Editing The Pen Addict 88/transcript (section)

== Lee Reyes ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Also, something else I stumbled on yesterday. As a matter of fact, Lee Reyes, who is one of my personal favorite pen bloggers out there, she's the one that did a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago around the time of the Philippines, the hurricane in the Philippines. She did all the auction stuff for all these great pens. And, you know, lots of people participated. She had a great auction going on her website. She posted her 2014 fountain pen wallpaper for people to use and share. These are all pictures of her pens and her artwork and things like that. She did an amazing job. Wow. Anyone that wants a fountain pen or pen and ink related images for their desktop for the upcoming year, you have got to check these pictures out.

'''Myke Hurley:''' These are amazing. Didn't she do a great job? I love the Diamine flower ink thing. Isn't that cool?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' She actually mentioned in one of her tweets, she's like, boy, that one came out really good. I think that was one of her favorites as well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What are some of these inks that have got splashes in them like that, that are all these different colors?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know. I don't know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's just the way they're lit. It's probably just the way it's lit, isn't it?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's probably the way they're lit and probably the way she's, you know, splashed them down on the page. And, you know, there's this whole range of colors in there. That was my favorite one, I think, probably the one you're talking about. It's called Ink Splashes. That was my favorite one that I saw. But, man, she's got Nakaya's all over the page. And we're definitely going to talk about that later.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I feel like Nakaya is something I don't know enough about.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. Well, hide your wallets.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Well, you know what happens when we do these things these days? I end up spending stupid amounts of money.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' God, it's terrible. It was an expensive week for me. It was an expensive week for me, that's for sure. Because I did get some new pins this week.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You did?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Which I did. I didn't think I was going to have them in time for the episode. So I wasn't really focused on them to talk about this week. But I got two new pins this week. I'm helping the economy out this week, Myke. First one I got was from my enabler, Thomas. He always – my inbox gets filled with just links from Thomas. Hey, you might want to check this one out. Hey, you know, he's looking at the Fountain Pen Network classifieds or he'll see something out there that's a good deal. He knows my taste pretty well after all this time spent talking to him. He knows what I like and what I dislike. So if he sees something he thinks I like, he sends me this link in the email. I'm like, man, I guess I got to go check this out. So he sent me a link earlier or late last week. It was for the Pilot Custom Heritage 912, which is the same pin I have, that PO nib, you know, that kind of like hook nib that's really fine and really firm. You know which one I'm talking about?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes, the one that looks like it's broken.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, my PO nib.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, it looks like it's broken.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. So it's – that's the very same pin style, pin barrel with a stub nib, which I hadn't actually seen. It's not one of the standard nibs. Just like the PO nib isn't one of the standard nibs that it comes with, you know, like fine, extra fine, medium, broad, et cetera. It's got a stock stub nib on it, and it's really great. And I bought it used off Fountain Pen Network. Pins in pristine shape. So I will definitely have more about this pin in the coming days.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What did you say it was called? Sorry. Was it the Custom Heritage?