Editing The Pen Addict 307/transcript (section)

== Pilot Vanishing Point ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's such a good pen for everything. Like the Pilot Vanishing Point, I love it. I don't think it's good for everything. The Model 20 is good for everything. You can pick out what type of steel nib you want and get something tweaked on it if you want. I don't know. They have great colors, great designs. It's my favorite or one of my favorites. I like the Model 02. The 20 has the slip cap, which I like. I have the clipless Model 20s with the slip cap. They're great riders. Cool colors. Yeah. I think this is an easy answer for, it turns out, both of us. So, all right. LJNWolcock wants to know, I bought a Platinum 3776 and I love this pen, but the nib is causing me problems. It's ultra extra fine and it feels like I'm gouging into the paper even when I'm writing on high quality paper like Rhodia. Am I doing something wrong? No, you're using a 0.1 millimeter fountain pen nib. So, you have to understand Platinum's ultra extra fine is insanely fine. It's going to take, it's going to have a very small sweet spot. The angle is going to have to be held correctly. Basically, this is one of the most delicate pens on the market from a stock nib and they only started making these nibs widely available in the US market and other markets in the past year or two because they're so fine. They are just super, super particular. You might want to get it checked out to make sure the tines are aligned. You know, have a Nibmeister look at it just to tune it, if you will, just to make sure everything's aligned up properly. But yeah, this is a 0.1 millimeter nib. I don't even own one of these. Like, I love them. I've tried them. I have pins ground down to something close to this. This is the craziest fine stock nib on the market, in my opinion. It's very particular just in how you hold it, how you write with it. I would have someone check it out if you think it's causing a real problem to make sure there's no tine issues. Because it is so fine, it's going to be more hit and miss than, you know, say a medium nib, something like that. I would like to see you try this pin one day, Myke. I don't know if you've ever tried one. No, thanks. Yeah. All right. Doc Himes wants to know, with Dudek Modern Goods taking a hiatus, what are your other go-to multi-pin holders for use on a desk or dresser shelf as opposed to cases and bags? This is a tough question. I couldn't really come up with a great answer besides some of the E&M products that are available like at JetPens and other retailers. I have a couple that I haven't started using yet. I just got one of their longer blocks to begin to use, but I haven't started filling things up in it yet. It has varying size, diameters of holes to store pins in. Some of them are really wide, which I don't know what to do with. So that's the only thing on my radar right now as far as those goes. You can probably find a lot of smaller makers that I'm unaware of, like on Etsy. I just do a search for that. I bet you could come up with a whole list of probably, and probably find some pretty neat stuff and maybe share with us if you find something. But I'm sure there's probably a lot of wood makers out there making stuff like this that we're just unaware of. That's probably pretty nice too. You have anything, Myke? You're all in on the Dudek. I'm all in on the Dudek. I mean, I don't know what else to say.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, I also have been using recently the custom blocks that were made for me by Listener Allen. Do you remember those? They've got the Relay FM logo on and the Michaels. I've been using those because they're awesome too. But yeah, I've never found a product that I've been able to buy that gives me what I want other than Dudek stuff, I'm afraid.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Right. Maybe it's just because we're not aware. I've seen plenty of other things. Nothing's registering with me to say that's the thing. All right. Last one. Ari Thornton. This is an awesome question. You've both raved about the M805 Ocean Swirl as well as the new Canalea. If you could only use one, which one and why?