Editing The Pen Addict 207/transcript (section)

== Desert Island ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, Myke, do you ever wonder, if you were stranded on a desert island, what one pen, one ink, and one paper would you bring with you?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's difficult.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Our friend Tony, friend of the show, Tony's in the chat room today. He's created a website called DesertIslandDesks.com.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Which is a really, really fantastic name. Yes. Good job, Tony. Because of Desert Island Disks.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. Exactly. I used to love Desert Island Disks. That was one of my favorite things to always read and I'd always make my own list for that. So, I should do that one day, make my own Desert Island Disks. But I want to make my own Desert Island Desk, Myke. So, Tony has set this up on Tumblr because you can submit to this. So, he has a submission page where you, you too, Michael, can let Tony know your one pen, one ink, and one paper. So, what do you have? Do you, can you answer your Desert Island Desk right here live on the podcast?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I think, I think I can. Okay. So, ink is easy. So, first off, I thought about Retro 51, right? As being mine, as the ink and the pen all in one. But as much as I love them, I think I would miss fountain pens too much, right? Like, if I only had a Retro 51 with me, I'd probably miss the fountain pens. Plus, the bottle of ink, the one bottle of ink that I have would probably last longer than the refill. Right? So, I'm thinking smart here. Yeah. So, I would probably, as I speak right now, I reckon I would take my Pilot M90. Hmm. Because it is so beautiful, right? Like, it's a toss-up between that and the pro gear, but I think I would, right now, I would go Pilot M90.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I didn't think about that one for you, but I think that's the right answer for you. I like that. Good call.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Naturally, I would go with Hiroshizuku Furugaki.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And whilst it maybe isn't the best paper for the job, sometimes, maybe, I don't know, I would definitely take field notes. Mm-hmm. Because I would, again, I would miss that too much, too. Like, in the same way that I've missed fountain pens too much, I would miss my cool field notes. Yeah. So, I don't know what one I would take. Probably, probably Night Sky. Mm-hmm. That's good. Because that's, I think that that is my favorite edition of all time. Gotcha. Gotcha. Um, so I would probably, I'd probably take those.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I think the paper's the hardest to answer.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The paper is the hardest. Because I'm thinking, like, if I wanted to take the very best paper, that's something completely different to what is my favorite notebook. Right. So, it's like, if I was going to take the very best pen, I would take the Pro Gear, because I think the Pro Gear is a better pen than anything I own. Mm-hmm. But I would miss that, oh, do you know what, now I'm looking at my Sky at Night over here.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And, because this thing is the most fun pen that I have. Yeah. But it's not very useful, it wouldn't be very useful. It's difficult to write notes with this. Yeah. Because it's, I have the music nib on it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right, right, right. Yeah, that wouldn't match up with your field notes very well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I think I would have to take my Pilot Custom 823. I've been fawning over this pen since I first got it. It's the vacuum filler, the big, big boy Pilot. It holds so much ink. It writes so well. It's durable. It's strong.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think I could write with that one pen for the rest of my life on a desert island. I think that would be a good choice. And I would probably ink it with, golly, I think a Roshizuku Kanpeki. I wouldn't go blue black.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Ooh, strong choice. Strong choice.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I wouldn't go blue black. I'd want something with some more pop that would be more enjoyable.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm very surprised you went with a Roshizuku, you know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think my second choice would have been Sailor Apricot.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But I think I'm going to go with the Kanpeki. It's just so bright and happy, you know. And it will look cool in this pen, too. So, you know, you want to, you know, if I'm stuck on a desert island, you know, I want something that's going to be a little bit uplifting. And I think the paper, like I said, that's the hardest. I think I would probably do the Nanami paper, the Crossfield journal with the Tomoe River paper just because it's the right format and has a huge quantity of pages because that paper is so thin. That's a really, really cool journal. It's not the most durable or functional choice. But I think if I was set up with the 823, the Kanpeki, and the Crossfield, I'd be a pretty happy camper on a desert island. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think that's what I'm going with. So, you know what? And I will work on submitting that to Tony as well to get some love on his desert island desks. And, you know, Dave Forsythe, thank you for choosing the NotCo 3x5 index cards as your paper. That's pretty killer. I'm pretty happy about that. I'm not going to lie. And he wrote some nice words about them. And to have our product on a desert island, that's pretty cool, I think.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I like this. It's a nice site.