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== Discussing Kickstarter Campaigns ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' I just love them so much. They are so weird in the best way possible. Like, who thinks of this stuff? Well, apparently them too. So I love them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I like this one. It is of their, it's a great style. Do you know as well, they put a little orange dot over the date. Yeah. Because the date won't work, right? Because you can't change it. I actually really like the way that they have created a thing which is ultimately flawed, but they've turned it into a selling point and then have pushed it. Right? They've pushed it. Yeah. And they thought about it because like the date they have to, they have to hide the date window or the date on it because the date will be wrong after the first non-31 day month or whatever. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' When you like think about what they make, it's just, it's fascinating. It's very clever. Like, can you imagine sitting around the dinner table with them too? And like what comes out of their brains? Like, how does this happen? That's why I love them so much.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I really like it. Design wise, it's good. It fits in my wheelhouse, but like, I don't want to buy two of them and it will annoy me. That I can only wear it for like six months of the year. Yeah. So, it's cool though.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Cool. All right. OSU ATS. What pen in existence, the most gaudy and impractical, would you own if money was no issue?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, come on.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know if I want to own the Chaos pen though.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The high-end one? Not the regular one we saw. They have the, that's like the six or nine thousand. They have like a $50,000 one, I think.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I mean, I guess it is that thing of just like, well, then I have it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right? I don't want it, but like, if the case is then I can just have it, then I guess I would just, I would just have it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, I can't come up with an answer other than that. Any other, any other answer I come up with would be practical. That one is impractical.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think the problem is the way the question is asked. Because there is only one pen that comes to both of our minds when you phrase the question that way. Right. That like, you can own anything, no matter how gaudy and impractical. So, well, I'm going to the Chaos pen if you're going to phrase it that way. Yeah. You know?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because there's all, there's all the, the Montegra, the wild Montegrappa stuff, you know, with the Samurai and the Lord of the Rings and the Game of Thrones, but those aren't usable. Like, I have never found those to be usable. I've had the chance to hold those. I want to use this pen, right? There has to be some practicality in my usage of it, or otherwise I'm really not interested in. And even if I have carte blanche. Um, so is it some, you know, fancy Montblanc or Caran d'Ache that's like diamond studded and all that? Like, no, that doesn't, that doesn't do anything for me. Like, I want to tell the story of the Chaos pen, right? You know what? There's an inherent story.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I've just found, I haven't seen this one before, they're making a queen pen. Mm-hmm. Like the band Queen, right? Mm-hmm. And it's like a Chaos pen. You know, they haven't even got the price. It's like price on request, but you can have a, you can get, you can get a gold one and you can carry a gold one. There you go. I'd get this one. Yeah. This is what I would get.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I'm still on, I'm, I'm going to go with the Chaos pen, but I'm with you. Like, it has to be something like that. And man, Montagrappa does such a good job. Good job.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, they do as good a job as you can do with this type of design, you know? Because it is like complicated, right? Like, so they, I think they do a, they, they do a good job.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And it's a commitment too. Like, I mean, they're not making thousands of these. Like they got, um, like, yeah, this is, it's impressive. Mm-hmm. They come out with way more than I could, than I thought they'd be able to. Like per year, right? Styles per year. It's several.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Like, I didn't even know about that queen one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. All right. Pulp and pen asks, I believe you mentioned you're doing a hand lettering course. Please, please share. So yeah, I'm taking John Contino's online workshop. Um, I haven't done it in the past couple of weeks. I'm right at the, I'm like through 14 lessons or something like that. Still going through like the beginning stages. So I'm about to hit phase two. When I get all the way through it, I will, um, share the results, but we can put a link in the show notes. Um, I forget the, I think it's just John Contino's hand lettering or custom lettering course. I forget the exact title, but we'll link it and put it in the show notes for you. But Michael Canavino has a silly ass TPA. I'll be the judge of that. If there was a really good ink eraser, would you use it regularly? Or do you like the permanence of pens? That's not silly at all. That's a very good question. What do you think, Myke?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' If there was one that worked, I would use it. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But I'd at least own it for when I needed it. I just don't use, I just don't use erasers as a habit.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Neither do I. But if there was one that existed, I would want one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I agree with that. I would, if it actually worked, I guess I would have it, right? But we're just so, you know, have this just belief that there's no such product. Like it's hard to wrap your head around it, being able to do that. Yeah. But if you could come up with the magic that did it, sure, I would use it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I would just own it in case I ever wanted it, you know?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. But in general, I'm not an eraser, even though I like, I buy erasers to play around with. All right. Kruger Lawyer asks, what makes one ink wetter than another ink? Is it the chemicals used or the way they are mixed? Or are the wetter inks simply diluted more? That's a tough question because neither one of us are the chemists in this episode. And I keep threatening to get someone in who is. But yeah, I mean, there's different chemicals used in ink manufacturing. And, you know, the way these inks are made and the specific recipes and formulas that these ink makers use do have different agents that allow the ink to be wetter, drier, things like that. So I don't think it's a simple dilution thing. I think they have just, you know, different chemicals that they know to behave a certain way when mixed a certain way. So, yeah, it's a whole process. But it is mostly purposeful, I would say.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. I think that about wraps it up for this episode. All right. If you would like to send in questions for a future episode, just send out a tweet with the hashtag AskTPA. You can email them to hello at penaddict.com. If you want to find Brad online, go to penaddict.com. You can go to knock.co. You can go to spokedesign.com. Twitch.tv slash penaddict. You can go there. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10 a.m. Eastern.

'''Myke Hurley:''' We got new emotes that I got. The new emote is amazing. I got half of a pen emote that's been approved. And, like, the front section has not been approved yet because there are four individual emotes. It's ridiculous. It's so good. We had a backup. Yeah. Young Khan is amazing. He does awesome work. I'll put a link in the show notes. It came out so good. It came out so good. It's ridiculous.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So people that want to see it, there'll be a link in the show notes if you want to see the emote. Oh, man. Is it based on the Demonstrator Pro Gear?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. Sailor Pro Gear. Orange, translucent Sailor Pro Gear. It's killer. I don't know what else to say.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I absolutely love it. I absolutely love it. You can find me online. I'm iMike. I-M-Y-K-E. You can find more about this show and more at Relay.fm slash shows. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to Squarespace for their support. And we'll be back next time. Until then, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad. tittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittittit

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