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== Firmo Mechanism ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Firmo. Okay. So thank you, Ionsomnia. It's the Firmo, not the Decimo that has the twist mechanism in the... I thought I was getting that wrong, but I was stuck and I couldn't get the other word in my head.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I didn't know the names when you were saying it. I was doubting you because it sounded like I could hear it like in your voice.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like you like the Decimo. I wasn't completely sold on that. It's one of... I knew it was in the ballpark. So I actually don't own one of those. I've never felt the need with the vanishing point to add in the twist mechanism with the same nib kind of thing. So no big deal. But yes, the Firmo is the twist.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Speaking of interesting filling systems, we have our first Twisby VAC mini review from our good friend, HeyMatthew at Nib and Ink. Did you get a chance to read this when he first posted it? Because I only put it in the show notes right before we started the page because I forgot that I wanted to discuss his review. Did you happen to catch it early?

'''Myke Hurley:''' No. Unfortunately, you put this in after I'd already looked at the show notes. So this will be all brand new information to me. I still can't get my hands on one of these. I can keep my eye on Colt pens.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So they're available. I just haven't ordered one yet. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't know if they've made it over here yet.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So some of the vendors in the US definitely have them. If they still have them in stock, I don't know what the stock levels are like. I just haven't rushed out and purchased it just because I've purchased so many things recently. But I would definitely purchase it. Matthew didn't love it. It's still got some of the aesthetic issues. He really harps on it. And he's a designer. So that stuff like super bothers him. And it kind of bothers me too. Like what? Anyway, just the fonts they choose to use and some of the, you know, how they, there's no consistency in a little bit of the design. He doesn't like how it can't really post well. But like all the things he's discussing are not things that bother me. I'm still pretty jacked about this pen and can't wait to get one. Um, so he's just, you know, relating it to like being kind of a pocket pen because of its size, but it's not really a pocket pen as far as quick deployment. Um, and usability if you're, you're thinking about it, um, that type of way. But I don't really carry like my minis, my TWSBI minis in my pocket anyway. I mean, I'm not, I don't need a quick deployment system to start writing with these. So it looks really cool. Um, it looks exactly what I, I thought it would look like. The functionality looks awesome. Um, you know, he's just got a few little, uh, few little things, you know, that don't really speak to him, but, um, it looks like it's going to be kind of perfect for me. So I'll be anxious to get this in my hand and, uh, see what it's really all about. But, uh, I'm really anxious to get it still. And it's, uh, the price was $65. So, which I don't think we had that last time when they announced it, but I figured it would be kind of in that price range.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. We're looking at like 55 pounds here.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Um, which is a little bit more expensive than I would have wanted. Uh, but it's okay. Yeah. I was hoping it would be under 50 and I know it's not a big difference, but for a, for a small pen, um, sure. 55 is, is, is getting up there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Right. I wonder what the minis cost. I have two of them and I can't remember what they, what they, what their prices were, but they were at least around 45 or 50, if not even, even more. I don't know. So it's, it's pretty good. I I'm looking forward to this and I'll, I will definitely get one soon and get a review done because, uh, I want to use this pen very, very much. I like it. It looks very cool. All right. So we got, uh, we have a few new things, a few more new items like the Lamy 2000 launching in 2016 to talk about that just kind of came across my radar this week. And we have a nice story to send y'all off with, uh, on this holiday week that I cannot wait to get to. Uh, but first we have a, another great sponsor, Michael.

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