Editing The Pen Addict 454/transcript (section)

== Fountain Pen Choice ==


'''Myke:''' But it isn't what I would choose. Is it that funny? I agree.

'''Brad:''' I love it. Love the pen. But it's not. It's not my only. It's not my be all end all.

'''Brad:''' Struggle with this. I read this question. A couple of weeks ago. And I keep bumping on it. Because I. I have a. I have a selection of contenders. Let me go through my contenders. With you. And then maybe I can come to. To an answer.

'''Brad:''' Pilot M90.

'''Myke:''' I'm dying here. Just knowing what I'm going to say. This is. This is actually hilarious. I can't believe. This is happening. So go ahead.

'''Brad:''' 1911. King of pen. Tangerine. Pro gear. King of pen. I mean. If it counts. I would like to have my Arushi one. Otherwise. You know. I would pick a different one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And. The.

'''Brad:''' Hmm. It's like. I was tempted to say. Like. The. Japan steel. Pro gear. But. I don't think. I would pick that over the king of pen. Honestly. Even though. I adore. I just adore that pen. The king of pen. Is nicer to use. I'm going to. Throw in an. Absolute curveball. Mm-hmm. And say the Apollo Mark one. Mm-hmm. It's one of those four.

'''Brad:''' Gotcha. I know. It's not a fountain pen. I know. I know that Johnny. No. That's fine. No. I think that's fair. That's. That's my. That's my kind of short list of four. Mm-hmm. Do you think you can narrow it down or. No. I'll knock the Mark one out. Like the reason I wanted to put that in there. Is because I absolutely adore that pen. And like. Mm-hmm. If it was the only pen I could ever use. I would be happy with that. Right. Because it's a great body. It looks fantastic. And it uses a. Uh. Refill that I adore. And could use every day forever. And would be perfectly happy. Mm-hmm. I guess I'd have to knock it down to one of the king of pens. Right. Like I have to choose. Mm-hmm. I think I prefer the 1911 shape for the size.

'''Myke:''' If you just had one pen and could have. Yeah. And just.

'''Brad:''' If I was choosing between king of pens. I just think that the 1911 lends itself. To the king of pens shape. Mm-hmm.

'''Myke:''' I actually think that's the right decision. Yeah. Between the two.

'''Brad:''' Because I'm trying not to specifically choose my model here. Because I don't think that that's helpful. Right. So like. Right. The custom Arushi king of pen pro gear that I have. Like. You can't buy that. So. You know. It's also why I've not included my custom Arushi Lami Safari in this. Because it's not helpful for discussion. Right. The discussion that people want to hear is. Which pen can I buy that Myke and Brad would say is the only pen they would ever use. Right. Right. So if I'm going between the king of pens. I'm going to go with the 1911. So now I'm really stuck. Because you could not get two more different pens. Between the Pilot M90 and the 1911 king of pen.

'''Myke:''' Well do you want me to go next? Yeah. While you think about this. Yeah. So. We just went over the fact. And I didn't realize this question was coming up later. That the Nakaya portable cigar Ayo Tamanuri that I have is my number one pen. I think the answer if I had. If I could only own one pen for the rest of my life. And that's the only pen I would ever have. It wouldn't be that one. It would be the Pilot Murex.

'''Brad:''' Oh damn. Okay. So. Just a refresher. So. The Murex and the M90 are basically the same pen with some slight design changes.

'''Myke:''' Yeah. So the Murex is a lengthier. Thinner. Longer. M90. It's. They're pretty different. But they came out in the same time. Right. The original. Like the M90 is the modern version. The Murex. The Mew is the original version that came out with the Murex in the 70s into the early 80s by Pilot in Japan. Like that's the one pen I would want for the rest of my life is the Pilot Murex. I just. It's probably like in my top five pens. Like if I was. If I had all my pens together and said. Okay. We're going to rank these one through ten. It's probably like three or four or five. Something like that. If I got rid of everything and could only keep one pen. It would be the Murex. I just like that metal barrel. I like the nib. The nib is perfect for me to write with. I like that. I can just pop ink cartridges in it. And it's just an amazing feat of design. And like I'm shocked that you went that way. Like right out the gate. And you know with the M90. I didn't think you were going to go there. So that's why it tripped me out so much. Because I would go with the Murex. And actually I don't have a decision. I think my decision is done. Like that's it for me.

'''Brad:''' I'm going to go with the King of Pen though.

'''Myke:''' That makes sense. Like I. Plus. Especially the way that you write.

'''Brad:''' My. My. Everything I love about fountain pens. Is. Is. Is most included in this King of Pen. Pen. And also just the physical size of it. Makes it such a novel. Thing to use. That. That. You know. I love. I mean. Plus mine is orange. It's the tangerine. Right. And. Pens and orange. Just go together to me. Because. Of our relationship.

'''Brad:''' I'm going to eat at Caroline's. I adore. My M90. It's. You know. Look. We just had this conversation. It is like. It's top two. For me.

'''Myke:''' It is a pen you own a backup of.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. And I don't. I have another pen. That I. That I do. That I have another of. Just in case. But the. The. If I could only use. One pen forever. The King of Pen. Would serve that purpose. For me. Better than the M90. Would I think.

'''Myke:''' And that's. Everything you say. About how that works for you. Is duplicated. Duplicated for me. And the Murex. Right. It fits. How I write. My style. What I want. What my. You know. Like the. The efficiency. And execution. Of writing. With the style. And the nib. And you know. The aesthetic. And everything all together. Like that's the one pen. I'd want to use. For the rest of my life. And actually. I'm very confident. In that answer. That was fun. Yeah. That was. I was not expecting this. Uh huh. To go this way. And I was not expecting this question. After the original question. Which. Hits on. A couple of the. A couple of our favorite pens. Period. So. Yeah. It was a really. Really interesting question.

'''Brad:''' It's just worth noting. That the Murex. The Mayu. And the M90. Are all completely unavailable. And Pilot. Is so stupid. For not having. A pen that you can buy.

'''Brad:''' In this shape.

'''Myke:''' Don't get me. Do we just need to do. A whole pilot. Podcast one day. I feel like. I've got. I've gone in on them. Pretty heavily. I think we've gotten it out there. At this point. Yeah.

'''Brad:''' But I just feel like. Every time I bring up this pen. Like. When I was on stream. Uh. Last week. And. I don't remember. How I think I had your pens. On my desk. And then. I was just showing off. A couple of pens. On my Twitch stream. And. I was showing off the M90. And people were like. What is that? Right. Right. Because it's so special looking. You know. Like. A fountain pen. Where the nib. Is the body. And the body. Is the nib. Is like. It shouldn't work. But it does. And it's a dream. To use. And I don't know. How. I don't know. Why. And I cannot fathom. Why you would not. Still make that. A pen like this. And. And all of the things. They have. That are somewhat similar. Just aren't. As luxurious feeling. Like. This is that. Perfect. Graduation gift pen. Right. Like. If they made this. As a constant thing. That existed. Because it's just. A very special. Product. But. Yeah. I don't know. What they're doing. Let's just me and you. Make one. We'll call it like. Violet.

'''Brad:''' If you want to get. A terrible name. Links for this episode. Go to. Relay.

'''Myke:''' Relay.

'''Brad:''' FM. Pen Addict. Slash. 454. You can find our links there. For lots of products. That we discussed today. If you want to find links. To the well-appointed. That's Patreon. They're going to be in there as well. I want to thank. Pen Chalet. And Uni Pizza Ovens. For their support. Of this episode. And you. For listening. Of course. If you want to find Brad. Online. You can go to. Pen Addict. Knock. You can also go to. Knock. Co. Spokedesign.com. And at 10 a.m. On Tuesdays and Thursdays. Eastern time. Brad streams. At. Twitch. Slash. TV. Slash.

'''Myke:''' Pen Addict. Buddy. Let me tell you. Let me tell you. I'm going to interrupt you. Tomorrow. Yeah. If you're listening to this podcast today. Tune in tomorrow. 10 a.m. I am going to do live. Pen cleaning. On my stream desk. Oh my god. It's going to be a catastrophe. It's going to be horrible. You want to be there for that.

'''Brad:''' That's 10 a.m. Thursday. 10 a.m. Eastern Thursday. I stream every Friday. Myke. Live. This week. The time I'm streaming at. Is 11. 30. Eastern. Because. Time zone changes. It's still going to change next week. And we're going to be good again. Thanks so much for listening. To this week's episode. We'll be back next time. Until then. Say goodbye Brad.

'''Myke:''' Goodbye Brad.

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