Editing The Pen Addict 9/transcript (section)

== EF Nibs ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' The EF nibs are fine. They're smooth. They write like a champ. The EF nib is where it's at for me. I love it. It's great right there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I need you to do a comparison video for me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, this pen... So I can see that. Yeah, this pen is tailor-made for a video, and I fully intend on doing that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because I'd like to see it up against other pens as well, so I can get a real good idea of the size of it too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's right. I mean, this is a pen, if you didn't know what you were getting into and you ordered this without doing your homework, you would probably be shocked at how small this pen really is. I mean, you can see in the pictures on JetPens just with the penny up next to it. The penny looks pretty large next to it. But in use, it feels great. It's not too narrow. It's like holding... You know, a lot of fountain pens have a wider barrel just to hold all the parts it needs to function as a fountain pen. There's not a lot of narrow barrel fountain pens. So this is actually along the lines of a gel ink pen, like I was talking about, like a UniSino DX. I bet this is... You know, I haven't done any scientific measurements or anything, but I bet it's... Well, it's probably a little bit narrower, actually, now that I have one side-by-side. It's actually a lot narrower. It might be closer to the Hi-Tec C barrel width. It doesn't feel in the grip area like a mini pen or like it's too tiny. If you had large hands, I think it might be an issue. I don't have large hands. I mean, you know, just normal medium-sized hands.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You're trying to go there. I'm not going to let you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But, you know, I do think if you had huge hands, this pen would probably... I would not recommend this pen. But it's really cool. I'm really happy with it. I'm going to start taking it out of the house when I go and use it for a few different things. I am going to have to be careful. It could probably get away from me if I'm not careful. It's that lightweight. Like if it's one of those pens I could leave in my pocket and, you know, not know it's there. When I took... Here I go again. When I took my pants off or my shorts, this pen could easily stay in the pocket. It is that lightweight. Whereas my AL Sport that I normally carry in my pants pocket, I would never leave that pen in there because it's pretty hefty. This pen is a completely different category weight-wise.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is a shame because I've been looking while we've been talking to see if it's possible to get a clip of any kind and it isn't because that is a beautiful looking piece of equipment.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It's just too narrow. It's a shame. And the other problem is the actual clip part would be too long for the pen. It would have... Do you know what I mean?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. It would be too long of a clip. It just makes it sound tight. I mean, it is tiny.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But when you say stuff like that, it's... If you put a clip up towards the top of the cap, the actual clip part that hangs down might go past the barrel seam. I mean, the cap seam. Right? You know what I'm saying?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I think I do really need to see some video of this so I can get a good... Because I don't think even the penny image doesn't really help put it into perspective for me. It should be up against other pens, really. I mean, that will help.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because, you know, it does sound tiny but really interesting. I can see why you were so excited to get it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. This is one of those things that's right up my alley. You know, for me, for what I use pens for, for what I want out of my pens, for the style, for the portability. For me, personally, this is a really, really good pen. And it is absolutely not for everybody. Anyway, you're going to have to give me a lot of information about you and what you're going to use a pen for before I would recommend this pen to someone.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Just because, you know, I want to try to give people the best information possible. I don't want them to be disappointed when they get it and they're like, oh my gosh, it's smaller than my middle finger, you know. It's pretty tiny. But for me, we'll report back on this because I'm going to use the heck out of it. I've been really happy with it so far. And mostly because I like the EF nib. It's really good.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Is it maybe the nib that's winning out over the body or is it a combination of the whole package?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, it's a combination of the whole package. I do worry a little bit about losing it in my pocket. It's that lightweight. Like the AL Sport, I don't think I would ever lose that pen in my pocket. It's got a lot of heft to it. This is super, super lightweight. So I will do some video on this pen. Like I said, it's tailor-made for that. Just to do some body size comparisons with other Kawekos and other standard fountain pens. And then some nib comparisons between the EF and the F Kawekos. Cool. So that's my Lilyput.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Is it an ounce of note that you got?