Editing The Pen Addict 10/transcript (section)

== Rotring 600 ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I saw it. And at first I asked the guy, cause I just saw Rotring 600 there. I said, is that the fountain pen? Cause I knew they made a fountain pen. And if they had one of those, I was like, Whoa, I'm definitely getting that. And he said it was a roller ball. And, um, the price was right. Um, you know, I did a little quick internet research cause I didn't have a, you know, I had my iPhone with me, but I didn't, wasn't aware of what this pen should go for. And this guy was selling them. He had about five of them and he was selling them for $65. And I went and looked online and I couldn't find one less for less than like 125 or 145. So I went back and picked one of these up. So just to have, I, it's a pen I've heard a lot about. Um, it's pretty cool. It, uh, like I said, it's very heavy, very sturdy. It, the best part about it is it takes a pretty standard size refill. It's a Schmidt refill. I don't have the model number. I'll have to separate the pen and look at it, but it's, it's a basic refill that I'll be able to try. I'm actually pretty happy with the refill that it came with. It writes, it's a, it's a 0.7, but it writes pretty, pretty thin and very smooth. So, you know, if I run it out, I'll switch refills, but I'm not going to have any problem refilling this pen. And, uh, I'm really happy with it. You could, uh, it, I'm gonna have to weigh this thing cause it's, it's really substantial. Definitely weighs more than the vanishing point.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So, cause it's, it's metal, right? And the vanishing point is plastic, I guess. No, it's metal. Or is it metal? It doesn't look it. That's nice. It is. That looks, that's going to be a very good, cause the matte finish looks really, really attractive. So to think that's metal, that surprises me. That's even more intriguing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'll see if I can figure out what, what metal it is. I'll have to see if it's aluminum. Did I say it right? Yeah, pretty much.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Pretty much. Well done.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'll have to see if, I'll have to see if it's an aluminum barrel or brass, but it's off. It's, it's lightweight, but, um, it's, it's definitely metal. I'll have to see which kind of it is. But, um, that, that, that, those were the two pins I came home with from the, the big grand pin show. Um, you know, I, I, I did buy, one thing it was lacking in was ink variety. I was hoping to get some Noodlers ink just to try some different colors. Not a single person had any Noodlers. Um, there wasn't even any, uh, Diamine or Diamine or D-a-mine that I could find to purchase. Um, there was some Monteverdi ink. Um, I did buy one bottle of Private Reserve with this really deep, dark blue called, uh, what, uh, Electric DC Blue, something like that. Um, that was, uh, that, that's what I actually refilled my prayer in. Um, it's a really dark, deep blue. That's very, very nice. It's not a blue black, but it's a dark blue and then it, it came out very nice. And also, you know, I bought a few of the Rodia Unlimited. They're kind of like a pocket notebook with a band on it. Kind of take your, take your field notes notebook and kind of double the thickness of it. You know, page wise, it's something like that. And it's got a little band on the cover. So, you know, the quantity I did not come home with, but the, uh, quality was off the charts. So I was real happy with my pin show experience and, uh, you know, and I did see some other pins that I put on the wishlist, um, for, for down the line that were a lot more expensive than I thought too. So we'll have to see what, uh, what'll be next in, in the, the big line of fountain pins for me. Cause it's becoming a problem.

'''Myke Hurley:''' See, the pen show seems to have been successful for you and unsuccessful for the rest of us because now we all need to spend far too much money.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, I know. Just be, just be patient. Be patient. Think about it.