Editing The Pen Addict 6/transcript (section)

== Fountain Pens ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' But today, while I was at the stationery store, I did pick up something quite peculiar. Do you remember last week when we were talking about writing in school? Yes. And I mentioned the B-roll or B-roll handwriting pens that Paper Mate make. Yeah. I found a fountain pen version today.

'''Michael Hurley:''' Oh, very cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I picked that up just because it reminded me of my youth. I've been using that today. But at the same time, I sort of bought some cartridges. I bought some Lamy cartridges because my Lamy's run out of ink too. You can tell how much I write in my day job, right? I'm running out of ink right and center. And I also bought a Parker converter, which has a standard-sized cartridge. So my thought was I would be able to use this converter in most standard pens, like the B-roll handwriting pens. So I've currently got some ink. I couldn't use the – I didn't use the Heart of Darkness on that yet because I want to save that for a better pen. But I have some Montblanc ink, and I've sort of hacked it with that. However, maybe it wasn't the best idea because not only have I got ink all over my hands today, it's kind of leaking a little bit. So – Yeah. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This converter is going to be a tough deal, and I'm by no means an expert on that. But when I get – people ask me, will this converter fit in this pen if it's not the same matching brand? You know, I'm like I'm generally – most of the time I'm not going to flat out say no, but you're running the risk of what you're finding out today. It's that the seal is the most important thing, right? The seal of the converter to the pen, and if there's any – even though you can't see it and it feels tight, you know, the manufacturers differ, right? So I always trust – I generally only trust the same manufacturer's brand converter with that same pen, even though you'll get reports of people saying, you know, this converter fit with that pen, you know, opposite or different manufacturers. I'm not that brave.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, you know, the answer is kind of yes, it does fit, and yes, it works. It's just not perfect. Right. I mean, the pen itself is okay. It's comfortable. It's got a nice medium nib, very smooth to write with. The ink distribution isn't great, but I think that might be my problem as opposed to the pen's problem. Like it is coming out thick and thin in certain places, and it's leaking through a little. Right.