Editing The Pen Addict 41/transcript (section)

== VAC 700 ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Interesting indeed. I'm on Twisby's site right now. And something caught my eye. VAC 700.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That was their last big release. Full-size pen, I believe.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Vacuum inking. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't have one, so I don't know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So you like... You pull...

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's like... Yeah, go ahead.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You like pull the end out. And it sucks the ink into the pen. And they have like specific bottles for it. Just seems interesting.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It's gotten really good reviews.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I haven't gotten there yet. It's similar... I kind of alluded to it in... My Pilot Heritage 91 and 912 review. That the converter that Pilot used... The CON70 converter... Is kind of, sort of, similar to this. Where you basically... You push down a button... And it just like sucks it up like a vacuum.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I got one of those for my Pereira. Yeah. And that was what caused the explosion.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I don't think this is the exact mechanism. But I think it's a similar mechanism. But not having one and not having experience with that... You know, I'm not positive. This is probably one of those pens that I'll get way down the line... If I ever... If ever at all. Just because I have... You know, my 5... TWSBI 540. It's not that much different except for the filling system.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I really wish you wouldn't mention that pen around me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That's a cool pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I know it is. It's the one I want. But I can't find it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'll see if I can find you one. I'll work on that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' If you can. If anybody can. I would be very appreciative. And very upset, actually. Because TWSBI were having a sale. And they had the 540 in the sale. But now it's sold out. And I just didn't have the cash right then to drop on it. Because it's actually quite expensive. It's like 80 bucks.