen I could get behind. Like this is a stunner for me. And JetPens had them and they, they had them for years because they were so expensive and never sold. But I guess they slowly, slowly sold them one at a time over a period of a few years. If it was still available now, I'd, I'd have to consider it. But it, it was like $650 and it was, it was crazy. But this pen, as far as Kaweco limited editions, this is, this is one that was stunning. Um, and I've never seen one in person. Um, hopefully, you know, maybe I will one day and it'll probably be too expensive, but this is a great looking pen, I think. But, uh, the King, whew, yeah, I, I, I got nothing on the, the Kaweco King. That's all you, you're, you're much more royal than I am.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But something, a pocket pen that you do have some affinity for is the Bexley Pocket Pro. Yeah. Where has this come from? Uh, Bexley.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't, I'm not familiar with Bexley. So they're, they're, yeah, so they're a US pen manufacturer. One of the remaining few, uh, if there is actually more than one, I don't even know, but they're a US pen manufacturer based in Ohio and they, they've been around for a long time. I don't own any of their pens previously. Uh, I take that back. I do have a, a sleeve filler. That's a pretty cool that, um, Lisa Van Ness sent me once and I did review it. It was actually a very nice pen, really pretty materials. And they always use really good materials on all their pens. And I've looked at one or two of their pens at various pen shows. I've never have come away with one. And we've reviewed a couple of different models on the blog as well. But I saw this one caught my eye at the Atlanta pen show. I was walking by, um, federal or federalist pens. And I saw this sitting, this short pen pocket pen sitting there. And I was like, Oh, that's a cool acrylic. And I picked it up and started talking to Frank. He's like, what is this? And he's like, this is something Bexley just came out with. It's a pocket pen. And I picked it up and looked at it and the shape and feel and design and size of it is all really, really good. It did remind me of the Kaweco Sport, the art series with the acrylics. And it's in that price point. It's like a hundred dollars. But the different thing about this pen is it has a number six nib. So it has a large nib in a pocket size. And it has a converter that actually works. Which, uh, you, you very much enjoyed this. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, cause I still look at the converter and I'm like, look at all that wasted space. So why does this one work where like a Kaweco one?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The Kaweco ones, I could never get the seal right to pull like even like a quarter of a fill into it with this Bexley converter. It's just, I don't know, did they call it a pull filler? I'll have to look at the name. I wrote it down. I can't remember it. It, um, it pulled in like three quarters of a fill in the converter on the first shot. And I was like, oh, that's really good. So it's the first time I've used a mini converter that has actually pulled in any usable quantity of ink. The only gotcha is there's no tightness in the post, right? So if you bump the post when you're putting it back in the pen or hit it with your hand or something, you can, you can shoot the ink out the nib. But I mean, that's a, that's just going to happen. I mean, there's nothing, no way around that, but it's really good. I am pleasantly surprised with it. Kind of shocked. It comes in five different colors. The black one looks really neat. I might pick that one up for myself. I'm giving this one away. I gave this one away on the blog. And I don't know, it was enough there and enough goodness to catch my eye and to want to write about it because I felt like it was, uh, in a really good category, good price point and differentiated itself enough from what else is there to be a very, very good pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. The, the thing about the, the, the converter, like you, you would definitely get more ink if you used like a long cartridge, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, no, you have to use a short cartridge.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You go and take a short, like there, is there not like a long style of the international

'''Brad Dowdy:''' or is it just, yeah, there is, there is, but it's not going to fit this pen just like Kaweco's.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Cause it's just like, I look at it, I look at the picture of everything taken apart and it's like 50% of the barrel is the plunge end of the converter. Right. Right. Right. Which is like a tricky thing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So it's a good pen. And I, I want to see them like push this line and expand it. I think that's probably going to help Bexley out, you know, getting their name out there and get people familiar with the brand. I just think it's a really, really good quality pen. It feels great. It's wonderful to use. The nib is fantastic. Like I like having the bigger nib.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. It's an interesting looking pen. It's got like a cool old school style. I think it's frustrating to me that like they have a clip, but the clip comes off. Like, I think that's frustrating, especially with like a pocket pen because you're clipping them to your pocket. Like the Kaweco ones used to drive me crazy, but they were after market, right? Like you would buy them separately and add them. But like, you know, every other pen that you have, well, not every other pen, but like two of the other pens that you have in your lineup here are the pictures of them. I mean, I know that these are not really available to everyone. What is it? You've got the, what's the name of that sailor?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, the mini Sapporo.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. And then you've got like an M90. So, you know, maybe that's saying something, but.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It's just common sized pocket pens.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But they have, what I'm saying is, those two have clips on them that are fixed. Correct. Right. Where the Kawecos and the Bexley, they're not fixed. And I find an unfixed clip on a pocket pen to be kind of frustrating.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Absolutely a cost thing, you know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, yeah, to keep that price in that ring. I would actually, if I had this pen, you know, I'll probably end up getting one. I'll remove the clip, to be honest.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I feel like if you've got to add it, then you might as well not have it, because you're not going to get out of it where you wanted.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But what's funny is the Lilliput, I do keep my clip on, because that thing is rock solid. It is not moving at all, which I'm very happy about.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That might be because it's metal on metal, right? Rather than metal on acrylic plastic.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Agreed.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because I feel like all that I see is that it just wants to pop off that thing, you know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right.