Editing The Pen Addict 365/transcript (section)

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'''Myke Hurley:''' I want to do something that we do infrequently, and it's not an every week thing, and Myke and I did it last week, and I want to talk with this Myke, you, Myke, my favorite Myke. I'm not going to lie. You're my favorite Myke. I love you, Myke, Ink Dependence. That's all I ever really wanted to say, to be honest. Yeah, yeah. So, I want to talk about what you're using, because when I get guests on, you know, I always want to talk about what they're using, and we do that from time to time. It's not an every episode thing. So, I thought this was a good time to jump in behind that episode and see what things you have been using recently.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You also put in the document what's catching my eye. So, I want to mention that, too. Yeah. But the stuff that I've been using, I mean, I don't necessarily want to cover the exact same things. So, I wanted to reference a notebook that I've been enjoying, like, for some infrequent stuff, which is the Studio Neat Totebook. You know, I love it so much, I made my own notebook based on it, but it is a great little just notebook. I love the panel book, and the totebook is a wonderful complement to that. But I've still, like, I'm surprised at how much I am still using and adoring my Kaweco Student 70s soul. That thing is, like, a mainstay.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I get a lot of people saying that. Like, I'll just get random tweets or messages from people who may not even necessarily listen to the podcast or keep up with the current episodes, just sending me, you know, links to this pen saying, I really enjoy this. Have you seen this? Check this out. Like, it's really kind of set itself apart. Very simple. In that lineup.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But really, like, well executed. And this, you know, the 70s soul is a great design, like, colorway. Yeah, I'm a big fan of it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, and what no one else mentions, which I find funny, which we talked about in the past when we've talked about this, there's a whole lineup of those pens, and no one cares about any of them except this exact one. It's fantastic.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's the only one that makes any sense. And then something that caught my eye, you posted on Instagram yesterday, like a writing sample using Robert Oster Barossa gilt. Yeah. It looks like silver gold.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What is this? It's gold. It's for sure gold.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So it's part of Robert Oster's Shake and Shimmy lineup. That's their Shimmer Ink lineup. And it's a purple ink, kind of a darkish purple. It's got some really interesting underlying characteristics, a little bit of blue, a little bit of gray. It's shades, interestingly, around the edges. And the gilt part of it is gold. It's gold shimmer. It's thick, like the coverages, but like the ink is like very wet and lubricated, like it goes down wet, and it looks purple. And then all of a sudden when it dries, it's like this complete gold coverage. It's kind of wild how much coverage it has. And as I'm writing, you can tell right when you're writing on the page, like that it's got some gold and, you know, it's going to shimmer and things like that. But once you step away and it goes down, it starts to dry, the gold really pops. But until you kind of shine it in the light, which I had to take that picture, like angled the page into the light. So you could really see it because the pictures I took that were more straight on. You can't tell. And it's just, it's loaded with shimmer. So if that's your thing, that's going to be an ink that you want to look at the Shake and Shimmy lineup. I haven't, I think I have one other one I need to try. And obviously I prefer like the silver shimmer in mine, but this was an impressive ink for sure.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And this might be some stuff to look out for at a pen show for me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Yeah. It's very cool. And I forget how many inks there are in the lineup. I think there's a, I think there's seven. Quite a lot. Okay. Yes. So, yep. So some of the things I'm using, and I think I've probably talked about this a little bit before, but I'm really stuck on my Nakaya long cigar and black mat. I really want you to try this pen. Like, I don't think this is the Nakaya for you necessarily, but I want you to try this pen because it's very different than the other ones that I've used. So I'll definitely be bringing this one to San Francisco.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Is it the shape and size that is the biggest difference or is it the finish?

'''Myke Hurley:''' The finish. Okay. Like, I don't think you'll like the size of it. Like, it's a big pen. But I think you will like the finish. And I think you've tested, I think you've probably tried one of these before. But I just want to get it back into your hands to see what you think. It's super interesting feel. And I love, I love using this pen, even though it has a broad stub nib on it. I got that ground down to a stub, which is perfect for the size and shape of this pen and how I use this pen. You know, it's not a tiny handwriting pen. It's like a, it's a big bulky pen. And which is on the extreme end of things for me by, you know, by all measures against the rest of my collection. Right. It's a little bit of an outlier, but I'm really kind of fascinated with it. I'm very happy with it. I have it inked up with the Kiyo Nooto Noribiro ink, which is the black ink. It's kind of, I think it's maybe translates something into Raven. So black inks are generally boring. And I didn't want a boring ink in this pen. Like the pen's pretty basic in general, right? It's a black pen with a rhodium plated nib. So the first thing I put into it was a red ink, like a platinum classic. Like the Cassis red, I believe, or Cassis black, I think it's called. And I was like, oh good, I'm happy with this. And then it hit me that I have this really special black ink, this Kiyo Nooto Noribiro ink that has a lot of characteristics and a lot of sheen for a black ink. So that's the ink I'm in on with this pen. And I'm working on a review of that ink right now because it's different. Like this is the ink you would recommend to someone who has to use black ink in the office but wants to use a fountain pen. And they can get away with it just looking black on the page. But it's got this really interesting character to it, which those aren't words that go along with black ink very well at all.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, that's always one of the problems, right, of being forced to use black ink is you don't really have any options. Which is why people like blue-black, but you're not allowed that sometimes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. So this is an answer to that. And I've known it since I've owned it. And it just clicked with me one day that that's the ink that has to go in this pen. It's kind of a perfect match. And the last thing I'm just recently starting to use, it's the Pebble Stationery A5 Kiyo. It's a Kickstarter from Pebble Stationery who did a Kickstarter for the pocket-sized Tomoe River notebooks. So this is an A5 size Tomoe River notebook. And what I love about, there's several things I love about this. One, the covers are thick. Like it's a soft-bound book, right? So it's a soft cover, but it has like a glue-bound almost type of cover to it. So it's really thick. Like you can hear it. Like the cover is super thick. And the pages are dot grid, which Tomoe River dot grid is kind of my thing. Like I love that. The products that I've had from them before, the small pocket notebook size of this, was one of the better constructed notebooks that I've used in a long time. So I was happy to get this one. They sent me a preview sample to test out. It's up on Kickstarter now. I've backed it for like, I don't know, two, three packs or two, two packs, however they come. Dot River, Tomoe, dot grid Tomoe River. I like Dot River. Yeah, Dot River. So this is the Dot River notebook. And I love it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm always happy to see this paper, this specific paper offered in different configurations, because more people who use fountain pens should have an opportunity to use it. So I'm always happy to see different notebooks that use Tomoe River, because it really is a special experience. It is not an everyday paper for most people, including me. Because if you're writing a lot, you have to wait. You have to wait for it to try. But it's something that is truly a wonderful experience to be able to use sometimes. So it's just perfect for fountain pens.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So thank you for making a dotted Tomoe River paper, which you can get in various things if you search hard enough. But I will take that over blank any day. Mine in the Nami Crossfield is dotted. Yep. Yep. They've done dots and reticles, I believe.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That is, by the way, my favorite. It continues to be one of my very, very, very most favorite notebooks. The Seven Seas Crossfield from the Nami paper. So it's a big, fat A5 full of Tomoe River paper. It's really wonderful. And $26 is just an incredible deal. I absolutely love that notebook.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You're not going to get a lot of argument there. No. That's definitely one of the standout notebooks. So I love it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I can't believe it's $26. I forget the price.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Mm-hmm. Yep. It's a great deal.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Wonderful.