Editing The Pen Addict 269/transcript (section)

== Ink Purchases ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, ideally, between now and then, we see some kind of sign that they're trying to address this stuff. And this can even come from just having a website that has actual information on it. Right? Like, ideally, there is, like, some kind of sign of life which shows that they're aware of the problems. And whilst difficult to fix, they're trying to, you know? That's the ideal, I think.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, and you weren't joking about the show hours. We still don't know what the show hours are.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And we were there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, and we were there. Just all of a sudden it closed.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Right? Like, that was it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep, that's kind of the one thing that's kind of important. So, I don't know. I see myself going back. Yeah. You know? But it's not without some hesitancy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, I would say for me, I don't know yet. So, my feeling is that considering the amazing success we had this year with the Kickstarter campaign, that probably in the future we will continue with a two-show campaign. Right? So, like, we do a campaign every year that gets us to Atlanta and somewhere else. And DC would stay on that list. But if there is another show which I haven't been to, which we could do, then maybe I would do that. Right? Maybe something like a San Francisco, you know, like, which is apparently also really great. Like, you know, so I'm kind of, I think we keep our options open for now. But I would definitely attend the DC show again because I had a great time. Yeah. But I'm sure I could have a great time in other places as well. But, you know, so maybe LA. You know, I think we would maybe choose one or the other. Like, but we always do Atlanta and then there might be another show that we do. DC for me would remain in the contention. Right? Because I did have a really good time. Yes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I'm with you. I agree. It's, yeah. And the further we get away from it, you know, probably the more, you know, positive the administration talk will get. And, well, maybe he'll do, like you said, well, maybe he'll do better next year. Because everything else about it was great.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It was just the problems on Friday morning, really. Everything else was livable. Yep. So, you know, as long as they just don't do that again, then maybe it'll be fine. And I like to have faith in humans.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I do too. But Bob needs some help. What were our remaining purchases then?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Let's move on from this. What did you pick up? What did you buy?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, my Shone Design pen, which I had bought Friday. So, we talked about that on the last episode. I only bought one more thing. Not even any ink or paper or anything. I bought one pen. It was a vintage Pilot Vanishing Point, one of the early models from 1965. And I've just started to clean it today. Like, I'm still recovering at home, getting unpacked. Like, all clothes and everything are unpacked. But I haven't unpacked stuff until I started that this morning. So, I'm pretty excited about this pen. It looks like it's in great shape. I just put it in the ultrasonic cleaner before we got on the show today. And it came out really clean. Like, I'm wondering if it was used. It was cleaned awfully well. And there hasn't been anything sitting in it for forever. So, I'm really happy about it. And just to give people an idea, to put it in perspective, I paid $200 for it. So, I don't know whether that's good. I don't know whether that's good or bad. But it felt fine, you know, to make a purchase. So, I didn't really. I mean, I had to think about it. It wasn't like, oh, yes, here's my money. But, you know, it's old and it's fragile. And it's something I'll need to take care of very well and watch it. But it seemed like a fair price for what it was. And what made me buy it was the condition that it was in. Because it was in a tray with about eight other ones. And there were a couple other ones that I thought were better looking. But they weren't in better condition. Like, he had a full pink one. Which, that would have been my first choice. But it was a lot more banged up. Then he had one with turquoise ends. And it wasn't as nice. So, I bought the nicest one in the tray from what fits me. Right? What I felt. You know, felt me in my style. And I got a good price on it. And I am glad to have this. And, you know, I'm going to ink it up this afternoon once I get done cleaning it. But it looks pretty good.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, for me. That was it. That was it. That was it, right? You really were keeping it slim this time.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I mean, like we talked on Friday. I saw a couple other things. But, you know, I'm in that phase now where I don't have to have everything. Where before I was just like, oh, I need one of these. And I need one of these. So, now I'm trying to really, like, sort it out mentally. Take my time and say, do I really need this pen? I mean, obviously, I don't need them. But do I really want this pen? So, you know, I'm trying to consider that a little bit more. So, yeah. And then I also know I have San Francisco in about two weeks from now. So, there'll be plenty of opportunities. And I might go stupid on that show because that'll be my last one of the year.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, for me, I paid you for the Pilot M90. Thank you so much. Haven't used it yet. Thank you so much. So, who knows if it's busted. We'll find out. Very true.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I need some ink for it. I'm going to see if I can try and find some cartridges somewhere. Maybe in the store that begins with a K that I can't remember how to say the name of. They might have some in there. Yep. Because I know they do a bunch of Japanese stuff. So, I might be able to get some cartridges. But I bought a Caron Dash 849, the fountain pen. I bought that for Adina. I think she might like that. We'll see. I mean, I haven't really used it. What color did you get? I went with yellow. Okay. Cool. Because it's this bright, luminous yellow. All the colors look fantastic. So, it just could be a nice. I mean, if she likes it, great. It could be a nice little present because it's a fun pen. And I also bought some Robo Oster Yellow Sunset Ink, which is for my Kenalea Haleakala silhouette. Hey, you nailed that pronunciation. I've been practicing, man. I've been practicing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And, oh my God, I love this pen so much, Brad. Yeah. I'm so happy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think you picked a pretty good ink for that, too.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I was playing around and the good old Punky was doing some tests for me and made some suggestions. And this was one of them. And I went and looked at the ink swatches on the Van S table and picked it up from that mill right next to us. So, I went and got some of the Robo Oster from there. And I've been really, really happy with that pairing. This feels like a pen that is special enough that it should have an ink that I only put in this one pen. And the yellow is really good. I am obviously coming across some of the problems that yellow ink can have, which is like it can be hard to see, which was why I went with a yellow ink that has a little orange in it. That was why I went with this Sunset because they have a sunrise and a sunset. And the sunrise yellow is a more brighter yellow. But, like, I was using – I was kind of playing around with this on one of my story supply notebooks, like the red ones. And the paper in those is a little cream, a little creamy color. Right. I could barely see it. But I have a Field Notes Arts and Sciences in front of me that I've been using for my notes for when I'm recording. And it's bright yellow on this paper because it's white. You know, so it's just like I don't really have this problem usually. Right. But yellow inks will blend into the background a little bit more because they are fainter. Yes. It's just about remembering that. So I'm going to play around with it. Like, there's some pink in this pen. So who knows? I might put some, like, KWZ Raspberry in here at some point or something like that. But I absolutely adore this pen. And it's – looking in my Sinclair here and seeing two can of layers and the Robert Brooks Arushi pen and I'm like, oh, boy, what happened to me?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Man, that Robert Brooks guy, he's pretty cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Robert Brooks, everyone's favorite. Jonathan Brooks. Who's Robert? Oster. Robert Oster. Everyone's names are just messing up together for me today. I'll let you off the hook, but I wouldn't go to let that flood. I will take just a moment now because I've destroyed everything that Jonathan stands for by ruining his name to just say I was – every time I would see Jonathan, I would take his little case away from him and just look at the work that he's doing right now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. He just carried around, like, the Pulp Fiction briefcase all weekend. Yep. And, you know, he would, like, open it up and he'd go, ah! Then he'd shut it and then he'd bring it around to someone else. So, yeah, he's going to have the full lineup. He's going to have a table in San Francisco. He did not in D.C. purposefully. And he was, you know, walking around with his case.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, just having seen some of the Arushi work that he is doing right now, I would say to run, don't walk to his table in San Francisco.