Editing The Pen Addict 463/transcript (section)

== Overcleaning vs Undercleaning ==


'''Myke:''' Maybe you're an overcleaner, and I'm an undercleaner, and there's, like, a middle ground.

'''Brad:''' I'm not an overcleaner.

'''Myke:''' Don't you have an ultrasonic cleaner?

'''Brad:''' I do, but I don't use it. It's really not worthwhile for someone in my situation. For you, that would be a different story, I believe. No. But for someone like me...

'''Myke:''' I don't need an ultrasonic cleaner. I just cleaned up my pens. With elbow grease and water. Okay.

'''Brad:''' There's no problem. Oh, gosh. I actually... I love that this is a topic we can discuss, because it never fails. No, there is no shame. They're my pens. It never fails to inspire me. What can I say? And I'm, like, having a panic attack over here, because I'm creeping... I quickly creep up into, like, the 10 pens inked category, and now I'm like, oh, my gosh. I have other pens that I want to ink. I just got... You know, I just got Pannonia inks in, too. And I haven't inked them up yet, because I have too many pens inked already.

'''Myke:''' You see, this is why you should be on my... You know?

'''Brad:''' That's not going to happen. I don't think.

'''Brad:''' Are you... Okay. Are we ready for the show now? I don't know that I am ready for the show. Is this the show?

'''Myke:''' Probably. It is a show.

'''Brad:''' All right. It's a show where I'm going to talk confusingly about several different products today. We're going to lead that confusion off with the Uniball One, which is a new Uniball gel ink pen that has been out for several months now. I think this year, beginning of this year, maybe, or very, very late last year. And people have been sending them to me, and people have been wanting to know my feedback and want to know what the deal is with the Uniball One. And I just saw it as, hey, Uniball has made a different barrel for their gel ink pens, and it looks fantastic, right? I love the style and the aesthetic of the Uniball One. But what the Uniball One actually is, is a new ink formulation, right? So, Uni is one of those companies. I'm very happy that they spend time and money and effort and technology time to come up with all these different ink formulations, right? We've talked about super ink over the years. Since, it's probably been around longer than we've been doing this podcast, super ink technology, which is basically just kind of a washproof gel ink, right? They first marketed it as like a, you know, you can write a check back when people were writing checks. And, you know, you couldn't get your check, you know, a counterfeit check. Someone couldn't wash off your ink mic and rewrite the check. And, you know, the ink would stick in there and just be awesome. Security ink. It's like, okay, well, it's just the normal ink that they sell. And the super ink is in most of their pens now, like the DX, which is my favorite, the Signo DX, the Signo RT1. And the Signo 207, it's like, cool, good ink, awesome ink, love it as my standard ink.