Editing The Pen Addict 331/transcript (section)

== Pen Case Discussion ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right, right. All right, last one for this week. And this was a little bit of a challenging one for me as well. And it's also from Paul, our previous questioner. Any recommendations for a pen case where I can store three fountain pens, medium size, maybe clipless, and two mechanical pencils with fixed sleeves? So this is the kicker. I mean, they all have to be non-touchy, which, you know, Paul is someone after my own heart. It should have a small footprint. He likes the holster type cases like the Knock Lookout, but they're bad for fixed sleeve mechanical pencils, which I agree with. Because those fixed sleeves can poke you if they get manipulated in the wrong fashion. So is there a case that's slim and can meet all of these requirements? I had a tough time trying to figure this out because anything that was small enough and segregated enough was kind of bulky. Like some of the leather cases from Frank and Krzysztof, like the penvelopes, like those tend to get bulky. They're not going to fit in a pocket. Not that this has to fit in a pocket, but they're larger format. I'm trying to think of something slimmed down that might work for Paul. Do you all have any ideas?

'''Ana Reinert:''' The only thing I could think of were some of the, like the gallon leather zip. I have their three pen zip and I fake it a little and I can fit two, like two pencils on either end. So they're not touching anything, but they aren't actually enclosed. But because it's a leather case, things like mechanical pencils and stuff don't fall out or don't poke out of the end. Mm-hmm. It's kind of a workaround, but because it's really designed to hold three fountain pens and not five, it ends up being fairly slim and about the size of a lookout.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay.

'''Ana Reinert:''' But yeah, it is kind of, that was the only thing I could think of because it is kind of a workaround because their five pen case I think is too big. Mm-hmm. And does become a bit bulkier because they have like a five pen that also holds, I think it's five pen and then holds like a field notes on the other side. And then that gets into that whole thing. It's like becomes closer to the size of a Franklin Kristoff penvelope kind of thing. It gets a little bulkier. But yeah, it's really hard to come up with something because mechanical pencils are so much slimmer than fountain pens. And usually cases aren't designed to sort of accommodate, like there isn't any way to sort of adjust the like elastics or anything that hold them down. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And if you're looking at doing this mixture of fountain pens and mechanical pencils, a wrap of some type is probably going to suit you better, even though it'll be a rolled closure, not a flat closure. You could get that separation that you need. You know, you're going to have to deal with some of the bulk, but if you could find a leather wrap that is slim enough to get down to the right size, that's probably going to meet all your needs. It's just finding one that's not too bulky. So challenging question.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yeah. Like the one that Yenderings makes. The Yenion. Yeah. That might.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. The smaller one of the two. Yeah.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Because that almost lays flat rather than rolling.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Which seems a little. Yeah. It's built in the middle to make it lay flatter.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That's a good call. We'll put a link to that in the show notes. And where can we find the show notes this week, Michael? Well, with the lovely Anna Reinhardt as guest hosts on her way to New York City to see us right now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' For this very episode, Relay.fm slash Pen Addict slash 331. But they should also be in your podcast app of choice. You can find us over the next few days in New York and Toronto. But if you're not going to be in those places online, I reckon Instagram is going to be really good because I'm sure we'll all be posting stuff on the trip. I am iMike. I-M-Y-K-E. Brad is Pen Addict. P-E-N-A-D-D-I-C-T. And if I'm going to try my best here. So Anna is Well. W-E-E-L-L-A-P-P-T-D-E-S-K. Are you well appointed? That's the Instagram, right? Did I do it?

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yep.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Excellent. But you'll find links to all of those in the show notes as well. So you can go follow us. You can also find Anna at wellappointeddesk.com. Brad is at penaddict.com. Thanks so much to Harry's and Pen Chalet for their support of this show. And we'll be back next time with our report of our wonderful Pen Safari that we're going on. Until next time, say goodbye, everybody. Goodbye, everybody.

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