Editing The Pen Addict 130/transcript (section)

== Kaweco Brass ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Just a quick question about the... This brass bodied Kaweco. Does it leave that, like, brass smell on your hands?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. Okay. That could be a negative.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Some people might like it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't like it. Some people don't like that. But I'm okay with the brass and copper pens. Yeah. I don't mind them. If I like the pen, I'm going to use it, you know, regardless of the materials. But, yes. It does. It's brass. And it... You know, and that's part of it. It ages, too. You know, it's going to wear differently than a lot of pens. It's going to get that patina on it. But, you know, the brass, not as much as the copper. But still, yes, it does leave that metallic smell on your fingers. Okay.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay. So, I think if you've been listening to the show recently, this should be no surprise as well. I think for me, the Karas Customs ink is currently my favorite pen over the $50 range. I just think that the fountain pen, the Karas Customs ink fountain pen version is just absolutely fantastic. I love using mine. I use it every day. And I also use the rollable version as well, every day as well. I just think they're fantastic. They're built so well. The colors are so vibrant. They've got all these nice little touches about them. And, you know, they're made by people that are just great in the community, people that we really like. But they're made with love and care. And I think that they're absolutely fantastic. And I couldn't recommend these high enough. This is one that people keep picking it up when they see it. And they're like, what is this? Because it's so interesting and well put together. You know, it's like strong.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And you're still doing the two-tone thing, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I think that's my favorite thing, buying two of them. Because I went in on the Kickstarter and having the half orange, half blue. I love that. I'm not necessarily saying buy two. If you do buy two, great. Good for you. I think you made a good choice. But, you know, I think this is a fantastic pen. And we have a discount that we can give you if you really want it. This episode isn't sponsored. But you kind of, you know, if you want to get a discount, then we can get you a discount. Gotcha. And all you need to do is I'm just opening up the document so I remember the code. The code is PenAddict. The Karas Custom Store is going to get you 15% off. Use that if you want it. But, yeah, I love them. Fantastic. Love that pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep. Very much. Anna, did you get on the ink bandwagon?

'''Ana Reinert:''' I got a brass ink before the Kickstarter started to test drive it. And Dan and I have continually joked that he gave me the biggest, heaviest possible pen. And in the chat room, he's been teasing me about being a leprechaun. So it's a little bit big for me. So eventually, I think I'd like to go ahead and get one of the lighter aluminum ones. I just haven't done it yet.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Because there are so many pens I need.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I couldn't do the brass. Like, I have a brass bolt. And it's too heavy for me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I've had the brass render K and it's too heavy. So I definitely like the aluminum on the larger size pens.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I also have a brass. I think I have a brass retract. But my husband stole it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Ah. Now that one might work. That one I haven't tried. It's a little bit smaller dimension-wise. So it might be a little bit weight. A little bit less weight. So yeah, I'd be curious to try that. So that one might actually work. All right. Let's fill these fountain pens up with some ink. What's your favorite ink right now for the gift guide, Anna?

'''Ana Reinert:''' This is the ink that I most want someone to find for me. Because it's sold out everywhere. I haven't gotten to try it yet. But I've read everybody else's reviews. And I'm super envious. But I really want the J'ai Herban 1670 Stormy Gray.

'''Myke Hurley:''' J'ai Herban.

'''Ana Reinert:''' J'ai Herban.

'''Myke Hurley:''' J'ai Herban.

'''Ana Reinert:''' And I can't say Stormy Gray in French. I should probably try.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, we need to look that up. We need to see if they've got a new video for that. So this is the ink that's, I guess, taken the internet by Storm. It's kind of a dark, stormy gray. But it has these gold flecks in it that, I don't even know if it's flecks, but I don't even know how to describe it. But they really come out in the ink. I think it's flakes.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yeah. It's flakes of gold. And it's, the rouge hematite, I think, also has a gold undertone to it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh my word, I've not seen this. I'm going to find it. I'm going to bite.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes, I think it shows up better in the gray than in the rouge hematite. The rouge hematite, it seemed like more part of the ink. And in the gray, it seems more separate from the ink. So it actually pops out a little bit more. It's almost like the gold pools together more in the gray.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know this because I have a bottle on my desk. I shouldn't tell y'all that. I hate you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I've been playing around with it. It's really cool. It's really cool. Um, this, uh, yeah, I, I can't say enough about it, but there's a huge but with this. It, um, it's going to clog your pens for sure.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Then I'm not going to buy it. You got to be into it and out of it. Like immediately.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You got to be like super diligent in cleaning your pens with this ink. Um, there's even a warning label on it, which I took a picture of on Instagram when I got my, when I got my bottle.

'''Ana Reinert:''' So this is, this is what like the, uh, the noodlers flex pens are for, you know, those nibs. If you, if you totally choke it, it's not a big deal, but that's, yeah. For these, these 1670 inks that do these, that have all this gold flake in them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yeah. That's what they're for.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep. All right. So my ink is one I wasn't positive on when I bought it, but as turned out to be probably one of my all time favorite inks is the, uh, the sailor Yamadori. Um, it's like, it's called, uh, copper pheasant teal. So it's a blue green ink and it has a little bit of a red sheen to it. And sailor inks have become some of my favorite just from a performance performance perspective and a price perspective. I just wish they didn't discontinue two of their best inks ever. Um, so I'm hoping they come back with sky high and apricot soon or in some other form. But in the meantime, the Yamadori is where it's at for me. I love this ink. Um, what's the, um, what's the Orochizuku you like a lot, Ana? That's like the peacock. Is it Kujaku?

'''Ana Reinert:''' Kujaku.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What, what'd you say?

'''Ana Reinert:''' The Kujaku.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I think it's, I don't have that, but looking at pictures of it, I think it's real similar, real similar to that. So, um, that's my ink. I just inked up, uh, I'm getting ready to work on my Nakaya, my first Nakaya review. And that's what I just inked up, uh, the Nakaya for those purposes with the Yamadori ink. It's a perfect match. So, all right, Myke, what's your, what's your ink pick?