Editing The Pen Addict 721/transcript (section)

== Pen Categories ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I will say to start with that I think the general premise is actually a really good one. Yes. Because I agree with the categories that Nick has said, right? That you have one you use all the time. You have one which is like, this is the weird one. And then you have a backup one, which is like the pen on the outside that you love so much, it's going to try and maybe overtake the second one, right? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Because I think that my pens tend to fall into the two categories of like, I'm going to use these all the time or I'm going to use these infrequently and or I just love to own them, like especially my fountain pens. So I agree with the premise. The problem is that means I can only have three fountain pens, which is just not going to happen. That's just not going to happen. But I agree with the categories.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I do too. And I agree that, you know, it's obviously clearly not going to happen for most listeners of this show.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I think you can only find two and three by buying lots. And so then the premise is, I guess you have to sell everything.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I guess. I guess. My premise would be actually you only need two, right? By that point. Yes. And I would call them basically the same categories that Nick has. My writer, my everyday writer, and then my fun pen, right? Which would probably have just a vastly different nib than my number one pen. And like that would technically be it for me. Like I don't even think you need a third.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' If I'm going to this length, I'm going to, I would cap it. I would actually go stronger. I would cap it at two.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like again, that'll never happen because we have reasons. Like we have different products that we have. Some visually, some by how they write, you know, special situations, things like that. But yeah, I'd be interesting to think, you know, most of us have a minimum, a handful of pens or at a maximum like me, you know, like over a hundred fountain pens. And could I ever wind it all the way down to like two? No, because I don't want to, right? It's something I enjoy. Like having these choices and having these visual differences. But in a perfect situation, I could do a one and a two pen. I don't think I'd need a third pen, honestly. I think it's just one and two and we're good.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think really it is only you need the two, right? But it's just kind of giving you a bit of, because it's not like you'd stop. And so like it gives you that kind of like the one on the bench to replace the other one. Do you have any idea what these three or two pens would be for you?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Man, this is an entire episode. I know one of mine, which is the workforce. I think it's a lot of Safari. Oh, okay. No, I would go Platinum 3776. Yeah. That is my like, I can use that pen all day, every day, and I will be a happy man. Yeah. Like that one for sure.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So I always say the Pilot Murex is my favorite pen. I don't know if I would want that in my number one. That might actually be number two. That might, yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I could imagine putting the M90 in the number two spot.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What else would be good for number one?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, Lonnie Safari 3776, maybe a 2SB of some kind could do it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What's when you're getting into the Pilot 823 is a classic number one workhorse only. The Pilot Pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I mean, I just love my... I know it's not cool anymore, but Celer Pro Gear would also live in that spot real good. Yeah. The larger ones for me, the L or the 1911 L or the standard, I should say, for the Pro Gear standard, which are great. The old 21K.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I'm not so much of a fan of the slim.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have a couple that are super unique as far as materials wise goes and style goes and specialty nibs, but the ones I use to write with are always the bigger of the two versions.