Editing The Pen Addict 363/transcript (section)

== New Question Segment ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. So next up, we have a question from Crotos who says, do you know of any retractable fineliners on the market?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Only one that I could think of and I even looked around for more. The only one that I'm familiar with is the Sharpie pen, you know, not the permanent marker. And they made a traditional fineliner drawing pen years ago. And then about a year after they launched that, they added in a retractable version, which I didn't think was as good. But, you know, that's the only one I can think of exists. But there's kind of a reason these don't exist. It's because of how delicate those tips are and how prone they are to drying out. Right. It's a. Plastic tip in most cases. And when it's exposed to air, even though like some of the selling points of some of these fineliners is that, hey, you can leave the cap off for like 24 hours. They've never translated that into a retractable pen model for that same type of refill technology. So it's kind of a it's probably more of a problem for these manufacturers to deal with to make them have any incentive to make a retractable tip. So the only other option is I know some of the machine pen companies will make a pen that fits the Montblanc fineliner refills. So you can search for those. I don't have any of those off the top of my head, but I didn't. I kind of didn't think that's what you were going for. I figured we were just going for like a main production line, like secure a pig room micron, but retractable or, you know, Statler Statler fineliner, you know, but I love that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Sharpie pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, yeah, it's really good. The metal, you know, I yeah, I the Sharpie metal. This is like completely off off target, but the Sharpie metal barrel like for the big marker permanent marker is just a great product. And, you know, it's even better. What Tiffany. Oh, yeah, we should. You need one of those Tiffany Sharpie pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, yeah. That's what you think I need.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'll just get you. Yeah, I'll just get you the turquoise one. 715 pounds. Just the inner barrel. Just the inner. I'll get you the $2 pen, $2 version and like scratch off the I'll put tape around it and just write Tiffany on it. How's that?

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's perfectly fine.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Same performance.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, well, you got to get to give it some weight, though.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, true. All right. Next one. Esoterica 1693. That's Jeheron's next year ink.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Must all architect grinds be extremely sharp along their main edge? Or can they ever be so slightly rounded or softened? How do you ask for that? I like the look of the architect, but I love a really smooth nib. Can this go together?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I think so. Like, I don't know. I think it's as basic as asking for that description, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I feel like a lot of nib grading is kind of just like, we're going to make this up as we go along, right? Because it changes person to person depending on your writing style. If you're getting it done like in person, especially or properly, you know? Right. Like, they want to customize it to you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. So, the theory of the architect is the vertical stroke is hairline thin or somewhere along that. And that's where that sharpness comes in. So, you can get that toned down very easily. It'll be a little bit wider, but it'll still have the variation of like, you know, if you took a stub nib and rotated the nib, you know, 90 degrees or whatever it is to get that angle right, you know, you can practice like that. And that's what it would feel like, you know. You wouldn't have the massive variation that you get in a lot of the stub nibs, but that doesn't sound like what you're looking for anyway. So, you can get some variation and have a smoother writing experience. So, yes, you would just ask for that just like you said it to us, and it would be pretty easy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. So, next up, we have a question from Fovrin who says, is there a highlighter or a pen thin enough to use as a bookmark?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, there's a couple.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The first one that came to mind is the tutu pen. Of course it did.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Because that's kind of exactly what it's made for, but that's a really expensive kind of choice to like jump into. And, you know, it's got its flaws being open tipped, right? There's no closure on it. So, you can like when you're looking for like a flat pen, and there may be something else on the market coming soon that you just want to keep your eyes on that's redacted right now. But I found, I remembered a couple of pens that I'd used on JetPens, and I've reviewed them on the site. The Oto Minimo is kind of made for this. Even though it's a round barrel, it's ultra skinny. Like it could fold in like in between pages, right? If you put it towards the spine, you could fold it in and use it as a bookmark. But it's so small, they actually ship it like hooked to a piece of paper so it doesn't get lost, right? It's like hooked to a card if you look at the picture of it. And then the Pilot Birdie Switch is a little bit bigger version of that. It's just a different option. But these are like ultra thin pens, but they're round barrels. So, if you want a flat barrel, that's a little bit more of a challenge. But keep your eyes peeled.