Editing The Pen Addict 721/transcript (section)

== Pen Chalet Read ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' It is. It's outrageous. So, it's called, so, when I was doing the Pen Chalet read, this is the pen that I got with. It's called, the official name is the Delta DV Original Midsize Orange Primary Manipulation 4.5. I'm never calling it that. Right? I know it's a Delta. I have, you can just forget the rest of this. I have no idea what it is. It's the Delta Tiger King of Pen. Because, it's absolutely ridiculous. And, it's even better in person. One little bit of detail, Myke, I want to point out on this, which I didn't really, I guess in the third picture, I have a link to an Instagram post I did. But, the cap band rings have the orange material between the bands. So, the barrel material, the orange acrylic barrel material is what Delta is known for.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, my word. I never would have noticed that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I didn't notice it. And, that is incredibly hard to see. Yeah. Why did they do that? I don't know. I have no idea. You know, Brad, that is the question of this pen, though, right? Yes. Why did they do this?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I wrote a bit about this pen for members this past weekend. And, my theory was, well, the impetus for the article is, why would you do this for this pen? And, the conceit was, well, companies do this because they have extra material laying around. And, they may not have enough for a full-size pen. So, therefore, they can use parts to make, you know, a cap or a section or, you know, whatever small piece added to a pen. But, that's not what happened here. Because, Delta made, that's something someone would do and make three pens of, five pens of, and just sell them, you know, just like ad hoc. Delta made 88 of this pen, which means they did this on purpose. Because, this was, they made this decision on purpose, which makes it even better. That this was a dedicated choice. Because, you would have to buy at least, probably like, 44 rods of material to do the amount of, use the amount of primary manipulation. So, the orange is Delta stock. Like, they have billions of rods of material. You go look at Delta, you see this orange everywhere. That's what they're known for. They had to make a commitment to buy enough rods of this material, which is Jonathan Brooks' primary manipulation 4.5, to make this pen on purpose. And, for that, I applaud them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Make it on purpose. It wasn't an accident. It's like, it was not an accident. The orange pen fell into a vat of primary manipulation and became radioactive tiger king of pens.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Next time I see Jonathan, I'm going to ask him about this. It's like, I know they probably, they just, like, did you know this was going to happen when they ordered X amount of rods? Did you know that this was going to, where this was going to go? Man. It's so good. So, I'll bring this to St. Louis.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's unbelievable. Like, I bet when I see it, I'll like it. I actually agree. But the images are just, like, unbelievable, right? It's like, they just replaced the, they replaced what is usually black, what is, with what could not be less than black, you know? Like, there is no comparison, exact opposite of what, it's unbelievable. My hat is off to Delta for doing this, because I don't, I'm trying to find a nice way to say, but it almost feels like, like, they're kind of poking fun at themselves in a way. Yes, which I appreciate, right? Like, I think you do too. Which I really respect.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Totally. Like, if Sailor, like, would you see Sailor doing this? No. The Sailor makes some outrageous pens, but they're made purposefully, like, a cocktail series, right? We're going to make a drink-themed pen, and blue Curacao is going to be, you know, blue and yellow, and it's going to look amazing and probably different. They're not going to do that and then mix in, like, I don't know, like, the wedding pen or, like, the hammered metal pen, you know, with these other parts. Yes. And just go look what, and do it on purpose, right? It would be, like, a one-off thing or just some random thing. But, yeah, I told it, like, you know, a pilot's not going to do this for sure, right? No. So, yeah, it's great. It's great. So, anyway, it's here. I'll be bringing it to St. Louis. I'll bring it to Brooklyn so we can share the love of the Tiger King of Pen. And, yeah, I probably won't stop talking about it. You know, it just hit me. At the end of the year, for Pen Attic members, I announce a Pen of the Year. We have, it's on a contender list. Uh-oh. It's on the contenders list. Uh-oh. There haven't been many that have jumped into that list yet. But, you know, we'll put it on the list. Another product on the list, although not a pen, so it won't be the pen of the year. The Pentel Multi 8 lead holder, which we talked about before. I just wanted to do a follow-up since you and I haven't talked for a couple weeks. That I did my review of it. So, this is another product, another stationary product that is, like, super visually appealing and seems like a great idea. And I've avoided it for years because I didn't think it would actually be a good idea and, like, work properly and be useful and have some reason to spend, like, $30 on a 8 lead core multicolor pencil. So, turns out it's pretty darn good.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, there's a key thing. So, I read your review. And there's, like, a key thing that I want to try and understand. Because I've used colored pencil lead in the past. It's been very soft. Yes. Is that the case here or no? I know you referenced about it being kind of, like, reinforced.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. So, it is not soft at all. So, one of the things you'll notice, say, with a traditional wooden color pencil.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Uh-huh.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You'll sharpen it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And number one, like, the tip will break off. That's fine. Like, there are sharpeners that you can, like, dull down. And the, the, so you don't want a pointy tip when you're done sharpening a color pencil. But, forgetting that part, when you have, like, a fresh color pencil, sometimes you still get, like, a little bit of color breakage on the page. Like, a little bit of shrapnel, you know, might, while you're coloring, you know, a little piece might come off. But, at no point during this entire page that I colored here that I've put into the show notes has that happened. The lead material is strong. And so, what happens on these thinner leads, they are more clay-based. And that's what builds up the structure to not have them be destroyed every time you extend the lead, right? Yeah. It's a two-millimeter lead. The problem with color pencils, and if they have too much of that clay, is it mutes the colors, right? The colors aren't rich enough. For some reason, this one found that balance to where it just flat out works flawlessly. Now, the colors still aren't the richest, but as compared to, like, a single barrel, good quality color pencil. But for what it is, it's kind of great. I wouldn't use this for coloring, right? Unless you had, like, a small, portable adult coloring book that you just wanted to use. Like, a full-page coloring, you're going to burn through these cores pretty quickly. And they're, like, $1.75 or a two-pack. Which doesn't sound expensive, but you can see these leads. You know, if you're coloring with them a lot, you're going to tear through them. But overall, for other things besides, like, literal coloring, I think it's kind of great. And, like, I would carry this, like, if I was traveling and had time where I thought I might be taking, you know, some little, making some doodles, doing some highlights, sketching some notes. It's such a good accessory product where it might not be your primary product. Yeah. But it's just secondary product, I guess.