Editing The Pen Addict 182/transcript (section)

== Graphite Pencils ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' The graphite is like a perfect grade. It holds a point really, really well. And I can put in, even though the erasers stink, I can put in orange erasers in the tip of mine to customize them a little bit. So they kind of have that little orange flair on the end of them. I love this pencil. It's the one I reach for the most. I carry a bag of probably about a little case of about 12 pencils or so. And this one I pull out nine times out of ten. I should just take all the other ones out because they're not getting any use. I'm using it for show notes today. You know, I just love, love this pencil. And for a good paper to go with pencil, I know the Word notebooks, the standard ones, are always really good with pencil. They're not really good with fountain pens. But it's a good feedback type of paper for pencils and graphite. And they've come out with a brand new design, finally. And I kind of mentioned something about it in my last review I did. You know, where do they go from here? Well, they've come out with a dot grid, Word notebooks, and it looks really, really nice. And the paper should be the same as the standard Word notebooks. So it's going to be awesome for pencil. And I don't have any of these yet, but I want to get some because they look nice. And I like how they've just taken the dot grid pattern and just made the cover the same way. It looks really, really cool. So that would be my, the Blackwing 602 and the Word Notebooks dot grid would be my recommendation.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So Ana, have you tried the new Word Notebooks dot grid yet? By chance?

'''Ana Reinert:''' I haven't tried them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. They just came out, like, I don't know, past a couple, two or three weeks. So I want to see if the paper is the same. I would wager they are. And if they are, it's going to be perfect for pencils.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Oh, good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. So we got, we have a few more to get through here. But we got another one of our really good friends. It's like the perfect, the perfect sponsor for this episode. So just like Pen Chalet before and Karis Customs now. So what do you got for us today, Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Good friends over at Karis Customs are sponsoring this week's episode. They are an awesome pen maker based in Mesa, Arizona. All of their stuff is made in their shop and they are proud that they are based in the US of A. These guys make a whole range of awesome pens that you will have heard us talk about endlessly on the show because we love them. Like the Render K, the Ink, the Bolt, the Retract and the all new EDK and Fountain K. Their newest pens feature new colors and textures not previously available in any of their other lines. And their fountain pens now use nibs manufactured by Peter Bock, known for their quality products in the industry. You can choose the materials these pens are made of. You have choices of aluminium, brass or copper, allowing you to customize your pen with the balance and weight and texture that fits perfectly for you and your style. They also do some awesome colors that you can choose from too. They have really bright, vivid aluminium models that let you express yourself with some flair. And as I've seen in the past, you buy a couple of different ones and you can mix and match, which I really love, you know. Buy a couple of Render Ks in different colors. You can mix and match them up. I love that. These pens are made with such great care and materials that they only get better with time. I'm such a huge fan of their products. They really make amazing stuff. And I buy everything they do. We all do. Because we know that they're made of loving care from pen addicts like us. People really, really care about this stuff. The folks over at Karis Customs have a super great connection with their customers. They're part of this community like the rest of us. They make their pens by hand. They ship them out to you guys. And they want to interact with you, as you see on their social media, like on their Instagram, because they want to see that you're enjoying them as much as they love making them. Our friends over at Karis Customs are offering a huge 20% discount this weekend. You get 20% off this weekend for listeners of the pen addict if you use the code BLACKFRIDAY when you're in your shopping cart before checkout. This offer is good from Thanksgiving, so the 26th of November, to Cyber Monday, the 30th of November, and includes everything in the store. So, stock up on gifts for the holidays with this fantastic discount. It's 20% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY. Thank you. That's all one word, by the way, BLACKFRIDAY. Thank you so much to Karis Customs for supporting this week's episode of the pen addict and RelayFM.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, it didn't ding like normally. I was trying to get the, I got the new ink in, and it usually has that tuning fork little sound. So that was the clip of the new ink. And the new colors are awesome. The brown anodization and the olive green. I've got Dan sent me the brown ink version 2 with an aluminum section. And the nibs are inset a little bit in the section. And the new Bach nibs are awesome. I absolutely adore this pen. I love the first model of the ink. This one is even better, dare I say. They're both awesome. The thing that amazes me about the ink and also the Fountain K, which he also sent me a Fountain K, in tumbled aluminum. Sorry, I'm playing with, I'm making noise here. With a brass section. So the Fountain K takes the number 5 Bach nib. The ink takes the number 6 Bach nib. So it's a little bit smaller on the Fountain K. What's awesome about these is they're full metal barrels. But they are so light and so just weighted really, really well for writing that you can just kind of go all day with them. And that's what fascinates me about these pens the most. That they're not too heavy. They're like just the right weight. Just the right comfort to be able to use. And really these new colors that they've done are just fantastic. So using that 20% off code is kind of a no brainer.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Now I want to see if I can make the tuning fork noise. Nope.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Nope. There you go. There it goes. There it goes. My old one does it. But yeah, this one's more snappier. So version 2 has a snap. Version 1 goes ding.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I got the olive green with brass grip. How good does that look?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Tell us about it. It really is.

'''Ana Reinert:''' It's super, super amazing. And I will give you guys a little hint about the review that I'm going to post tomorrow about it. It is exactly the same color as my 1981 Vespa PK 125. What? I am not kidding you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So are there going to be pictures? There are going to be pictures?

'''Ana Reinert:''' Oh, yes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, yes. This is going to be good.

'''Ana Reinert:''' And I've been teasing Dan that there are going to be amazing pictures tomorrow. But I wouldn't tell him what they were. So this is the first he's heard about it either.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, this is going to be so good. Okay. I can't wait to that. I definitely want to see that. I can't wait. That's going to be awesome.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yeah. But as soon as I took it out of the box, I'm like, I know exactly what color this is.