Editing The Pen Addict 15/transcript (section)

== Something Bad ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Something bad is going to happen. That's all I know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Anyway, I thought that was funny. We're going to talk about pen and pencil cases real quick. We've had a couple of emails here recently about some different pen cases. What are my options? How do you carry your pens? And I think we've covered it. We've at least mentioned some pen cases in passing in some other episodes. But I've had a couple of specific questions and just wanted to go over some general types of pen cases and some of the things I use and why I use them. And just recently, I talked about one pen case that's my favorite pen case that's unfortunately been discontinued. It's the Nomadic PD04 roll pen case. If you follow me on the blog at all or follow me on Twitter, you've seen me posting about it in the past, I don't know, maybe a few weeks ago. It looks like a mini burrito, the way the pen case rolls up. It zips across the top and you open it up and you pull out the roll for your pens to slot in. It slots five pens in their own protective sleeve in this little roll section. And that roll section also contains a spot to hold refills, lead refills, pen refills, eraser, things like that. And the cool part is that case isn't just built for five pens. So that roll case rolls back into the pocket of the pen case and you can dump like five or six or seven more pens in there. So you can get about 10 or 12 pens in there. And that's the case where I can keep some nice pens in the little five individual sleeves and keep some more mass pens in the big section. And I'm sad that I love this case so much because I talk about it all the time and people want to know where they get it. And you really can't get it anymore. Or you might be able to find some old stock that just haven't sold out somewhere. But I don't know why they don't make it anymore. But this is definitely my favorite pen and pencil case.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Stop rubbing it in and give us something you can buy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The very first pencil case I bought at JetPens, and I guess it was the first pen or pencil case I bought in ages, is called the Kokuyo Neocrits Stand-Up Pen Case. I don't know if that's the exact proper name. But it's the Kokuyo Neocrits.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It will be in the show notes. You don't have to search for it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, it's the Neocrits Transformer. Transformer. And I don't guess they're getting sued by anyone for using that name, Transformer. Not that I've heard of. It looks pretty cool, actually. Yeah. So what it is, the reason why I liked it is because it's still a good portable size. And when you take it with you to your office or to your school, to the library or whatever, you unzip it. It stands up vertically. It spreads out. And you can just kind of flip the top. You just pull the top down. And it's like it's a portable pen cup, if you will. So it's really well built. I've had this one for probably four years now. And it's always packed to the gills with pens and pencils. I use it a lot. And I've got some of the biggest, heaviest pens in here right now. I mean, I've got like a – gosh, what – I got one of the Moleskine rollers. I got one of the Jetstream 4 Plus Ones.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Charbo X. I mean, some really large size pens. And one, two, three, four. I got, I don't know, 12 maybe pens in there, maybe 14. And the thing just stands up steady as ever. It's a very good, portable, durable pen and pencil case that you can use, I mean, like I said, anywhere. I mean, you can leave it on your desk at home and it looks like a cool desk accessory.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I've always been happy with that pencil case. Now, one other one that has been really popular that I keep forgetting to order is the Lihid Labs Tefa pen case. And let me find that. It's a real basic looking case from the outside. It's kind of a lay flat case, if you will. And it opens up book style. And everyone who I've read about or has talked to me about it, I've had a guest post about it on Pin Addict, doing a review of it, just raves about this case and its durability and its ability to hold so many different items. Because it opens book style, right? And then it has a middle divider. So there's basically two pen sections. You flip the divider over and then you have another section for erasers. You could probably fit like a field notes notebook in there, scissors and things like that. It's just really nicely done with all the pocket accessories in the case. So if you're looking to try, that's probably the most basic case. That'll give you the most flexibility. If you're looking to try like your first pencil case and you need something to throw in a backpack or take to work or take on the train or whatever, this Lihid Lab Tefa is really good. And I don't have one yet. I keep meaning to order one so I can review it. But I've never heard anything but just raves about it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I'm going to put that on my list actually. I'm taking a look at it now. It looks like there's loads of little pockets and compartments. That's what looks really cool about it to me. So, yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Do you use any type of case? I know you take a backpack to work, right? Yeah. When you leave, do you use any type of pen case inside of it or anything?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't. I mean, I have a pen case that I leave at work which is just like a standard zip and just chuck stuff in. Like just for the random pens that I have like from Sharpies and that sort of stuff, you know? But the only – I mean, so I have like three pens that I carry around that are important to me which is the Retro 51, my first one, the Vanishing Point and the Hi-Tech C Colito. And in my backpack in one of the zip compartments is some pen slots so I keep them in there. Gotcha. I don't really need to keep – you know, to do anything else with them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so when we were talking about this, we actually got this question on Twitter for this topic. And, you know, we had some follow-up with that. Once people saw we were talking about pen cases, someone wanted to know what's a good portable pen case I can carry in my pocket that holds just like two pens or something like that. You know, I want to protect my pens, throw them in my pocket. But, you know, I don't just want to clip them to my shirt or clip them to my pants or something like that. And that's actually a pretty hard thing to find. I'd seen them before at Levenger. So I hopped over there and I did find one like a – it's called the Careza double pen sleeve. I'll shoot you the link for the notes. It's just like a little leather sleeve that's, you know, sewn to hold, you know, one pen on the left side, one pen on the right side. How well that fits in your pocket, I'm not positive. But that's one of the smallest pen cases that I could find. You know, this – I forget the man's name on Twitter. But he just wanted like – he wants to hold two pens in a case in his pocket. You know, that's actually a pretty decent request. You know, I'm surprised there's not a few more things out there. You know, if anyone else out there knows of anything, let us know. I know Kaweco makes a – they make a killer two-pin pen case. But its dimensions are made to hold your Kaweco Sports and Classics and AL Sports when they're closed. So that's a pretty small – that's not going to fit – that's not a universal type of pen case. It's built for the Kawecos.