Editing The Pen Addict 204/transcript (section)

== Render K ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' No doubt about it. What is going on with the Render K?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They are refreshing everything. We've known they've been doing this for a while. Karis Customs has been working on this for a while, relaunching the Render K in conjunction with the Fountain K. So when they, the original Render K fit Pilot High Tech Cs and they had some modifications to fit the G2, Pilot G2 refills. And it's still one of the pens I use the most. My High Tech C refill lives in it. Well, then they decided to make a fountain pen based on the general design of the Render K, but they, the parts didn't match up, which was fine. I mean, they just made it look like it, built it around a fountain pen nib and converter and grip section. And they've been working behind the scenes for the second version of the Render K to integrate with the fountain pen model, the fountain K. And they've finished it. They've, they've got all the integration done. You can actually buy a Render K barrel now with a section for a High Tech C or a G2 refill, depending on the style that you like. And you can just add in a section for the fountain pen and it'll fit right in your barrel, which I think is really cool what they did.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So it's basically, and also they have like conversion kits as well that you can buy for your existing ones. I think this is a great way of moving their product line forward. Yeah. Consolidating the pen barrels into one type makes so much sense considering that aesthetically they were that way. Um, this is like a, a sign of the maturity of Kairos Customs as a pen manufacturer now. That they're thinking about it from this way. It's exactly the type of thing that you're currently going through at Nock. Yes. Right? Yes. Like consolidating the product lines and working out how to push them forward by being smarter about your manufacturing choices.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. So it helps them refine their manufacturing. It helps them come out with a cool new product. So it's like doubly beneficial. And then it benefits us as the consumers to get something pretty cool too. I mean, this is, this is really neat. I, I'm a, I'm a big fan of their pens obviously. And then what they did here was, was really cool. Just like when you, uh, when you bought your inks, you bought two of them. So you can have one fountain, one rollerball. Well, now you can just buy like one barrel and switch the sections around. I think that's pretty neat.