Editing The Pen Addict 89/transcript (section)

== TWSBI Mini ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay. So, basically, the favourites out of this were, for a nib, the TWSBI Mini. Because of the stub. Which, okay, yeah, that had the stub nib. Because it's interesting. That's what I was told. But the overall favourite pen, to which I have now given this person, they now have this pen, because I don't use it, was the Pilot Metropolitan. Now, when I go through my summary of what they're looking for, it will maybe help explain that a bit. A sleek, simple design. Not clear plastic. Can be plastic, but not clear plastic. Doesn't want to... It's not intended to look like plastic. Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Medium nib. Stub preferred.

'''Myke Hurley:''' From all the nib sizes that we've got to try out, it was clearly going to be either a medium or the stub, because it was interesting. Must be light. Smooth to write. She's very perceptive of how a line is drawn. Any of my pens that I consider to be slightly rough, considering my stringent... The way that we are as pen addicts, she picked that up 100%. She's like, don't like it. So, for example, the Prera, she couldn't stand it. She could not stand it. She hated it. Also, didn't like the design of the Prera, but loved the cap thing, actually, because it's so amazing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Must have good ink flow, and must be full size, not mini. Otherwise, the Twisby mini would have been what she would have wanted, because even though it's clear plastic, she loves the design of it, but doesn't like that it's mini. It's a mini pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So that's it. I mean, overall, she actually doesn't... The obvious one would have been a Twisby, right? But she doesn't like... 580. Yeah, but she doesn't like the overall style of the Twisby.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So that would have been the easy one, right? Because I could have got a stub nib, no problem, job done. Right. But the overall design of the larger Twisby's, she doesn't like, which is interesting. But there are some differences between the minis and the full size and the way that they look.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, it's an option, but it's kind of... It doesn't fit the... Because I don't think that Twisby's are really sleek or simple. They're quite big and bulky.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right, they are. Yeah. Actually, I've had someone emailing me in the past couple weeks. You know, they definitely... They kind of went through a list like this. You know, I need this, I need this. And one of the high... You know, they were, one, concerned about price. And then, two, you know, they said they had bigger hands, so they needed a larger pen. So I pointed out the 580. And they're like, oh, my gosh, that's exactly what I need. Because it's a little bit larger pen compared to... You put that side by side to the Pereira, and you realize how small the Pereira actually is.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, you know, it's clear to me the type of thing that she's looking for. I mean, I feel like I can see that, you know? Mm-hmm.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And she's in love with the Metropolitan, which is funny to me, because it proves what we were talking about many, many moons ago, about the fact that it was such a fantastic pen. But I just didn't really... I just wasn't blown away by it. But I guess for somebody who's not as fanatical and obsessed as we are, it just didn't have all the other things that I like. It wasn't interesting enough to me, that sort of stuff. I had it in gold, which I wasn't happy with. But it was, you know, as I said, I wasn't surprised by it. It performed perfectly well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I remember saying that at the time.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So this is where we are. I mean, kind of the Metropolitan would be... We'll be fine and we'll do the job. But I really want to find something different for her.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What did she think about the Perlet? Because that's got the most different... Well, besides the Vanishing Point, that's got one of the most unique barrel... Yeah, so... ...feels, I guess, than most of everything else on this list.