Editing The Pen Addict 393/transcript (section)

== Uniball Set ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. For me, it's like the, this, this feels like one of those things where, because the full set isn't that expensive. Well, if you find it at a place that's doing a good deal, it feels like it's worth going all in rather than buying like a couple of sets for five or 10 pounds each or whatever.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, for sure. For sure. Adina, do you find the, do you find them to be comfortable to hold like the shape? Cause they're square barrel.

'''Adina Hurley:''' Yeah. Uh, I did, I did read your review and I noticed that was a point for you, but not necessarily a deal breaker. Cause when I use them. Right. Um, I actually find them more comfortable than, um, uh, which one is it? Stabilo has like this hexagon shape. Like that would be annoying. And I understand, I agree with you that the triangle would be more comfortable, but I don't mind this one. It's all nicely rounded and it just doesn't get in the way at all.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You could get one of those little rubber triangle grip things, you know, I think it was any

'''Brad Dowdy:''' wider. It would be more of a problem, but they did it right to make it skinny enough. Like I, I'm a big believer in the, like the finer, the tip, the narrower the barrel diameter should be. So they did a good job with these.

'''Adina Hurley:''' Yeah. You'd know from the outside, what's on the inside. Right. Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And like, if I'm going to draw, if I'm, if you're telling me that these are small writing pins, well, I don't need a big bulky barrel to write my tiny words and markings.

'''Adina Hurley:''' Yeah. Uh, but I love them and I know it's not technically a fine liner. I do understand now what you're saying and really 10 points for you for coming up with that explanation on the spot.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know that it's about, I'm going to get more emails about that explanation than anything.

'''Adina Hurley:''' Well, it helped me, um, but out of the set of compared to fine liners and other things that I would use for the same thing and like writing in the journal in a more colorful way. I think these are my favorite and they really slide on the page. So, and the colors are fun. So that's me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So the real winner here is me because I found a decent gift.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Success everyone. Success. All right. So let's get into the, the meat of why we brought you on today. You know, we want to get an update. So we are now in January. And so that obviously a lot has, uh, happened in your pen life since the San Francisco pen show. Um, and you mentioned at the top of the show that you've been really enjoying the pro gear, like overall in general, do you feel like you've learned anything more about your pen tastes over the last few months? Because you have a selection of pens that have some differences between them.

'''Adina Hurley:''' I guess what I learned is that, and this is me in general as a person, I tend to get bored easily with one thing I use it for. Not, not you, don't worry.

'''Adina Hurley:''' Um, but, uh, uh, I, I tend to get bored easily. So I enjoy having this variety to rotate through. And, um, now looking at my pen set, I really enjoy that. I have all types of nibs almost in different, um, in different types of barrels as well with different types of inks. And I, I found myself to be moving in phases. Like right after, um, the San Francisco pen show, I was using my Kenalea Kahikai. I'm really bad with this, with a Robert Oster turquoise ink. And I move in pairings as well. Uh, after that one, uh, because I started doing a lot more journaling, I moved into my, a platinum 13776 with, um, a coral J Harban, uh, ink, which, uh, because that one is a medium as opposed to my Kenalea, which is a broad. Um, and that gave me a whole different experience and a different ink and it was all pink and positive. And then as we moved into Christmas, also not many spoilers. I broke that platinum. I'm, I had to move into my, uh, sailor and I use the more shimmer ink, which was great for Christmas. Everything was sparkly and I use it to write greeting cards as well. Um, so I, and I have other, uh, pens in my pen set as well that I find that I use for different things. Like I picked up the Tweezbee Eco for the greeting cards and I had that thought that, man, this is a good pen.