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== Yamamoto Paper ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Flipping the script, I want to talk about some paper. The Yamamoto paper. We didn't get to talk enough about it. We did it some in our San Francisco Pen Show recap. But since then, they put the links out for the paper tasting, which I talk about. You recall me talking about that a couple weeks ago? Yep, I did. And we did this whole grouping of paper. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew that those links were out now. You could go read more about the paper tasting. That was something that I was happy to be involved in out in San Francisco. They have the details now on what type, what, they don't list all the papers, but they have a lot of them listed here on the site. And it tells you what you get in each. Actually, they do have all the papers listed. This is fascinating. As I scroll down. So go read this because I think it's a really neat product. And it's something a lot of our listeners are going to enjoy and want to try out in the future. They're not quite available yet, but this gives you an idea of what's contained. And I could go through some of these. I'll do this another day and tell you which ones I have tested and which ones were really, really kind of mind-blowing and differently performing than I thought they were going to be. So would you ever have anything interesting to this? I know you can just go down to what, WH Smiths? Is that what they're called? And get whatever paper you want. But would you be interested in a random sampling of interesting paper?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Maybe.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It doesn't totally seem like your thing. I wasn't setting you up or anything. Yeah. It just doesn't seem totally like your thing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I see why it's a great thing. I don't want this much paper in my life.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because all it's going to do is end up with me having tons of paper and then buying more paper, which I may never use, right? Like, I'm trying to do less of that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But I like that it exists as a thing that people can, like, try around. Like, it's the same as, like, why an ArtSnacks exists or something like that. You know? Right. You get exposed to things that you maybe wouldn't try otherwise.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So ArtSnacks is a perfect example of why I like this type of product. When someone puts this much work into something, I'm happy to give them money to at least try it out to see if I like it. Like, you can tell the time and effort was put in to deliver a top-notch product. And then it's up to you to decide, okay, does it work for you? But that's exactly what I see with ArtSnacks. You know, how do they curate so well? And then the same thing here with Yamamoto paper. This is a very, very highly detailed and organized system that they've come up with. So the last thing I want to talk about before we get into some Ask TPA is I got to give a shout-out to Troy from Brute Force Design. And I've shared this on Instagram. He doesn't have this model up on his page. But I remember about a year ago, well, it was longer than a year ago, I started seeing his pens pop up on Instagram. And I always loved them. I always thought they were in really good shape. And then he was at the San Francisco Pen Show last year. And I went over to him when he was setting up. And he didn't quite have everything out yet. And I said, I'm going to come back. And then it was one of those things, well, by the time I came back, like Sunday, everything that I wanted was gone. So I didn't get, you know, one of his metal machine pens at that time. Well, in the year between the 2016 show and the 2017 show, he's added some acrylics into his manufacturing rotation. And he gave me one in San Francisco that I'm really, really enjoying. And I don't know the model name, but it's one of the acrylic cigar-shaped models. They're not on the site yet. But y'all should definitely look at Troy's work because he does some really, really cool stuff. And mine, Myke, it is hot pink fire. It is awesome. I love this pen. It fits like a standard Bach nib, which I enjoy. So a standard steel Bach nib. And, yeah, it's just killer. So I wanted to give him a special shout-out for sending that pen my way because it is lovely. It is lovely to use and inked up with some hot Califolia and Dernopel because that's what you do with pink pens.

'''Myke Hurley:''' There's no other ink for it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You would like this pen. You would love what he's doing with some of his acrylics. And he's starting to put them on Instagram. It's beautiful. I don't know when he's going to start selling them. He does really good work. The quality is good. The price is good. So, yeah, definitely check out what Troy's doing at Brute Force Design. So I wanted to give him a shout-out.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Should we take one final break?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it's almost lunchtime. So you need to feed me.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' Awesome. Thank you, Blue Apron. All right. We got a good batch of Ask TPA. And a lot of it relates to some of the things we've already talked about this show. This first one does not, but I think it's a great question. I want to throw it out to the listeners because I have a thought. But let's see. Lerlini on Twitter asks, what is the best way to fill multiple sample vials with multiple inks? For example, 10 people with 10 inks each. So 100 sample vials you need to fill, Myke. There's no great way to do this, but I would just go the simple route and go with the pipettes. They're so cheap. A lot of people give them away for free at pen shows. You can buy them in bulk. They're easier to clean than a syringe. And you can go faster in filling. I don't know another way to fill 100 ink vials more quickly than with the pipettes. What do you think? Build something.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, we could. I mean, that's a different answer. Like, we could build some, you know, like cow milking system. Yeah, that's exactly what I imagine. You take a block of wood.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You drill like 20 holes in it. You fill 20 things at a time. You put some little straws in it, like some tubes with a funnel at the top of it. And you just pour some ink in it, and it fills them all in one go. Or like, you know those water balloon things that you can get, where like you fill up 100 water balloons at a time? Yeah. One of those.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, so like, okay, so now you've got me really going off the trails here. How about a turkey baster?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Do you know what a turkey baster is? Yeah, yeah. I'm just trying to imagine. You can suck up the entire bottle of ink into the turkey baster, and then just go to all the sample bottles.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's a quick way of doing it without building anything. But I think if this is something that you're doing on a semi-regular basis, you should build something.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. The chat room does have a great idea, Rez says. Just go over the hotel sink and pour the bottle over your vial.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's... No. Not a good idea? That's not a good idea. Okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So this one's right up your alley, Myke. D McKechnie wants to know, do you think it's safe to put the High Sierra beta on my Lamy 2000, or should I wait for the version one release? What do you think?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't even know how to answer that question. It's not even a question.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I thought it was a perfect question for the topics that we discussed today, but I would not put beta on any of my devices that I use to do work with every day. So there's your answer.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. Ben Margolis. You know Ben from the DC Pen Show. He gave us all those pens and stationery from Tokyo. He says, which do you pick? Mew or Murex? This is an easy question for both of us.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I go Mew. Yeah. I mean, that's your M90. Yeah. That's what the M90 is based off of. And I go Murex. I mean, there's just no doubt in my mind, Murex every time. So if you're trying to pick one, Ben, and you want our recommendations, you're not going to get a clear answer from either of us. Because we both have a favorite that's opposite from each other. And we both stand behind those things very, very much. As much as I love the Mew and the M90, the Murex is for me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, I like the small, completely smooth style. Yep.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. All right. KJ Miller, who has a tech podcast. And I forgot to put the link in there. We'll put the link in the show notes. And I'm going to be on it soon. Productivity in Tech, I believe it is called. So tell me if I got that wrong, KJ, when you listen. But I'm going to be a guest on his show. No, you didn't.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I've got it right now. It's Productivity in Tech. Yes. It'll be in the show notes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. So really, really fun podcast. And he's looking for desk pad notebook options. He's been using the Baron Fig Mastermind, which is kind of the large plot pad for your desk. And then he says, I know Studio Neat's coming, which is the Pano book, which you said you were using. What else is out there? So before both of these products existed, my favorite is the Mormon Nemo sign. I don't even, I never learned how to say that. It comes in a large, like 11 by 8. I guess it comes in an A4 size and it's spiral bound and it can be in horizontal or vertical orientation. It's really made for a horizontal orientation, like a desk pad. So it does have a spiral bound, like the Studio Neat does, where the Mastermind does not. It's completely flat. So depending on if you want the spiral or not. My favorite is still the Morimon, because I think it has better paper than the Studio Neat one, even though I love the profile of the Studio Neat one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The hardest Google-able product of all time. Jeez. The Mormon.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, sorry. I should have put the link in there. I found it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Sometimes I'm good at putting the links. M-A-R-U-A-M-A-N. M-A-R-U-M-A-N. I can spell it for you. M-N-E-M-O-S-Y-N-E. Like, literally every ability, every way to spell this, it's none of them. It's none of them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, I can spell that all day long. Someone needs to sit down with this company and help them. Yeah, like Robo Jim reminds you, and it's what they say inside the cover, it's the Greek goddess of memory, Myke. I don't care.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't care. It's a terrible thing to base. I don't care that it's Greek. It's a terrible thing to base it on. Like, whatever.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, anyway, that's always been my number one desk pad, by far. I say it's the worst. The worst ever, because of the name. You shush. You shush.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's my opinion on this. The worst. The paper's amazing. I don't care. I don't care.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The paper. It's all about the paper. I don't care. I don't care.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Don't support them, KJ. Terrible name.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They make some of the best paper in the world. I will fight on anyone on that. Mormon. It's just a shame no one can find it. It's good stuff. It's the same no one can pronounce it. So, if you know where to look, you can find anything, Myke. So, here's one I don't know how to find, and I'm asking the audience, because I don't think such a thing exists unless it's some whack job Noodler's ink. So, Nick Piddick wants to know, is there any permanent water-resistant ink with crazy sheen out there? Does that exist? I am literally asking. I have no clue. Any of the permanent inks I use are your basic carbon blacks or nano blues from Sailor, carbon blacks from platinum. You know, I use iron gall inks, but they have color variation, but not sheen. So, I don't know if that's not a possibility. Because I use a lot of iron gall inks, which are permanent, none of them have sheen. They'll have some really good shading, and they'll look very pretty. They do not sheen. So, if anyone has an answer, let me know. I'd be interested for myself, and I will let Nick know.