Editing The Pen Addict 270/transcript (section)

== Knock.co Domain ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' better URL, man. Knock.co, it is. Do you remember the story about how that came about? You want a quick sidebar?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't remember, but go for it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's very short. So we had, we'd launched the site, knockco.com, and we had a customer that said, hey, I saw knock.co was available and I bought it for you. Tell me your information and we'll get this transferred over. I was like, why didn't I, number one, why didn't I think of that first? And number two, you're an amazing person.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Cause that's like a, oh, I just bought this and it's going to cost you, you know? Yep. Wow. That's fantastic.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. Yeah. So I didn't know if you remembered that that was years and years ago, but it's wonderful. Love it. So thank you. I, I know who you are. I won't, uh, I actually hadn't heard from him in a while, but, uh, I'll reach out. So anyway, onto some ask TPA. You ready to, uh, get into this a little bit? We have a, I'm ready to answer these TPAs. A slew. And all, I, I love all of our questions equally, but I especially love the first one that I put in the list today. So just, you know,

'''Brad Dowdy:''' one gets to me because Logan is starting a through hike of the Appalachian trail. And for those of you who aren't familiar, this is a life-changing deal. This is, I think, 2000 plus miles hike from Georgia to Maine or reverse. You can do it the, the other direction. People do it both ways. And it's takes a lot of people months, you know, it's like six months, to do this. It's a personal journey. It's a very important thing that people do. And Logan says, hey, I'm doing this. And I got the notebook I want to take, but I want to take a fountain pen. Can I

'''Myke Hurley:''' give a, can I give a little sidebar on this? Yeah. So a friend of mine did this, David Smith, right? Okay. Yeah, yeah, underscore, we met him. Yeah. And I recommended for him the expedition edition field notes. Sure. And I believe a Fisher space pen was what I told him to go with. And on his walk, on his hike, it rained a lot. so it ended up that this was the perfect thing for him because he was able to write with this stuff and it not get destroyed. So just wanted to mention that as a thing to consider that there is a possibility, right, that you're going to go on this and it's just going to be a nightmare weather-wise. Yeah. So maybe having something that's all weather is a good thing. So I just wanted to mention those two things.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I couldn't agree more. And that was the first, I started reading this and I was like, well, it's got to be a Fisher Space pen of some sort, you know, like in the county comm barrel and then one of the, you know, waterproof notebooks, but that's not what he wants. So he actually has in here says it needs to last for five months and 2,189 miles. So he's doing the whole thing. Man, I really

'''Myke Hurley:''' don't know if a fountain pen is the right thing for this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, I know, I know. And maybe it's the backup, but he's committed to this.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What I think he should do, and honestly, because, you know, your pack weight is very, very important, anything you carry in addition to your bare necessities is, you know, can hurt you in the long run. I think the Kaweco Sport with Kaweco cartridges is the fountain pen you want to take. Yeah. Yes, that's a really good one. It can take a beating and it's going to keep on working and it's air light. The cartridges are small. I don't know how many cartridges you would need. It would be kind of a lot, I would imagine.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, take as many as you can comfortably fit. And luckily, Kaweco Sport cartridges are tiny and they come in tiny boxes. So you could take a big handful of those and you'd probably be good to go.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. So I think that's my recommendation. I'm opening to listener recommendations. I'd love to hear from other through hikers of the AT. You know, I imagine most of you are taking, you know, right in the reins and fishers and things like that or pencils because that would be a great choice as well. But if you have used something out of the ordinary, like a fountain pen on the trail, I would love to hear. So I just

'''Myke Hurley:''' checked and underscore took David underscore David Smith took a retro 51. I think I recommended a Fisher Space pen as well, but he had a retro 51 because he loves that pen and the expedition edition and he sent me pictures of his notebook covered in rain and he was fine. So I don't know, take what you want to take, right? But if you want to take notes, also have backups that are all

'''Brad Dowdy:''' weather for

'''Myke Hurley:''' something like

'''Brad Dowdy:''' this. So Tony in the chat room had a good recommendation, a platinum preppy with the platinum carbon ink cartridges because those cartridges are waterproof and the pen's just as light as the Kaweco sports. I think that's a great choice as well. Yeah, so anyway, Logan, we want to hear from you. Send me a note from the trail. When you go off trail for your town days, I want to hear from you. Shoot us a postcard. Yeah, I really want to

'''Myke Hurley:''' know how this goes, especially with the fountain pen and whatever you end up choosing. But I really, I want to endorse Brad's pick because the Kaweco is tiny, it's pocketable and it's light. Like, you know, I really think that it is a good, a really good option for something like this.