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== Pen Names ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' At least, you know, I feel like you chose a much better name for this pen than the last one. Was it E-I-M-I-M? Yeah. And Bingo was his name or something?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think even he was making fun of his name and the former name of his company and the pen designs. It was – I think he said something like, if my mother can't remember the name, you know, it's probably a bad name. So, that's why he changed the name into Tactile Turn, which is much better. Much better. You should – Myke, even if you don't back this project, it's worth going to watch the video.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' As a matter of fact, why don't you pull that up right now as we wrap up this episode. And I think you will fully enjoy it. But are you using – you're pretty much just using – if you're not using a fountain pen, you're using Retro 51. And that's probably about it, right? Is that fair?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Do you know what? I don't even use the 51 anymore, really. I mean, I – Sure, just fountain pens. I have so many good fountain pens. Like, at this point, like, my fountain pen collection is so good. And so, this is something – when I was talking to my lady friend about this, finding her the perfect pen, right?

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

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, we – I was talking to her about this a couple of days ago. And she was saying, you know, if you found the perfect pen yet – this is actually quite a nice way to wrap up the show – have you found the perfect pen yet? And I was like, I haven't. I haven't found the perfect pen. But the two pens that I've got here – and I kind of have my Tashenberg Leiter with me, naturally. These two pens that I've got here are about as close as I've ever gotten. But really, in all honesty, there is no such thing for me as the perfect pen because it's just not possible. Like, there will always be something more. There will always be a next – and there will always be a next pen because they'll always – because like pens – let's say, for example, I find the perfect refill or the perfect nib. Well, one day, there's going to be a nicer design in another pen, another model, another make. So, then if I like that design more than the design of my pen, my pen's no longer perfect anymore. And so, you know, I think once you really start getting into this, like with many, many hobbies like this, there is no such thing as the perfect one. But there is as close to perfect as you can get. And I think that currently my mix, my two favorite pens of the Rotaring Lava 600 fountain pen and the Pilot – I've got the M2 – help me, Brad. Pelican. Pelican, sorry. 2-1-5. 2-1-5, yeah. I got the number right, the brand name wrong. The Pelican M2-1-5, which I'm actually using the M2-1-5 more than the Lava now. I just switch between them. Between those two pens, I mean, they're perfect, like for me right now. But I've always got my eye on the next thing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I agree 100%. You know, there's a – I can have the perfect pen for now, but it's not the perfect pen forever probably.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The perfect pen for now. That's what we're after.

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

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. Excellent stuff. So, if you'd like to catch up with us online, there's a few ways you can do that. I am at imike, I-M-Y-K-E on Twitter. Brad is at dowdyism, D-O-W-D-Y-I-S-M. If you would like to find Brad's writing, go to penaddict.com. And if you'd like to get in touch with us by email, go to 5x5.tv slash thepenaddict and hit the contact button up on the top in the little masthead that we've got there. So, thanks so much for listening to this week's episode. As Brad mentioned earlier, you can grab the show notes at 5x5.tv slash penaddict slash 90. And we'll be back next week for another episode of the Pen Addict Podcast. Until then, bye-bye. Bye.

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