Editing The Pen Addict 1/transcript (section)

== Field Notes ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Because they even talk about some brands and stuff like Field Notes that we love, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Field Notes is a, it's a big capturing tool for me and I'm sure we'll, we'll talk about them a lot. And I know a lot of, a lot of our friends are big Field Notes users.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So when we were talking about episode one, you know, I'm, I love pens and paper, but I'm, I know nowhere near as much as you do. Or maybe even some of our listeners at the show do. I, all I do is I buy what looks pretty, right? Or what I like the look of. Exactly. And one of the great things about doing this show is I'm going to learn a lot, which I really want to learn because I love pen and paper. My only, the only problem that I already foresee is I'm not really going to have any money left. But, you know, such is life. Right. So what I thought we'd do, because when, sometimes when I read some of your posts and stuff, there are terms that I don't always get. Or I understand them, but don't understand them in the terms that, that you're mentioning them in. So we thought that what we would do for episode one is present you with a glossary. So later on in later episodes, if we're talking about something, or if somebody asks us a question, we can refer them back to episode one, the glossary episode. So they can pick up on the terms that we've mentioned.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. And I think that's a great idea. It's just coming from someone with me. While I don't think I'm an expert at it, I've got a lot of experience with it. And, you know, I might just, in my regular conversation, you know, I might drop some term that someone, you know, like yourself, who has just, you know, takes a pen and paper more at face value. A term you've never heard of. So we wanted to just kind of cover some, some of the very basic terms, you know, people have been reading the pen addict for years, probably already know these terms. But, you know, we want to also have a point for people new to the pen addict, new to the pen addict podcast and new to pens and paper in general. Because we hope more of y'all, you know, come on and start listening to this show, a place to where they can refer back to and see, you know, what are these strange terms they're talking about. So you shared a list with me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So if I run through the list that you've shared with me, and then you can tell me what they mean or what they are, right? Sound good? Sure. Absolutely. So ballpoint ink.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I kind of classified all the inks as a group. So, you know, ballpoint, a lot of people who are not familiar with pens or don't use pens on a lot, they consider every pen a ballpoint. You'll hear that, you know, every pen, it's kind of like Coke. A lot of people use the term ballpoint the same way. But what ballpoint is, it's really, it's an oil-based ink that is very, it can, it can be kind of messy, but it's very consistent. It's going to write on a lot of, you know, different situations, whereas, you know, maybe a liquid ink or a gel ink will not write in. A liquid ink is, I guess you get more of that from a rollerball type pen. What pens have you been using recently, Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' So at the moment, I have a Zebra Sarasa clip.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. And that, the Sarasa is a gel ink pen, and that's kind of become the most popular pen. What gel ink provides that a ballpoint ink does not, and what a liquid ink does not, is that it is very consistent. It's got a very dark color to it, and there's just kind of a richness to the writing that a lot of other pens have. Now, it does have a downfall in that it's a little bit wetter, and, you know, it might smear a little bit on the page, but it's not going to bleed through your page. It's not going to, you know, you're not going to be able to, you know, see through on the other, it's not going to soak through to the page behind the one that you're writing on.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I feel that ballpoint ink lasts a lot longer than gel ink.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It definitely does. You know, the way the gel ink's formulated, I think it's just made to, I don't want to say it's made not to last, it's not made to last as long, but it flows through the pen more quickly. So, you will, like, your Sarasa will, you know, all things considered, if it's compared to a ballpoint pen, it's going to run out of ink sooner.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, gel ink, it feels like it's something that has sort of seen a surge in popularity, maybe over the last few years.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Is that correct? It is, compared to a ballpoint ink, ballpoint inks, the manufacturers can't make as vibrant of colors with their inks as with the gel. The gel gives the manufacturers a wide range of colors. It's essentially a suspension in the ink cartridge itself, and that pigment in there allows them to just really have bright colors, and it's very, very vibrant. It's things you can't get in a ballpoint pen.