Editing The Pen Addict 222/transcript (section)

== Pens ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep, yep. Well, cool. I want to dig into more of some of kind of the personal stuff that carries into just these days, you know, with pens and paper and, you know, what's kind of getting it done for you these days. But I want to talk about our favorite online pen show first. And that's our good friends at Pen Chalet. They sell authentic and amazing rollerballs, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils from all your favorite brands like Monteverde, Pelican, Lamy, Pilot, Namiki, Sailor, Kaweko. And they're authorized dealers of all these brands. They ship incredibly fast. I hear that all the time about Pen Chalet. Even, you know, internationally, their shipping rates are great. You spend over $50 in the U.S. You get free shipping international. The prices are very reasonable. They get there so fast. I hear that all the time. And they're always running discounts twice a month. They run closeout specials every two weeks. They add new styles of pens and inks every month. Always new products coming in. And not just that. They also sell limited edition models, pen accessories, pen cases, holders, refills, fountain pen converters. Anything you need to get writing with your fountain pens. They have low prices on high quality pens and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So check out Pen Chalet. Click the podcast link at the top of the website and enter the password PENADDICT for this week's special offer. And to get the code, you need to save 10% on anything at Pen Chalet. So this week, the special offer carry is one of my favorite rollerballs. And it's the Lamy Tipo. It's a very interesting looking pen with the clip kind of sticks out the top. But for some reason, the way Lamy designs pens, I just love their unique style and feel. And this Lamy Tipo rollerball in aluminum black, I can't tell you the price. You have to go to Pen Chalet, type in the word Pen Addict. It's so low, Ron won't let us share it on the air. And he even has the Lamy AL Star ballpoint in blue green.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Lamy's ballpoints are really, really great. I use the Lamy 2000, their ballpoint refill. The stock refill is one of my favorite stock ballpoint refills. And the Lamy Tipo, the rollerball, I'll give you a tip here. If you think the rollerball is a little wide and a little wet for you, all you have to do is swap in a Pilot G2 gel ink cartridge, or in my case, a Pilot Juice 0.38 millimeter blue black cartridge that I got a dozen laying around here into the Lamy Tipo. And I carry that pen all the time. It makes it awesome. It's a great barrel. These are great pens. And Ron does a great job for us here at the Pen Addict. So again, go to PenChalet.com. Hit the radio podcast button. Type in the word Pen Addict. And you'll see all the special deals that PenChalet has set up for you. So thank you, Ron and PenChalet, for sponsoring the Pen Addict this week. All right, Kerry. Did you? I want to know what you...

'''Cary Yeager:''' Wait, before you go, did you see? Because he just posted last night that Ron put up. He got fountain pen nib shaped paper clips.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, no, I haven't seen those.

'''Cary Yeager:''' He just put them up on Instagram. I had to go to his site. And I actually had to search clip on the site. And they come up. They are so cool. I'll be... I have to order those right away before... Because once everyone... Actually, when this goes out, everyone's going to go and order them. And they'll disappear. But they're really cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's cool. I will definitely be checking that out and adding that to an order. All right. So what's getting it done for you these days, Kerry? What are you using that you're using the most or getting the most enjoyment out of? Pens, paper, inks, anything. What's really going on there at the desk?

'''Cary Yeager:''' At the desk, I can tell you right now. I have... And it's something I always love. The Clairefontaine spiral notebook with French rule paper. Love these books. You and Joe Crace with that French ruling. But you know why? Because my handwriting is still terrible when it's fast. And I need to slow down. And it's just got extra lines. So if I write too big and it looks real sloppy, there's so many lines in between that I can just kind of cut it in half. And when I write a little smaller, you know how it always looks a little bit neater. So that's what I'll do. And I really like this Clairefontaine paper a lot. It's good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, those books are awesome. I actually... I keep meaning to get one. And you would think I would like the French ruling more as much as I like grids and graphs and dots and things like that. You'd think French ruling would be right up my alley. But I've just never found a place for it. But if you are going to use it, that Clairefontaine is basically the only way to go. It's that good.

'''Cary Yeager:''' It's great stuff. Great stuff. Pens. I'll tell you what's right in front of me. Sitting at my desk right now, I have... Not that it's an everyday rider, but I have a new Waterman Safety that I picked up in D.C. I just got that back, so I've been playing with it. But for every day, I've got the A23. The Pilot is just amazing. It's got a medium metallic grind from Masayama. New Visconti, London Fog, which... I know, that was on my way out the door of D.C. I got bit by the Bryant bug. And, you know, Bryant is Bryant. And he just had so many of them going out the door. And he's like, you know... And I'm like, go away. Go away. Okay. All right. Thanks. So that's sitting here. And my Manti Grappa Mule is still sitting next to me. I just...

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That's a cool pin that I still haven't purchased. I need to get one of those. I like the style of that one. How's it holding up overuse?

'''Cary Yeager:''' I actually put a picture up yesterday of the patina because I won't clean it. I love the way the patina is coming through on this. And it's just one of those few pens that has a metal section. I detest metal sections. I like this metal section. It's got like a brush feel to it. So you don't slip and slide on it at all. And the nib is great. It's got block threading. It just hasn't left my desk. You know, it's one of those... It's one of those pens that just keeps hanging around and hanging around. And it always looks good.