Editing The Pen Addict 92/transcript (section)

== Fisher Space Pen ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' this is my this is my pick for an everyday carry by the way

'''Brad Dowdy:''' okay so you have you have the Field Notes version yep which that model is the base model Fisher Space Pen that actually everyone's familiar with that's when you see Fisher Space Pen the model you have is the model I always think of it's just the straight bullet design um where it uncaps kind of from the middle and you post it right on the end it makes more of a full size pen to write with um it's an amazing pen and why it's so good is the refill it doesn't write spectacularly it doesn't write like a jet stream it's a ballpoint same with the Zebra F701 I didn't mention that it's a ballpoint refill and a lot of you'll find a lot of these everyday carry pens are ballpoints just for durability reasons they'll tend to not clog up and have as many writing issues as you know a rollerball or gel ink pen will but the Fisher Space Pen is so good because it's essentially I call it a write anywhere pen I mean it can write on wood it can write on you know dirty paper that you've left out in the dirt and you know not get all kind of junk up in the pen it can write upside down it can write you know like if you're marking on walls or something like if you're in construction or building you can use this pen just to kind of mark up anything and that's the huge selling point about the pen and the way the pressurized refill works that ink's just going to come out as soon as you start writing and it's not real messy it's not you know an elite writing experience I actually prefer and a lot of people prefer the fine refills over the medium refills that come with the Space Pen so that's obviously a hugely popular one what I recommended for the guys on the Gear Geeks live podcast were two other pens that are a little higher in the price point but from a durability aspect they're amazing one is the County Comm Embassy Pen which I've talked about several times on the podcast that's kind of my traveling pen it's loaded with the fine blue Fisher Space Pen refill it fits those Parker style refills which is what the Fisher Space Pen is what it has and it's got a little cap that you can put on the back of the barrel so it fits right I have the black aluminum aluminum County Comm Embassy Pen

'''Brad Dowdy:''' about three years now and I still carry it constantly

'''Myke Hurley:''' it's too much knurling for me yeah but it's not

'''Brad Dowdy:''' rough at all it's very smooth

'''Myke Hurley:''' yeah just from a design standpoint

'''Brad Dowdy:''' yeah from a design standpoint well in the hand it feels pretty awesome it's a very weighty pen

'''Myke Hurley:''' yeah

'''Brad Dowdy:''' you do know where it's at like it's actually too heavy for say like a front shirt pocket carry you know that's one thing to consider where like the Zebra F701 it's not overly heavy the County Comm Embassy Pen is so like if you clipped it to your pocket like in your front shirt it's going to kind of sag so not everyone wants that so the second one I recommend it kind of solves that problem is the Max Madco retractable this is one of those few pens that wasn't on my radar that knocked my socks off when I was able to review it I still haven't purchased my own I borrowed this one from someone I have to get one of these pens it's extraordinarily well made it's about half the weight of the embassy pen just that's just guessing it's a much more lightweight pen but it's still it's still a very durable I think it's aluminum barrel too or is it titanium I think it's aluminum but it's a bolt unlike people don't like the county comm yeah so

'''Myke Hurley:''' people

'''Brad Dowdy:''' don't like the county comm because it's a capped pin it's not retractable the max madco is it uses a bolt mechanism and it's stellar I need to go ahead and put my money down for this one ! it's just beautifully made it's slim but it's full sized and it's lightweight but it's durable it's kind of got everything going for it the retractable mechanism the bolt is very sleek so it's not grabbing into pockets I don't like large bolt action pins where the bolt sticks way out and can grab your pants pocket or shirt pocket or get in the way of your hand when you're writing so this is a

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I really need it

'''Myke Hurley:''' I want to point out that all of these pens Brad's reviews for all of them and you can find a list of them in our show notes for this episode which you can find at 5x5.tv slash penaddict slash 92 now