Editing The Pen Addict 21/transcript (section)

== TWSBI Pens ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't have the black matte. I wish I did, though. I have white.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I've got the black matte, and the EF Nib is black, too, which is killer, and the clip's black. That's why I love... That was before I got into the pen that shall not be named. That was probably one of my favorite fountain pens. It's really nice. So that's his number one. Number two is an awesome pen. It's a favorite of mine. It didn't make the top five, but it's always there, and it's always in my pen case, and it's the Copic Multiliner SP, 0.5 millimeter. I don't know how much we've even talked about that. We've probably talked about it in passing, but it's a drawing pen. It's an art pen, a plastic tip art pen, but it comes in a really, really well-made, lightweight aluminum barrel, and on top of that, it's refillable. It's refillable with ink. The tips are replaceable if you damage one. I mean, a lot of artists go through a lot of plastic tip pens. They're not the most durable pens in the world. It allows you to keep that nice aluminum barrel and replace the parts as you go. So Joe even mentioned that, let me read what he said about the Copic Multiliner, because this was my favorite entry in his post. He says, I have a very type A, black and white, regimented personality, which doesn't lend itself very well to being creative. It only took one time using the pen to change that. I immediately felt more creative while using it during a recent work-related training session where I even tried my hand at sketchnoting. The pen is built solidly and should last me a long time considering there are replacement nibs and ink cartridges available. Thanks for the recommendation, Brad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's a really good pen. And if you're an artist or a creative type, that's certainly one that should be on your radar.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I thought that was a really neat entry because I'm very much the same way. Type A, black and white, regimented. Like, you know, I'm very detailed and anal and I feel like I'm not creative, but when I use those types of pens, sometimes that helps get those juices flowing. So that was, that was a cool one to see on the list.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They do a 0.03 nib.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And one of the manufacturers does a 0.005.

'''Myke Hurley:''' How?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know. I've got one laying around here somewhere. It's impossible to use. I mean, it's, that's not something I can use. Why does it exist? You can hardly see the tip and, you know, you feel like you're just going to break it the first time you use it. But I guess for, if you're really slow and doing extremely detailed work, I know Pilot makes one, the Pilot drawing pen comes in 0.05. And the standard Copic multiliner, the plastic barrel, not the SP, might come in that width too, but I'm not positive. There's a couple of manufacturers that make a 0.05.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's crazy, isn't it?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Incredible. I don't even know why you would, why somebody would want it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. You have to have a very specific use for that. I've actually, like I said, I've bought one. I've got one laying around. I mean, for me, I could never use that pen. I think I might've even reviewed it at one time. I might, I think I bought it on accident thinking I was buying a 0.5 and bought the 0.05. And I was like, what is this?

'''Myke Hurley:''' What has happened to you?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think, I think I bought the Pilot. It's probably a review from like four years ago or something. But anyway, Joe's, Joe's number three is the TWSBI Diamond 540 MNib clear demonstrator. And I've talked about my Diamond 540. It's a really beautiful fountain pen. You know, I don't know what else to say about it. It's, it's a really, it's a, it's a fountain pen user's fountain pen. If I can say it like that, you know, it's not extremely portable like a Safari is. It's, it's a little bit bigger, a little bit wider. The cap doesn't post, you know, for as well for writing on the go. But if you're, if you know someone that uses fountain pens, this, when people talk about fountain pens, TWSBI makes fountain pens. You know, they're very traditional looking. They're super high quality at a really good price. So seeing this on a, on a top five list is no surprise at all.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Number four, I'm not allowed to say, but we'll say, I will say that it has crossword in the name.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay. Yeah. I know what that was. I'll put that in the show notes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. I'm allowed to say that word, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So, you know, I don't know what else I can say on that one either, but that, that's kind of a no brainer for, for you and me and, and everyone that listens to this show. They, they know all about that pen. And now the last one is a really, really good choice for a top five. And one I consider from time to time. Cause I always carry one with me, but I don't have it in my top five. It's the Fisher space pen bullet black mat finish. Now you're familiar with the Fisher space pen, right? Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. Okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And this bullet black mat, it, it, Joe's, Joe's, Joe's, uh, Joe is, uh, list is, it's really good. It's, it's a lot of exact. He's very exact in, in the things that he, he likes. And I have this exact Fisher space pen. I only have one and it's this bullet black mat finish and it's really nice. And then his, his notes are, are interesting. And I'll tell you why. Let me read what he says. He says, this is a great everyday carry pen, especially when paired with the matching black clip and a field notes, notebooks, or some frictionless capture cards. It can write at any angle on any paper, in any temperature or weather conditioning. You can always trust this pen to capture whatever random thoughts pop into your head. Here's what's interesting about this. And this is a little sidebar. He mentions the frictionless, frictionless capture cards. And those are made by our friend and podcast made and designer to the stars, Aaron Mankey. I met Aaron in person back in March of this year. And he had in his back pocket, his stacks of the previous iteration of the frictionless caption cards, which were the Helvet index cards, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Mm-hmm.