Editing The Pen Addict 411/transcript (section)

== Nib Grinds Update ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' So you got your nib grinds back, huh? Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, mostly I got my destruction back fixed, right? Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is from Mark did these, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, yeah. So Mark back as nib grinder. I sent him my mangled bung box fifth anniversary edition, which y'all seen on Twitter. And then I'm on Instagram. And I posted the picture that Mark sent me on Instagram of him finishing the nib. Like you'll have to go look. We'll over put a link in the show notes to how good the nib looks. From, you know, his repairs of my twisted mangled mess. And I said, well, since you have it, Mark, is this possible? And by this, I meant, what if we turn this into a posting nib, similar to my Pilot PO nib, which is on my Pilot Custom Heritage 912. If you don't know what a posting nib is, I have a review on my blog, or you can just look it up. Pilot P-O, P-O. It's basically the traditional postcard writing pen for Japan back in the 1900s when early to mid 1900s when they communicated a lot by postcard. They needed a nib that was very fine so they could cram a lot of letters onto the back of the postcard. And very firm to handle the questionable paper quality that they were dealing with. So it's this downturn nib. It's made to be kind of pointy like a nail. So that's been a long, long time favorite of mine. If you've listened or followed to me any length of time, you'll know what I think about the Pilot nib. I said, well, since you have this nib, can you bend this down and make it right like a posting nib? And in typical Mark fashion, yeah, no problem. So he sends me this video. He does this for all his customers. He sends a video when he's done of him using the nib and writing with him. I was like, oh, that looks pretty cool. And then I got it in. It's totally cool. I really like what he's done. And it's different than the Pilot nib, right? And it's not going to be the main reason it's different, even though the turndown and the angle and the size of the nib is generally the same. So the Pilot nib is 14 karat gold. And these bung box nibs in the full size Pro Gears are 21 karat gold. That makes a huge difference for a nib like the posting nib. So the Pilot one is very firm, very nail like. This one is still firm, but it's not like a nail. You can feel it a little bit of softness in it. But it writes really, really cool. It works with my angle, right? You have to have the right handwriting angle that can work with this type of nib pointing down. And I wouldn't recommend it to almost anyone without trying it. But it's a unique feel, unique angle. And it fits my handwriting style very well. And I'm very, very happy with this. And I wanted to try that little bit of experimentation. You know, well, I practically destroyed this nib, right? So the least I could do is try something cool with it. And if it fails, it fails. Like I've already mangled the whole darn thing. So let's try to do this. And he did it. And I'm very, very happy with it, if you couldn't tell by my joy as I talk about it. So yeah, I'll be using this one a lot. It's very cool. It's very different than a Pilot posting nib, though, just in softness.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So how do you have to write with it? Like you have to angle? Do you have to angle differently or it just fits for you?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't. It fits for me because I can, it's a little bit of a lower angle, but it's made to be at a pretty standard angle. If you have a vertical handwriting style, this wouldn't even come close to working for you. So it works at a pretty standard handwriting to lower. Lower angle handwriting. So yeah, but I'm just, I just like it. I just like the fineness. It writes, to me, it writes like a very fine, like secure Pigma Micron. Like one of the smaller tip sizes, like a 01 or 02, which is something that I enjoy, right? I could write, if I took my Pilot posting nib side by side, I'll eventually do some side by side comparisons. I bet my line width with the Pilot is probably half the line width of this one. But that's to say that the Pilot's like 0.1 millimeter and this one's like 0.2 to 0.3 millimeter. Still super tiny, right? They're just different because of the softness. You get more spread in the tines as soon as you touch the page with a 21 karat gold nib, no matter what shape it's in. Okay. So then the other two nibs I got, I've been using the needle point he put on my Pelican 101. I've been using that as much as anything. I don't know. I've been using all three of these nibs. The other one was an Aurora extra fine. I got turned into a cursive italic. And you don't normally do that because with that fine of a nib, you can't get as much variation as you would expect from a cursive italic. But I just like how it kind of blocks out my letters. Like it's very edgy and squared off block style lettering as opposed to rounded edge lettering, which I prefer. So yeah, I've been using these a bunch. All of them. I've been using those three pens and the Curie Doss kind of all week have been my go-to pens. So my Curie Doss is, I'm going to keep, I'm going to ride or die with the Curie Doss until I can't write with it anymore. So right now it's going well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. I think that wraps it up for today.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I think we're primed for big follow-up next week. Hopefully we'll get some answers on one or two aspects of what we talked about at the beginning of the show. I'm hoping at least one of them being the Curie Doss, like, because that affects a lot of people. I'm hoping we get an answer sooner than later. The other one, we may never get an answer and that's okay too.

'''Myke Hurley:''' If you want to find links to this week's episode, you can go to relay.fm slash penaddict slash 411 or you can find those links in your podcast app. You'll also find a link right there in your podcast app to become a RelayFM member and support this show. If you do, not only are you supporting the Penaddict podcast, you get your hands on wonderful benefits. Lots of members-only podcast content, members-only newsletter, and access to the RelayFM members Discord. Where right now, as of this week, not only are our live streams, do you have a chat for them, the live stream audio actually plays inside of the Discord app. So I believe it is now easier than ever to listen to our live stream if you're a RelayFM member. Discord is on every single platform. It's super easy. You can just turn on the live stream and you can hear me and Brad talk. So we're continuing to add other functionality into the Discord. It's becoming more and more awesome all the time. So this is a great reason to become a RelayFM member. It's an awesome community of people and you're also helping to support the shows that you love. So we would love it if you would consider becoming a RelayFM member, especially if you choose to support the Penaddict podcast with your RelayFM membership. Thanks so much to Penchalet for the support of this week's episode. And we'll be back next time. Until then, find Brad online. Whoa, I nearly forgot about it. Penaddict.com, Nock.co, Penaddict on Instagram, Dowdy is on Twitter. 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, twitch.tv slash Penaddict. I am iMike, I-M-Y-K-E. We'll be back next time. Until then, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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