Editing The Pen Addict 60/transcript (section)

== Fountain Pens ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' The only problem is, fountain pens, is they can leak or explode on planes.

'''Dan Benjamin:''' Yeah, they do tend to do that. So if you have a piston one, NBD, you put the ink in your suitcase, you empty most of the ink out. But if there's only a little ink in there, I think you're fine.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. Either one a little or a lot. Yeah. You want no air in there, basically. Either all air or none. Right. So. But. Pressure. Yeah, but I think you would like maybe something like the Retro 51 that me and Myke talk about all the time where it's just it's a heavy duty rollerball. But it's it's probably I mean, to me, it writes better than a Mont Blanc. I mean, it's it's fantastic looking. It's super durable. It's something, you know, you can throw in your backpack or in your pocket or would look good in your in your jacket pocket, too.

'''Dan Benjamin:''' They seem. Here's my problem with those. Mm hmm. I don't have one. I've never written with one. Mm hmm. They look great, but they seem like they're not the size of a regular pen. They seem is dubbier.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Even like wider, like it'd be too wide for you.

'''Dan Benjamin:''' No, I mean, like it's not long enough.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, oh, no, it's it's probably it's at least as long as your Pelican.

'''Dan Benjamin:''' Is it really?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm hmm. From these pictures, it just doesn't look that way. OK, might be might be bigger. I can I can take a picture. I'll put that in the show notes. Yeah, that'd be great. Comparison picture.

'''Dan Benjamin:''' I'm looking at pictures of them at the Retro 51 Tornado Rollerball pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep.

'''Dan Benjamin:''' On like JetPens has them. Do they sponsor this show?

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, but we do. Not yet. Not yet. They should.

'''Dan Benjamin:''' Have you reached out to them?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think we have.

'''Dan Benjamin:''' How do you talk to them? OK.

'''Dan Benjamin:''' We'll talk.

'''Myke Hurley:''' We had Colt pens last week, which is another great contributor.

'''Dan Benjamin:''' Yeah, they were fantastic. They have a new website, Retro 51.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They do. Yep.