Editing The Pen Addict 238/transcript (section)

== Nakaya Pens ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Give it something nice. So, how was, is Tiffany enjoying her new Nakaya?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I believe so. It was kind of treated very nicely in its little bed, you know? Yeah. In a nice little cabinet and stuff. Hilarious. It's only made me want one more. Because just holding one for a longer period of time, she has the one with the feathers on it. Right. And like the fact that you can feel the feathers, right, with the way that they've painted it on. And it's kind of incredible. And I really, really badly want one. And we're going to talk a little bit later on in the show about how I'm starting that process. Right. Because I am starting the process. I like it. I like where this is headed. All right. So, next up today, Thomas, our good friend, Mr. Thomas Hall, he suggested that there is only one blue-black ink worth considering, which is Pilot Blue Black. And he's provided a link to a review that he wrote. And I want to know your opinion on this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, I mentioned it in the show. Right. So, talking about last week's Confessions episode and all the feedback we got, this is one of those episodes I think I've seen the most, this was the best episode ever feedback. I think just because it was like, it ended up coming out really genuine, which, I mean, obviously it was, but it came out that way. It was really natural and funny and hilarious. I've actually listened to this episode twice, once because I was driving and I just wanted to listen to it and I put it in my headphones. And the second time, because my daughter Elizabeth heard me laughing so hard, she wanted to listen to it. She said she wanted to listen to the whole thing. So, we listened to it. I listened to it twice. And it was literally hilarious. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' When I listened back to some parts whilst editing, I was laughing a lot.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I mentioned two blue-blacks. I mentioned Shinkai, one, because that's my favorite. And it goes along with the Orochizuku inks that you have, Konpeki, Fuyugaki. You just know they're good inks, good quality. And then I also, the second one I mentioned was Pilot Blue Black. That ink is awesome. It goes in anything. It cleans really well, behaves very well. It actually has some permanence to it, which is kind of an off-label feature that it doesn't necessarily promote. But it's, I won't say it's like bulletproof, but it definitely has some waterproofness. It, when Thomas was teaching me about fountain pens, I had to order a bottle. Well, it didn't have to. I ordered a bottle because that's the only ink he wanted used in his pens. Because he knows exactly how it's going to behave after just years and years of testing. And it's a wonderful, wonderful ink. I mean, it looks beautiful. I use Pilot Blue Black. I probably use it more than Shinkai. If I had to pick only one, I'd pick Shinkai. I use Pilot Blue Black more, if that makes sense. Just because, you know, it's cheaper. It comes in cartridges, which I throw in my vanishing points. You know, all these things like that. So, yeah, it's absolutely awesome. And it's one of those inks that probably everyone should just have a bottle of. Because it's really inexpensive, all things considered.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, maybe I'll check this one out. I haven't made my full blue-black decision yet.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's got some cool shading. You know what I think?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think I might wait for this until I'm at a pen show. And I can just use them and see. So, I can just choose the one that I think works nice for me. So, I can actually see how they look. Yeah. Now, our spiritual third co-host of the show, Anna Reinert, has provided to us her confessions and resolutions after hearing the last episode. And she is permitted for us to read them on the show today. Yes. So, we have seven confessions here. So, number one, I am the most lax pen cleaner, too. I started a little club here, Brad, I think.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, I mean, you could just call it Cherry Pickers Anonymous, because that's what this is.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You want to find me some other feedback? You go right ahead, buddy. I don't know, I can't even get on to say. I leave them to sit for months until half of them are dried out, and then I finally clean them out all at once. And it's an epic day-long process, so I side with Myke here, too. I don't believe in the whole ink is going to damage pens thing. I have enough old fountain pens across the old ink that I've saved that I don't think new modern ink will cause much harm to if it sits for a year. Yeah. So, sit down, Brad. Anna also doesn't like the pen type A or B. Sides with me. That I can understand. And this is one that I don't fully understand. I'm interested in this one, too. I have a stinky Franklin Kristoff from The Dallas Show that sat empty on a windowsill since the show. I'm hoping it will stop stinking soon. Is it ink? Do you reckon ink's the problem here? What makes a pen stinky?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know if it's ink or the material, but, you know, you can get some of those ebonite or celluloid materials that really smell. Like, I've got some Edison pens where the barrel will smell, you know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I love that smell, though.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, and it's fine. And I don't know, I haven't had a Franklin Kristoff in any kind of material that would smell like that. So, I don't know what she's referring to. It's pretty funny.