Editing The Pen Addict 92/transcript (section)

== Tombow Air Press ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' those two pens replace this next pen on my list because I was a huge fan

'''Myke Hurley:''' this just looks crazy this pen to me

'''Brad Dowdy:''' do you not own a Tombow Air Press no no okay for some reason I was thinking at some point you got one so the Tombow Air Press is a pen I've had for a while I've actually gone through one or two of them two different ones it's like the Fisher Space pen in that it's a pressurized ink refill but it comes with a really really nice built in clip and it's retractable so it's kind of got those things that the Fisher Space Pen doesn't the Fisher Space Pen is just like a smooth bullet you can buy a clip but it's an add-on so it moves around and it's not retractable although there's a couple retractable space pen barrels you can get but they're not as nice as the regular bullet the Tombow Air Press encompasses all that into one nice package and I've carried this pen

'''Brad Dowdy:''' changes in your car and you click the pen and you start writing with it and it's going to work so it's a very good pen for an everyday carry just kind of a stash it and forget it pen if you will like if you need a pen in certain situations like a car that you don't know what the conditions are always going to be that's a great place to have something like a Tombow Air Press it's not something I use for everyday writing but it's something I use for everyday utility if you will it's there if I need it and I know it's going to work so those are my main traditional everyday carry pens so as good as utility as those pens are they're not necessarily the best writing experience so I look at something like if I had to pick just like the pen I actually carry the most just on its own just like if I'm going out to the store and you know I'm just taking my keys and my wallet and you know maybe a notebook and a pen I'm probably taking the Secura Pigma Micron now that's not what people would think of as a traditional everyday carry pen it's certainly not great for outdoor environments with the plastic tip it's not going to work very well but it's cheap enough to where I can replace it it writes well it's got pigmented ink so I know if I have to sign a document or whatever sign a receipt I know my signature is going to be really good so that's kind of mine and either the secure Pigma Micron or any of the various uniball jet streams those are kind of my two basic everyday carry pens if you will that I know are going to work good they don't necessarily have the full functionality of something like a Fisher space pen refill but they're cheap enough to where if they break down or I lose them or the barrel breaks

'''Brad Dowdy:''' do you have a Fisher space pen do you just have another pen that you just pick up and carry when you're going somewhere or use for anything

'''Myke Hurley:''' I always have a retro 51 in my backpack

'''Brad Dowdy:''' just

'''Myke Hurley:''' because I know that it's always going to be good but I wouldn't consider that an everyday carry

'''Brad Dowdy:''' right yeah I don't know that I necessarily would either that's one that I always

'''Myke Hurley:''' have that's more on the utility sorry the feel than utility

'''Brad Dowdy:''' yeah

'''Myke Hurley:''' even the Fisher of space pen I actually don't carry that around every day anymore because I kind of just have both of my pens in my Tash and glider and I use that every time every time

'''Brad Dowdy:''' so you're still carrying that that's been working out well for you

'''Myke Hurley:''' every day that's awesome and I use it more as well like I've been traveling recently and so like I've had somewhere to put my documents and stuff because it has those plastic wallets so I put my documents in the plastic wallets it's where I keep my iPad it has my iPad on me all the time and I'm currently carrying around the Twisby Diamond Mini and I'm also carrying around the Karis Customs Inc because Dudek and also so Dudek had sent me a bunch of DMs to tell me look just do it take it around and I was still like and then Dan Bishop emailed me and he was like just do it sorry Dan it was kind of he didn't really say it was towards that effect and just kind of look he's going to get another one soon take it out with you he'll get over it type thing so I've been carrying it around and I love it by the way I'm really really enjoying it it's a great pen

'''Brad Dowdy:''' very cool so I threw in a couple other things that I do carry from time to time on the pencil side of the ledger the rotary 600 which is just the classic all time great engineering metal barrel pencil with the knurled grip I think that's an awesome everyday carry pencil and on the fountain pen side and I think you're going to see this coming up in the vast comments that I've gotten from our Twitter followers the Kaweco AL Sport I think is probably the single top everyday carry type fountain pen you know it's got that aluminum barrel it's got the real tight threading on the barrel so you can throw this pen in your pocket and you're not worried about it coming apart and ain't getting everywhere it posts well when you take the cap off it writes amazingly the Kaweco nibs are always outstanding for me so the AL Sport is probably that and the vanishing point are probably the number one everyday carry fountain pens I would think

'''Myke Hurley:''' I have two sort of things personally the way that I consider everyday carry I don't think any fountain pen fits it

'''Brad Dowdy:''' yeah I agree with you in the traditional sense of the word that's why I've kind of set it down here at the bottom as an afterthought almost right