Editing The Pen Addict 99/transcript (section)

== Retro 51 Tornado ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' One more bit of follow-up real quick before we get into these new field notes. We talked about the Retro 51 Tornado Touch last week and how much we enjoyed that pen. And I didn't realize it until I was doing the written review, which I did on my blog on Monday. And Retro 51 had actually done a video on how to change the refill. And I didn't notice this when I was taking my pen apart. And now looking back to the pictures, it's actually easily apparent. But the refill that screws into the back of the Retro 51 Tornado Touch I thought was all one unit. Like it was one long refill with the screw-in bit at the end. But what it actually is, is it takes a D1 refill insert, which is kind of a big deal because there's so many D1 refill options on the market. The one that it comes with, the Schmidt, is excellent. I love that refill. But now that I know I can just pull that refill out from its little extension and use any D1 refill, that really changes the game. You can use all kinds of different refills. Like I always talk about the Charro X gel refills that I like to use. You can use Jetstream refills. And these, they make a Jetstream D1. There's all kinds of different D1 style refills. For those of you who like this Tornado Touch idea and the small, pocketable Tornado, you can actually switch out this refill much, much easier than I thought when we first talked about it on the podcast.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You forgot something.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Pen Blog of the Week. Pen Blog of the Week!

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, it's sitting there on my notes, isn't it? Pen Blog of the Week, Pen Blog of the Week.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. This is a Hide Your Wallets Pen Blog of the Week. Because I've been following Lee Reyes as long as I've been doing my blog. She has been out there doing just awesome pen reviews, artwork, ink reviews, photography. Pretty much everything that Lee does, I'm a fan of. She's an amazing blogger, an amazing photographer, amazing writer.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' She's got, I want to say, a handful of Nakayas. If you scroll back through her, somewhere between 5 and 10, I'm guessing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, man. Wow.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. If you scroll back through her blog, she's taken pictures of all of them and reviewed all of them. She also did a great thing back during the hurricane relief efforts to the Typhoon Haiyan Philippine Hurricane. She did a huge auction that ran on her site forever with all the proceeds going to the relief efforts. Because that's where she's based in that area of the world. So, if you haven't heard, most people who follow me have probably heard of Lee Reyes and have followed her blog. But if you haven't, this is something where you can just take the time and sift through the archives. And pretty much every post she does, you will learn something. And your mind will be blown at just the visual greatness that she puts on the page. So, thank you, Lee, for being awesome. And definitely, definitely check this blog out. And like I said, Hydro Wallets, because she's got some stuff on here that's just off the charts amazing. So, I'm glad you said that, Myke, because I really wanted to talk about that blog.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, did I cover the Retro 51 Touch? Did I get everything? So, will you switch out to a different D1 refill? Or are you sticking with the Schmidt?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's fine for me. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's a really good refill. That was one of the things that really kind of hooked me on that pin was that refill was pretty darn good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. News of the week.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This is kind of a big deal. The new Field Notes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is always a big deal.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's always a big deal.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But this is a big, big deal.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This one's a big, big deal.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's like a forest side. I don't know. Just bad puns now.