Editing The Pen Addict 570/transcript (section)

== Fountain Pens and Miranda's Journey into the Hobby ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right, let's talk fountain pens. I think, I don't remember exactly when I first started following you on stream, which we're going to get into later, of course. But I do remember, it was probably like a friend of a friend type of thing. It's like, hey, you need to go check out Havoc Rose. And I think maybe I'd followed you on Instagram. And then all of a sudden, I started watching you doing some of your journaling streams, and you were just kind of getting into fountain pens a couple years ago. Do I have that somewhat accurate?

'''Miranda Sanchez:''' This is true. It was also 2020 when I got into it then.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Gotcha. Gotcha. So from my recollection, you just jumped right into the deep end. Oh, yeah. You went from zero to sailor immediately, right?

'''Miranda Sanchez:''' Yeah. I got, I was doing a ton of research. And I was like, all right, I don't want to start with the preppy because it's not cute. Like, it's fine. The Metropolitan, not my jam. So I got a Quebeco Sport. And I was like, this is great. And then I bought it to Wisby like a week later. It's like, this is great. And then like a month later, I brought my first like sailor. So I got a sailor pro gear. It's like, this is what I'm talking about.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And then the fleet of sailors has expanded exponentially since then, I would say.

'''Miranda Sanchez:''' Oh, yes. It's been a lot. I have, Brad, I have a lot of pens. And I love them. I love them so much. But sometimes I'm like, wow, that happened fast.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. And the reason why I enjoy watching you write and do your journaling is because, and you mentioned this before, you write small. So we have that in common. And sailor has some really nice nibs for writing small. So what's your favorite kind of sailor setup? You know, the favorite pen shape, favorite nib, or even if there's a like a particular sailor model that is your favorite. But I know that's hard to pick.

'''Miranda Sanchez:''' That is hard to pick. But I do actually have my one, two, three. I have my five favorite sailors in front of me. All right. Let's hear it. Actually, I put all my favorite pens in front of me just for this podcast. Because it's like, I love you. And you're going to be featured with my eyes only and through my words. I love you. Anyway, I'm very weird. Sorry.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You're in the right place. Believe me.

'''Miranda Sanchez:''' God, I just love pens. Anyway, so my favorites by far have to be one of my prized possessions, a Shishikura owl sailor. So Pro Gears are my favorite. But Pro Gears slims are fine. They're just fine. I don't want to buy them unless it's for a very specific reason. Vastly prefer the Pro Gears size. So I have the Shishikura owl. It's one of my favorites. Next up, we have the Kubo Sakura from Pachimonjiya, which is a beautiful pink color. It has like very dainty. Then, okay, you'll notice a theme with all these, by the way. The next one is the Witch from Bungu Box, which is the Rialo. And then I also have the Twinkle Milky Way and Twinkle Stardust Pro Gear Minis from Bungu Box. And those are my five favorite sailors.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's so good.

'''Miranda Sanchez:''' They're all imported. What?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I think that's kind of how we... Now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder if it was probably like CY saying, hey, you might want to talk to Miranda. Like she's getting all these pins that look like your kind of pins. Y'all might should be friends. So that might have been it. Yeah. What nibs do you like when you're writing?

'''Miranda Sanchez:''' I actually really like Sailor's Medium Fine, which I think sometimes is like, oh, it's kind of boring because it's like the special default. But it's just a really comfortable size for me.

'''Miranda Sanchez:''' I think it's just probably my favorite. And I've tried a lot of different kinds. And I think just with the size that I write at, it's just the perfect spot for me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I agree. I think it's the default for a reason, right? For people who write with handwriting like we do, it's just like I can pick it up and I know no matter what ink or what paper I'm going to put it in, I'm going to get some sort of expectation of what I was hoping for, right?

'''Miranda Sanchez:''' Exactly.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I love my Sailor Extra Finds, but sometimes that's just too much for me. It's too aggressive of a nib. And I feel like I have to be particular and careful with the MF. I just pick it up and go.

'''Miranda Sanchez:''' Exactly. Extra Fine or Fine. It's just like, okay, how much time do I have to be slow in my writing so it's still legible?