The Pen Addict 307/Transcript
Speaker 0: Question for is Mike and I like this question and I'm gonna do this.
Speaker 0: Hi Brad I have a question for the podcast are you were Mike participating in the twenty eighteen read it gives pens and stationery exchange ready guess the secret Santa exchanges throughout the year connecting strangers all over the world and one of the exchanges starting this month as pens and stationery have your Mike ever tried out anonymous gift exchanges before so the paddock slack does have a secret Santa I've participated in that before it's super fine I have not seen or participated in this red at one or or any of them before I've seen them before I always see the the post when someone gets Bill Gates every year right that's always a thing because he always took people up with some some sweet stuff so is this something you're ever interested in or have done or interested in doing this year.
Speaker 1: I have heard of this before mostly around secret center I didn't know that they did this gift exchanges outside of the home that wasn't something I was aware of the.
Speaker 1: I have never done anything like this I'm there may already Russia.
Speaker 0: Will hold.
Speaker 1: This is it I don't I honestly don't feel like I could do a good enough job.
Speaker 0: Even though you could you know you would like but yes there's a pressure involved with this but I'm gonna give this one a shot and I.
Speaker 1: Want to hear what this is like a one yeah I wanna know if you go through a lot on one issue too we want you to report back on the show yes tell everybody how it goes.
Speaker 0: I think the sign up ends pretty soon let me bring us up here one of the things is one of the current exchanges is for people who like all things British.
Speaker 0: He would be pretty good at that one.
Speaker 1: And. Speaker 0: There's seventeen hundred and forty seven people signed up and it closes on may the fourteenth so yeah I'm gonna do this so I after the show today I'll sign up for it and we'll we'll track this on the on the show you know who I get what I'm gonna be gifting although I probably can't say it you know I think you know there's a lot of it's all secret.
Speaker 1: Because you never know.
Speaker 0: There is probably a pretty.
Speaker 1: Strong Venn diagram of a lot of people familiar with you.
Speaker 1: And signing up for this.
Speaker 0: I haven't got any everyone.
Speaker 1: But it's gonna be like it is going to be more people in the pens exchanged and there are probably.
Speaker 0: Yeah.
Speaker 1: The condiments exchange.
Speaker 0: Right like is yeah.
Speaker 1: You know it is called like.
Speaker 0: Ten ten percent overlap compared to one percent over last Saturday giant is a giant like Jane still ten percent.
Speaker 1: As pretty huge if that was the case.
Speaker 0: Right and I say that I.
Speaker 1: Definitely possible.
Speaker 0: Right right.
Speaker 0: Alright will says he's back with another question sorry will not remember your previous question but I still love you Mike doesn't he doesn't like he's not a fan of wills of especially the ones in the throne the throne room I'm I have one hundred fifty dollars that I would like to use towards the purchase of a good found pension I go with the flow pilot vanishing point or Franklin Kristoff model twenty with the steel nip thanks for your input.
Speaker 0: You go.
Speaker 1: Model to why I think that it's our CZ.
Speaker 0: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Model twenty.
Speaker 0: I think model twenty.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 0: Right it's such a good.
Speaker 0: Pen for everything like the pallid vanishing point I love it I don't think it's good for everything the model twenty is good for everything you can pick out what type of steel maybe you want and get something tweaked on it if you want.
Speaker 0: I don't know they have great colors great designs its my favorite.
Speaker 0: Are one of my favorites arm I like the model a to the twenty has the slip cap which I like I have the clipless model twenties with the slip class slip cap they're great writers cool colors yeah I think this is an easy answer for us turned up both of us so.
Speaker 0: All right L. Jane will **** wants to know I bought a platinum thirty seven seventy six and I love this pen but the neighbors causing me problems it's ultra ultra extra fine and it feels like I'm gouging into the paper even when I'm writing writing on high quality paper like Rhodia my doing something wrong know you're using a one point an au point one millimeter fountain pen deb.
Speaker 0: So you have to understand PLATINUM's ultra extra fine is insanely fine it's going to take it's gonna have a very small sweet spot.
Speaker 0: The angle is going to be have to help correct hole held correctly.
Speaker 0: This is one of the most delicate hands.
Speaker 0: On the market from a from a stock nearby they only started making these dips widely available arm in in the US market and other markets in the past year too because they're so fine they're just super super particular.
Speaker 1: You might.
Speaker 0: Want to get it checked out to make sure the tines are aligned you know have a net Meister look at it just to tune it.
Speaker 1: If you will.
Speaker 0: Just make sure everything's all lined up properly but yeah this is a zero point one millimeter nip I don't even own one of these.
Speaker 1: Like.
Speaker 0: I I love them I've tried on I have pins ground down to something close to this this is the craziest fine stock on the market in my opinion.
Speaker 0: It's it's very particular Justin how you hold it how you write with it I would have someone check it out if you think it's causing a real problem to make sure there's no time issues because it is so fine it's going to be it's going to be.
Speaker 0: More hit and miss then you know say a medium to something like that.
Speaker 0: I I would like to see you try to spend one day might if you've ever tried on no thanks yeah.
Speaker 0: All right doc times once in a with Dudek modern goods taking a hiatus hiatus what are your other go to multi pen holders for use on a desk or Drescher shelf as opposed to cases and bags this is a tough question I couldn't really come up with the great answer beside some of the Ian M. products that are available like a jet pens and other retailers I have a couple that I haven't started using yet I just got one of their longer blocks to begin to use but I haven't started filling things up in it yet it has varying size diameters.
Speaker 0: Of holes to store pens and some of them are really wide which I don't know what to do with so.
Speaker 0: That's the only thing on my my radar right now as far as as those goes you can probably find a lot of smaller makers that I'm aware of likely at sea I just do a search for that I bet you could come up with a whole list of probably probably finds a pretty neat stuff and maybe maybe share with us if you find something but I'm sure there's a plot probably a lot of wood makers.
Speaker 0: Out there making stuff like this that we're just unaware of threats are probably pretty nice too.
Speaker 0: You have anything Mike you're you're you're all in on the Dudek I'm all in on the due back I mean I I don't yeah say.
Speaker 1: I mean I also have been using recently.
Speaker 1: Like the custom blocks that were made for me by listen Alan to remember those who got like the relay right logo on and and the Michaels wrapping using those because there will some too but yeah I I've never I've never found a product I've been able to buy.
Speaker 1: That gives me what I want other than other than do that stuff freight.
Speaker 0: Right right maybe it's just because we're not aware like I've seen plenty of other things I just nothing's like registering with me to like say that's the things.
Speaker 0: All right last one ari Thorton at this is an awesome question.
Speaker 0: You both raved about the M. eight oh five ocean swirl as well as the new can alaia if you could only use one which one and why.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go we kinda laughed because I view reason for this I like pelicans I love kennel and pens and I do think that part of this to me is knowing the story behind the product right like knowing where they came from knowing that they have made by a small team of people knowing all of the thought that goes into them like it's kinda hipster but I like that write this kind of how I am you know it's like the idea of the small batch or whatever right like that whole thing about like the authentic made like I like that kind of stuff.
Speaker 1: Then I'm sure that you know pelicans are made with a lot of Karen's but it feels like a big company doesn't feel the same.
Speaker 1: I mean also was while I actually do think that as nice as the oceans will looks I do prefer the look of the hand on the bay some.
Speaker 1: But yeah that's kind of where I'm falling out go kanilang.
Speaker 0: Somebody like you I got to the big brass.
Speaker 0: I'm picking the pelican.
Speaker 0: It's a tough.
Speaker 0: Decision.
Speaker 0: But the.
Speaker 0: Number one a lot if I if I had to pick purely on looks like.
Speaker 1: The.
Speaker 0: The newest stuff can allay the Hamas obey.
Speaker 0: Between the ocean swirl just on a statics the can away as like a ten out of ten in the ocean swirls like a nine point five out of ten okay so.
Speaker 1: I would pick that.
Speaker 0: But if my choices to what pain I'm gonna use every day I'm gonna pick the pelican pretty much every time because it fits my hand from a writing perspective better.
Speaker 0: It has a piston filler gold nailed I pelicans extra Feingold lives in eight oh five don't need any work for me to use it's a perfect writing pen perfectly balanced.
Speaker 0: I get a lot of joy out of using my.
Speaker 0: Ken lay appends the ocean swirls work course of a pan and you know if those are the only two pen choices I had to use like for the rest of my life or the rest of the year say I would pick the age of five and it actually wouldn't be much of a competition.
Speaker 1: Interesting okay I mean I I like I understand.
Speaker 0: Yeah I mean.
Speaker 1: It.
Speaker 0: Like that head of my bay might be number two right it's like it's on it's almost unfair right because it's so close but if I'm forced to pick one I'm using the eight to five every day without question.
Speaker 0: That doesn't mean.
Speaker 1: Anything.
Speaker 0: Gets the Panama bay.
Speaker 0: It's a stunner I wanna use it inked up right now you know but the pain I've been using.
Speaker 1: Like.
Speaker 0: Just over the past week or two is oceans world like everyday it's really really it's it's a amazing writing pen right.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 0: So.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 0: That's it that's why I love this question so much it is really hard to answer because it's so close.
Speaker 1: In my now.
Speaker 0: If you pick one over the other feels like you're saying the other one's bad and that's not the case.
Speaker 1: Like.
Speaker 0: It is that close and that's what we pick something different because it is that close.
Speaker 0: Yep so great question I love these type a tough tough questions up and I'll be like both of us were willing to put it on the line put it down on paper right.
Speaker 1: I think that's that we would write the trend paper so going on in your house.
Speaker 0: That's our job.
Speaker 1: I should wrap it up.
Speaker 0: We should.
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Speaker 1: Why why we doing that.
Speaker 0: I don't know wanna.
Speaker 1: Okay.