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== Fountain Pens ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' We are terrible. All right. So let's get un-terrible and talk about my Twitch stream, Myke. I did a thing on Twitch where I inked up the new G. Herban Corneline Digiped, the orange sparkle ink. Yep. And, you know, I'm not the hugest ink sparkly fan, right? But this one's orange and has silver sparkles in it. So those are kind of two things that if I was going to make like a sparkly ink that I would use, that's kind of the setup that I would think would be something I like. So I said, well, if I'm going to ink this up and use it, let's put it on the stream and see how silly we can get with ink and sparkles. And it was kind of fun to just ink up a pen live on the stream. Like, you know, I made everyone's eyes, you know, go a little bit crazy as I adjusted the camera so you could see me inking these things up.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm pleased you did that, by the way.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It came out better than I thought. Yeah, you did the right thing. I was a little bit worried about it. Yeah. So it kind of needed it. And I tried that ink on various different papers and I kind of like the ink. It is way more heavily particled than I thought I would, than I thought it would be. Like when you look at the ink bottle, you can see all the sediment in there, you know, like when it settles and you shake it up. And I was wondering by the time I shook it up, set the bottle down, open it up, got the TWSBI Eco that I used to fill it with, you know, am I going to get any sparkles left in the ink or they all sink back to the bottom? And I got a ton, like it is super sparkly. And the thing that surprised me most, even though I used a 1.1 millimeter stub nib, which is wide because, you know, I want to see the effects of the ink on the page. I was surprised at how, just how wet this ink was. There was like no flow issues whatsoever. It flowed really nice. There was a good, I guess, output of the sparkles, right? Like it was consistent. Like there weren't lines with like, that were just orange. Then it weren't lines with like all sparkles. It was very consistent throughout the ink. So I was very pleased, not with just the color, but the performance of the ink surprised me more than anything. That said, it still makes me a nervous wreck. Like even just sitting down the pen filled with that ink while I was talking about other products for, you know, set that pen to the side for 10 or 15 minutes and pick it back up and seeing all that stuff sitting in the feed, like my feed turned silver. I'm like, wow, that's going to bug me. Like, but it's apparently no problem. Right now it has a post, it has opposed the problem. I'm going to leave this, I'm going to leave it inked up while I'm out of town and see how it performs when I come back. Just so I can, you know, kind of get past that myself, you know, to see, is this an issue or is it not an issue? So, you know, I see why these things are popular and it actually makes me want to use more of them, Myke, which I'm surprised to say.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Interesting. Okay. That wasn't where I was expecting you to go. I mean, I still feel like I am not out of the woods with my kind of concern. And I know that it's like, it's not founded, right? Because people have no problems with it, but I just really work. Like the way I treat my pens, I don't treat them like precious artifacts. And I just get concerned that I'm going to forget about something and it's going to ruin something.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Right. So, you know, that's why I chose the EcoT. You know, it's a good pen that I enjoy writing with, but it's also not going to be a huge loss if something happens to it. But, you know, we keep saying these things like you and I are very nervous about that. And people will just yell at us and say, it never, it's not going to happen. It's not going to happen. So, I believe them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm keen to try this specific ink because I feel like I would want to use it. And then if I, you know, and then if I liked it, I would probably do exactly what you've done, to be honest. Which is to get something like a Twiz, maybe even a Twizby Go, if that ever appears. That was popping up all over the place in the week. Like I keep seeing that video everywhere.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's good. They actually sent out the official mail to the retailers. One of them sent it to me that, you know, they're coming in August.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, it's coming in August. Okay, cool. So, you know, maybe something like that I would grab and, you know, could ink it up. Because I like the nibs fine, you know, and I could get something like a 1.1 or a 1.5 and really kind of get the most out of it. So, maybe. We'll see. I want to try it out. Oh, I've just seen the, on Twizby page, $18.99.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. No, it was right where we thought it would be. That's $20.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Mega competitive. I'm excited about that. I'm really pleased that that's where they're pricing at. Wow, $19? $20 for a piston-filling fountain pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's where it had to be, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, you couldn't do it any other way. I mean, come on, right? Like, this is what we're saying on the show. You can't sell a thing like that for more than $20, right? Like, I think that we nailed it, right? And I think you can see it in the price point that they've picked, which is $18.99, right? They're making sure they're staying underneath $20. I made the right decision, and I'm really pleased to see that. But, I mean, yeah, could I see myself buying a pen just like that one? So, I have, I mean, it's exactly kind of what I was talking about last time, right? Where this feels like a good ink testing pen to me, just in general. Exactly. The aesthetic of it, everything kind of just looks like, it kind of looks like something you'd find in a science lab, right? Like, it just, it has that kind of feel to me. So, I would, I'm totally going to get myself one of these, and maybe I'll pair it with some sparkles. Who knows?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. So, I, just real quick before we take another break. I didn't have the eco out that I filled up with this Coraline de Jeep while I was talking about it at first. So, I just put it out of the pen case while you were talking, and it just writes up immediately. Like, zero issue. I'm sure. I mean, it's only been a day, but I'm sure it's going to be fine.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And also, you know, I do genuinely believe at this point that the large manufacturers like J.O. Barn, they have refined the way that they make these inks to ensure that they're not going to destroy anything that they touch. Right. Right. I feel like this was more of a concern when these inks first started to appear than it is now.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Agree. Yeah. I think they've got it down. I'm just really impressed with the ink flow. That was my biggest concern, and man, it just, it's wonderful to write with.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Well, this is going to go on my Sunday list then, I guess.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay. So, do you want to take a break?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Let's do that real quick.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. So the Cordelene Digiped was not the only product, as you can hear me clicking in the background here. Sorry, I'm making extra noise today. Sorry. Oh, I just got, oh, I just got the scolded. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.