Editing The Pen Addict 167/transcript (section)

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' Isn't that funny though? Like this is how we are in this community. Like this one simple thing led you down this path and then we can have this conversation about it for like 10 minutes and we're all like, yeah, oh yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about. And it's like, if you had this conversation in public, it'd be like, you know, we're talking about, uh, a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, you know, in the middle of a restaurant, you

'''Myke Hurley:''' know, it's like a different language, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah, totally. It's, it's great. I love it. That's why we do this. I, it's fun. I, I, I'm just sitting here grinning, listening to you, listen to you talk. So it's pretty cool. Cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So that was order number two from cold pens in a week.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And then there's a third.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So I don't know if I mentioned, I don't think that I did, that we were looking for a new pen for Adina now that her mini, to his mini broke on her.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I can't remember if we talked about that on the show or we talked about it on the side. We definitely talked about it. I can't remember if it was actually, it was probably in the episode last week when we're, we were talking with Dr. Deans about Twisby. Yeah. So yeah, I think we talked about it then.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So she was mentioning it. Um, and I was like, uh, I don't really have, cause you know, we went through this whole thing before, if you remember a while ago.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh yeah. You went through like this whole discovery thing for her.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. And I was like, I don't really have a great option.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So we bought a Twisby Eco. Okay. So, because the thing is, I was thinking about it and I was like, I know that she loves Twisby nibs. Yes. So I could, cause that was part of the big thing was the nibs. Cause she, she wants two things. She wants to feel good. She wants to look good. She likes the way that the Twisby nibs are kind of, um, drawn out like, you know, the decoration on them. Yeah. And we got like a medium or something cause they were out of 1.1 stubs. Cause I'm assuming I can swap the nibs on this guy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Uh, no, this is a different nib unit. I think. Yeah. I don't have an Eco yet, but I think these are, um, these are more, these are more friction fit, uh, nibs. And I think, I don't know, you might be able to finagle something. I just don't know. I haven't had my chance to play with it directly myself, but pictures tell me that the previous minis in the 580s have full nib units that you, uh, screw in and the Ecos look like from pictures look like a friction fit nib, but just getting another nib for that should be pretty easy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Uh, hang on one second. Right. On Goulet pens, what nib does the Eco use? Can it take a nib from another Twisby? It appears to use the same nib as the Classic and Mini, and they're interchangeable, but you have to physically pull the metal nib from the housings of the Classic or the Mini to fit in the Eco. Right. There is no nib unit to swap, so, oh man, like I have to yank the nib out of the Mini.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, that's not far from what you did for the, uh, the ink you were just talking about.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, I kind of twisted it out of there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it's, it's going to be the same theory.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. It just, you know, it's going to take some elbow grease to, to do it, but it's, it's going to be the same theory. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. And Thomas Hall just tweeted at me to tell me that I should be able to pull the nib on the Eco. Not sure if they'll sell replacements, but you'll be okay. Yeah. I'm going to give it a go. I'm going to give it a go.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, actually, that's why I want the Eco is because of how those nibs are designed for swappability and even using other nibs, um, on that size, size pen. So anyway, go ahead. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So I will give that a go, uh, because we couldn't get the 1.1. And I said to her that if for any reason we, it wouldn't work, I would just buy it from her and I'll use it. But the reason that I went with this one is because people are saying it's better made, um, especially the one piece grip, because both of hers are broken on the grip.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That's always where that that's been the most, uh, the biggest bone of contention. area for their manufacturing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. And I just got, uh, the, everybody's sending me tweets today. Uh, Dudek just DM me and said that, uh, Dan Smith did an eco vid on YouTube and I'm pretty sure he shows how to swap them. Good. So it's possible. Yep. And now Thomas Hall saying, same, these guys get in the chat room. I know. I know. Um, so yeah, it seems like it's possible and it just, it just made me think that it made sense for me to go down this route because she likes the brand except for the fact that they break. Yeah. And if they have fixed a lot of the breaking stuff, uh, then I'm willing to give it a go. And considering she's had them break in the same place, but they have addressed this. Um, I'm willing, I'm willing to, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt again, uh, on this one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So yeah. Last call.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. It is. It is. Yeah. So there we go. So, so do you have that pin yet or is it on the way?

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, it's on the way. It may have actually arrived today. I'd be surprised if it hasn't arrived because at the end it gets these things shipped to work. Yeah. I think she, I think there's a strong chance that she probably has it, but I'll be able to talk about it next week.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And Colt pins in the UK has like one day shipping. It's nuts.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.