Editing The Pen Addict 91/transcript (section)

== Pilot Metropolitan ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' So, basically, the Pilot Metropolitan has gone down a storm. I'd completely forgotten that that needed those special Namiki cartridges.

'''Philip:''' Uh-huh. Well, it comes with a converter, too, so.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't know where mine is. But it sure is around somewhere. Now you mentioned it, that's good to know. Um, I had a box of those cartridges anyway, which I've given to her. Because I don't use any pens that need them. Because I don't use a vanishing point anymore. Which is what I bought them for. I bought them when I got my vanishing point. Because I thought it would be the most perfect pen ever to have graced the planet. And it cost me a lot of money. But, turns out, I don't really like it anymore. Um, so, what we have. So, basically, you know, as I said, the Metropolitan's gone down a storm. She just loves it. She thinks, you know, it's great. Which is, again, as we said before, it's not to my tastes. But I know that it is widely accepted to be a great pen. And, you know, I actually used it a little bit more this weekend. And I was like, yeah, okay. I can see. I can see this a little bit more now, maybe. Um, when I was removed from the hype that I'd built. That we had, you know, that had been built up before me and you ordered them. Um, but yeah. So, I can see that it's a solid performer, you know. It's very, very good for its price range. I was just hoping to have my mind blown off. But I did not. In the initial term. So, what, you know, as people will know. What we were looking for was not another pen. It was for a pen that could have a stub nib.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Um, so, she was playing, you know. She was like writing out with the, with the, my, uh, Diamond Mini that I have. My Twisby Diamond Mini. She was testing that out. And I was sort of saying that it was a shame that she didn't really like the Twisby. Um, because it was kind of perfect. Or any of the Twisby's really are kind of perfect. And the one that she likes, like the look of the most. The classic, couldn't post. And as I mentioned, that was an issue. So, she said, let me have a look at the other designs. So, we went onto the writing desk. And she took a look at the, there's, they have three different Twisby minis there. They have the all black, the clear and black and the clear. And she was like, oh, I like the all black one. Um, and it was also at that point that she realized that the middle of mine wasn't blue. Because she'd only seen it with blue ink in it. Yep. So, she thought it was blue. Because obviously the ink does like, you know, it colors all of it. Even where there isn't ink inside. So, if you didn't really think about it. Or that it was a demonstrator. If you'd never really seen something like that before. Yeah, if you weren't used to that. Then you're not going to necessarily know that that's the ink inside. Um, so we have purchased a 1.1mm stub nib Twisby diamond mini black. Awesome.

'''Philip:''' I think that's a pretty great choice right there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because they are, I'm just, I'm really pleased. Because I think it's the, I think from, I think from the start it was the perfect pen anyway. For her. It's small, it's elegant. So, she's not a massive fan of the diamond pattern.

'''Philip:''' Yeah, I can, I can see that. Neither am I.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But, um, she says that she can overlook it. Overlook it because everything else is fantastic. But then, we realized we need ink. Ha ha ha ha. So, basically we started also looking through on the writing desk for, um, com, like, Hiroshizuku inks. Mm-hmm. We've also looked at J'ai her ma, J'ai her bon, J'ai her bon. Ha ha ha. Inks as well. Um, but we, we, she settled on the Pilot Hiroshizuku Ku Jacky, which is Peacock. Okay.

'''Philip:''' Okay. I haven't used that one personally, but, I mean, that's a pretty popular one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think it was out of stock, but I remembered to get it on Amazon. I've seen those half-price deals. Well, I didn't realize, and I didn't really notice this until after I purchased mine, is it's like close to a month before they might arrive. Oh, really? Including mine, the one that I bought. I bought a green one. I can't remember what one it was now. Mm-hmm. But, like, we purchased this last weekend, and the estimated delivery date is from Friday the 7th of February to Thursday the 27th of February.

'''Philip:''' Hmm. Yeah, I guess, I guess because it's coming from Japan or Hong Kong. Yeah. And it takes some time.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They're just paying standard shipping, I think, on them. Yeah. Yeah. So, the Diamond Mini, I believe, will arrive tomorrow. I'm going to fill it up, and we'll be delivering it to her on the weekend, this weekend. It's the coming weekend.