Editing The Pen Addict 90/transcript (section)

== Ink Properties ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Bay State Blue just says forgery-resistant and water-resistant. It doesn't say destroy pens. There's no box for that on there. So, yeah. I'm staying away from that. There's no doubt. But I've got Apache Sunset inked up right now. And that's a keeper for me. So, anyway. I thought I'd point this out because it was cool. Actually, I think it came up on one of Jeff's review on pen addict for the Heart of Darkness ink. I think someone put this link in the comments section was what it was. And I thought it was a great resource because I'd never seen this chart before.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So, you have some ink.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I have a quick tip too like you did. Somebody alerted this to me on Twitter. I'm terrible now because I can't remember who it was. But I'm going to find that person in a moment. And I'm going to give them props.

'''Myke Hurley:''' There is an Amazon seller.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I believe they're in the UK. They're doing this deal in the UK. I can't really put a link to them because the link isn't useful. Because they have like 250 pages of stuff. They sell like Japanese goods. It's called Santa Trading Japan. They're currently selling bottles of Hiroshizuku for like 12 or 13 pounds a bottle. Which is like half the price that you would find it elsewhere. Wow. And I've actually picked up some Hiroshizuku ink. It's been dispatched now. I bought a green one. I can't remember the name off the top of my head. But I'll tell you about it next week when it arrives. Oh, that's great. But yeah, it's definitely, definitely worth picking up. Yeah, Pilot Hiroshizuku on the writing desk is 25 pounds a bottle. Wow. So it's half price. So I sort of scanned through. I don't want to get more than one. Because I just don't need it. So I thought I would buy a different color for me. So I went with green instead. Very nice. Which is definitely different for me to the colors that I've had in the past. So I'm now going to find this person by scanning. Basically, I'm going to the Twitter website. And I'm loading back my conversations over the last few days. And then I will search Hiroshizuku. Because Twitter is quite possibly the worst system for trying to find anything. It's just so difficult. It's not easy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I did the same thing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It was TonyGuntrip. Oh, excellent. So thank you very much, Tony. What I will do, so people have actually got a point of reference, I will put that tweet into the show notes. So if you need to find the name of the company, then you can do that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, and I don't know. On the U.S. Amazon store, there's oftentimes a retailer that sells a Hiroshizuku for cheap. And my inbox usually gets flooded at the time that they have the low pricing. It's not consistently a low price. But when it does, it's usually about $18 or $20, I think, a bottle, which is really good. And I've usually missed them by the time I've gone to do it. Either they're sold out of the colors that I want or not offering the same price anymore. But I know several people watch that on Twitter. And my email usually gets pinged in email or Twitter. So I will be sure if it comes out again, I will shoot out a link on Twitter if anyone's looking for some good prices on Hiroshizuku Inc. So that's pretty cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So my last piece before we take a quick break. A friend of the show, Mr. Myke Dudek, sent me a message a couple of days ago. And he was like, just keep your eye on the mail.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I was like, okay, dude, what are you up to? And he's just like, just keep your eye on the mail. And I apologize if there was any customs charges. That was basically what he said to me. And I, yesterday, received my mail. And he has mailed me his own personal prototype of the Karas Customs Inc. How cool was that? Sorry? I said, how cool was that? I'm very, yes, I'm very happy. And it's very nice of the dude to do that for me, actually, to send me his own. Oh, by the way, congratulations to Karas Customs.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, they nailed the funding. It was, what, $90?

'''Myke Hurley:''' $96,930. Man, that's awesome. So that's excellent work. I was very happy to get my email to tell me that it had been backed.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, yeah, I'm really, really pleased for those guys. It's a great, it's a really great project. And I'm happy because I think I'm really, just really pleased for them. They do great work. So, I've only been able to play around with the ink for a little bit. Because I've decided not to take it out of my home. Because it's not my pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I've never lost one, but I wouldn't feel comfortable doing it. Especially because I can't replace it. It's not like I can just be like, oh, sorry, Dudek, I lost your pen. I'll buy you a new one. Because it's just not possible right now. So, I'm going to give a very quick rundown of my sort of feelings. And maybe I'll have some more in the near future. So, the grip section is really, really nice. It's made well. It's really, really nice to hold. The screw section where the pen screws on is far enough away from the nib. So, you get a really nice grip section. Because a lot of the time you see a pen like this where it's made especially of metals. I find that the screw section can be quite uncomfortable. And it's too close to the nib. It's definitely not the case here. It's really designed very, very well. Like, the pen itself to look at is, it looks quite like, like it's big. Right? It's just like a big pen. And I kind of like that. It's got this real distinctive style to it. Like, the way that it sort of bulges out in the middle. It's very, it reminds me of a hot rod. And I don't know why. Like, that sort of style. That, like, 50s style, I think. There's something about it that I can't quite put my finger on. But it's just got that sort of really cool look to it. The nib is excellent. This is the medium. And I do feel like the medium is nice. But a fine will be good, too. On that, you know, it's a good ink flow and stuff. The pen's weighted really well, surprisingly. I mean, I think it's a great choice to go with aluminium. Because even though, as I say, it's quite a big pen. It's definitely, you know, it's full size for sure. It doesn't feel heavy to me. It's got quite a good weight. It's definitely comfortable to write with. And my favorite thing of all is the sound it makes when you put the cap back on. So I will attempt to do that for you now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'll do it again. I love that noise.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You're only going to get that on the Pen Addict podcast, folks.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, it's awesome. I agree with that 100%. And I can't wait to get my orange anodized ink. It's going to be pretty sweet. I'm very, very anxious to get that and get that going in the rotation. Because I think it's just a totally cool pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yes. Thank you, Mr. Dudek, for sending this over for me to try out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' He told me he was going to do that. He's like, you better not tell him. I said, okay, I'll see how it goes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And I'm very excited to get my own now. Yep. Yep.