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	* From Relay, this is The Pen Addict, episode 678. Today's show is brought to you by Squarespace, Pen Chalet, and Factor. My name is Myke Hurley and I'm joined by Brad Dowdy. Hi, Brad. What is up, Myke Hurley? How are you? I'm good, man. I'm dealing with a back problem. Yeah, still. Right now, yeah, it's rough. It started last week. I don't remember if I mentioned it on the show. But times are tough over here, is what I'm going to say. Yeah, you mentioned it to me. Yeah. We have commiserated over thrown backs. Mine is usually a two-week thing, so hopefully another week and you're good to go. I hope so. Yeah, yeah. Mad respect to my wife. I'm just going to keep saying that. Yeah, right. She's dealing with a lot right now between looking after me and her other baby.		* From Relay, this is The Pen Addict, episode 678. Today's show is brought to you by Squarespace, Pen Chalet, and Factor. My name is Myke Hurley and I'm joined by Brad Dowdy. Hi, Brad. What is up, Myke Hurley? How are you? I'm good, man. I'm dealing with a back problem. Yeah, still. Right now, yeah, it's rough. It started last week. I don't remember if I mentioned it on the show. But times are tough over here, is what I'm going to say. Yeah, you mentioned it to me. Yeah. We have commiserated over thrown backs. Mine is usually a two-week thing, so hopefully another week and you're good to go. I hope so. Yeah, yeah. Mad respect to my wife. I'm just going to keep saying that. Yeah, right. She's dealing with a lot right now between looking after me and her other baby.
	* Isn't that the truth, man? She's trying to, like, it's almost like Adina is, like, incredibly precious cargo at the moment. It's like, don't hurt yourself. You know what I mean? Like, whatever you do, stay healthy.		* Isn't that the truth, man? She's trying to, like, it's almost like Adina is, like, incredibly precious cargo at the moment. It's like, don't hurt yourself. You know what I mean? Like, whatever you do, stay healthy.
	* Yep.		* Yep.
	* Constantine. Yep. That's it. Keep going. Whereforth. How. You've been. Yeah. That's it. I've already lost it. So please continue. Whereforth. How you've been Brad. Yeah. So that kind of got modernized there. A little bit. So anyway. Yeah. So like. Dip nibs. Have always been a thing. Right. That was kind of like. The first writing instruments. Outside. Outside of just making marks. With you know. Just various tools.		* Constantine. Yep. That's it. Keep going. Whereforth. How. You've been. Yeah. That's it. I've already lost it. So please continue. Whereforth. How you've been Brad. Yeah. So that kind of got modernized there. A little bit. So anyway. Yeah. So like. Dip nibs. Have always been a thing. Right. That was kind of like. The first writing instruments. Outside. Outside of just making marks. With you know. Just various tools.
	* And. That kind of morphed. Into the fountain pen. And dip nibs went away. Right. Because now. Fountain pens were more. Were easier to use. And you didn't have to have. These. You know. This. Tin of nibs. Laying around. And these extra pens. And those bottle of inks. You could have a self-contained. Portable. Writing device. So. Nowadays. With the prevalence of ink. In our. You know. Day to day. Usage of fountain pens. A lot of us. Use a lot of different inks. And want to see. What those ink properties are. So now we have. Different tools. That are being. Specifically designed. With. Play time. You know. Of. Focus. More than just like. Pure writing focus. Right. For the nibs. They're not as utilitarian. As they used to be. They're more for play. And artistic expression. And some writing. For sure. But like. What I built. Is really just like. An ink play tool. And I built. A handle. To hold these various nibs. That you can buy. You can still buy. Those old. Classic dip nibs. Um. And use them with. Like the handle. That I built. Um. But yeah. That's why. I just call it. A nib holder. Because. It's just a cool piece. Of acrylic. That I keep on my desk. I can vary. What nibs. I put into it. Depending on what I want to do. If I want to write. I can put in a traditional. Style. Dip nib in there. And write a letter. And. If I want to play with ink. I can put in this. Kakamori bullet nib. Which is what. Most people do. Uh. With this type of device. And yeah. Like. I don't even know. That I explained it well. But it's. It's literal. In the sense. That it is. A stick. That holds a nib. And then what you do with it. Is up to you. And what I do with it. And what a lot of people do with it. Right now. Is to take their various. Ink colors. And shades. And splash them all over the page. And be creative with it. So. That's kind of. Kind of the idea behind it. But. This is. Really just. A play. On the very. Very first. Like dip nip pens. That you know. You were writing letters with. Back in Myke's day. Back in my day. Where. For. Out thou. How are you? Yeah. How you been? How you doing? This question comes. Via Tomos. You were talking in a. Recent episode. About how going to a pen show. Is mainly a marketing opportunity. Breaking even as a bonus. And making money as a stretch goal. Is that just for the DC pen show? Or is it the case for every pen show? Most pen shows have lots of vintage sellers. Who may not have an online presence even.		* And. That kind of morphed. Into the fountain pen. And dip nibs went away. Right. Because now. Fountain pens were more. Were easier to use. And you didn't have to have. These. You know. This. Tin of nibs. Laying around. And these extra pens. And those bottle of inks. You could have a self-contained. Portable. Writing device. So. Nowadays. With the prevalence of ink. In our. You know. Day to day. Usage of fountain pens. A lot of us. Use a lot of different inks. And want to see. What those ink properties are. So now we have. Different tools. That are being. Specifically designed. With. Play time. You know. Of. Focus. More than just like. Pure writing focus. Right. For the nibs. They're not as utilitarian. As they used to be. They're more for play. And artistic expression. And some writing. For sure. But like. What I built. Is really just like. An ink play tool. And I built. A handle. To hold these various nibs. That you can buy. You can still buy. Those old. Classic dip nibs. Um. And use them with. Like the handle. That I built. Um. But yeah. That's why. I just call it. A nib holder. Because. It's just a cool piece. Of acrylic. That I keep on my desk. I can vary. What nibs. I put into it. Depending on what I want to do. If I want to write. I can put in a traditional. Style. Dip nib in there. And write a letter. And. If I want to play with ink. I can put in this. Kakamori bullet nib. Which is what. Most people do. Uh. With this type of device. And yeah. Like. I don't even know. That I explained it well. But it's. It's literal. In the sense. That it is. A stick. That holds a nib. And then what you do with it. Is up to you. And what I do with it. And what a lot of people do with it. Right now. Is to take their various. Ink colors. And shades. And splash them all over the page. And be creative with it. So. That's kind of. Kind of the idea behind it. But. This is. Really just. A play. On the very. Very first. Like dip nip pens. That you know. You were writing letters with. Back in Myke's day. Back in my day. Where. For. Out thou. How are you? Yeah. How you been? How you doing? This question comes. Via Tomos. You were talking in a. Recent episode. About how going to a pen show. Is mainly a marketing opportunity. Breaking even as a bonus. And making money as a stretch goal. Is that just for the DC pen show? Or is it the case for every pen show? Most pen shows have lots of vintage sellers. Who may not have an online presence even.

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			\| number = 678
			\| title = Where Forth How You Been?
			\| date = August 13th, 2025
			\| hosts = [[Brad Dowdy]]<br>
			[[Myke Hurley]]
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	* From Relay, this is The Pen Addict, episode 678. Today's show is brought to you by Squarespace, Pen Chalet, and Factor. My name is Myke Hurley and I'm joined by Brad Dowdy. Hi, Brad. What is up, Myke Hurley? How are you? I'm good, man. I'm dealing with a back problem. Yeah, still. Right now, yeah, it's rough. It started last week. I don't remember if I mentioned it on the show. But times are tough over here, is what I'm going to say. Yeah, you mentioned it to me. Yeah. We have commiserated over thrown backs. Mine is usually a two-week thing, so hopefully another week and you're good to go. I hope so. Yeah, yeah. Mad respect to my wife. I'm just going to keep saying that. Yeah, right. She's dealing with a lot right now between looking after me and her other baby.		* From Relay, this is The Pen Addict, episode 678. Today's show is brought to you by Squarespace, Pen Chalet, and Factor. My name is Myke Hurley and I'm joined by Brad Dowdy. Hi, Brad. What is up, Myke Hurley? How are you? I'm good, man. I'm dealing with a back problem. Yeah, still. Right now, yeah, it's rough. It started last week. I don't remember if I mentioned it on the show. But times are tough over here, is what I'm going to say. Yeah, you mentioned it to me. Yeah. We have commiserated over thrown backs. Mine is usually a two-week thing, so hopefully another week and you're good to go. I hope so. Yeah, yeah. Mad respect to my wife. I'm just going to keep saying that. Yeah, right. She's dealing with a lot right now between looking after me and her other baby.
	* Isn't that the truth, man? She's trying to, like, it's almost like Adina is, like, incredibly precious cargo at the moment. It's like, don't hurt yourself. You know what I mean? Like, whatever you do, stay healthy.		* Isn't that the truth, man? She's trying to, like, it's almost like Adina is, like, incredibly precious cargo at the moment. It's like, don't hurt yourself. You know what I mean? Like, whatever you do, stay healthy.

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