Editing The Pen Addict 389/transcript (section)

== Wacom Tablet Discussion ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' You've been talking about this for a while. You've been using this for a while. Like five years. I remember you talking about this. Yeah. This was a recommendation from Gray. This was like very early on in Cortex. We were talking about using pen tablets instead of mice. But I found it really good. Also, the one that I have, the Wacom Intuos Pro, has a bunch of buttons on the side that you can program to do whatever you want. So I have them programmed for like different keyboard shortcuts and logic. Gotcha. Gotcha. All right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's enough tech talk. Back to the pens and stationery.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I have three pen blocks that sit on my desk. All made out of wood. Made lovingly by listener Alan. Only one of them is full. And then another one is like half full. But he made them for me over the years and sent them to me. And he made a new one for me. So I could put all of my sailor pens in one block, which I can now with space, which is lovely. And Alan sent me this for kind of around the fifth anniversary of Relay, which is really nice. Sent me the third one. The previous one, so there's a picture on my Instagram somewhere of like one that says Myke was right and one is a Relay FM logo. And Alan made those for me. And then they also made this large, like long one as well, which I'm currently using. And I'm going to go through all of the pens in all of these. So we'll start at the far left with the Brooks Primary Manipulation Eastman pen made by Sean Newton. That's a lot of words. I know. It's a lot. But it's primary manipulation material, which is like, I think it's like version two, I think I have, or version one. The mine is like majorly green and very layered because there are multiple versions of a blank that Jonathan Brooks has made called Primary Manipulation.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Jonathan made the rods and Sean Newton bought a bunch of them from him. And then I ordered a pen from Sean Newton, which is the Eastman model, which is like, it's just like a tube with like flat ends. I like it. Like, I love it. I love looking at this pen. I love looking into this pen, like it has depth to the material, which is very special. And I like the more recent primary manipulation as well, which I think is mostly like a lot of purples and blues. I really love it. But I'm very happy that I also got this version because I really like the green a lot. This is followed up by another pen, which I mentioned, I think I mentioned this last time, actually, the Arushi pen that Jonathan Brooks made for me and you. I mentioned it very recently on the show. Yes. Yes. So this is the one that he gave us a couple of years ago in Atlanta, which also features the Pen Addict logo on the nib, which is very special.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That pen should never go uninked on my desk. And I tend to store it away. Then you just like anything else, you have all these things like we're going to go through a huge list of products here. Sometimes you just forget when you get into these cycles of filling and refilling fountain pens. And sometimes I'll set that to the side and forget to ink it up. That one should be a permanent fixture on my desk.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That reason is why I have so many pens on my desk, because I force myself to use different pens every day. So like when I do my journaling, I've mentioned this before, but I use two pens, one to write headers and one to do the actual writing in. And I never use the same pen two days in a row. Yep. And so that's like a nice little trick for me to be using my whole collection that I care the most about. A pen that has remained on my desk that I think will be a surprise to many people is the Nemisu Ixion. Yeah, I almost called you out on this one. Why?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, no, as an outlier. Oh, right. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I got the blue one with the brass, I think it is, like grip. Yeah, right. Like the finial and stuff. I think we got the same one. We did. And we got it from Kickstarter. They're still available. I just really like it. Like, I can't even, I don't have any other pens that look like this one, which is nice. And I like the, and it's got a, it's got a bock nib on it, which is like a board, which is just, it works very well. It's a very nice writer. And I like it a lot. I don't really have a lot of pens that this kind of weight anymore because it's made of aluminum and brass, right? So like it's got some more weight to it. And I like the colors, the blue and the brass, I think go really nicely together. I've just never desired to put it away.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I mean, the reason why you and I ordered it is because it looks so different and it looks great. It just left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouth because of their, the Kickstarter slowness, the nib failures that they had during the process.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I was very lucky. I didn't get any special treatment. I backed it. And the one, I mean, we spoke about it at the time. I had no problems of mine. It was what wrote like a dream, but I know a lot of people did. And it was, I always found it a shame because I thought it was such a great pen and was, was marred by controversy, I guess. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Which is it really? It was just, it was just more like manufacturing issues. Manufacturing is hard, right? Yeah. But it was controversial within the people that backed it at least. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm not sure, I can't recall how they handled it. You know, maybe there was some, some drama there, but anyway. Yeah. I was surprised to see this on the list. So, uh, good though. I, I'm, I'm glad you liked that pen because it's a good looking pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I like the Misa. I have a couple of their pens and I think they do a good job. Uh, two retro 51s live on my desk. Currently I have the pastel Shiba, which is the current pen addict limited edition, which I believe there's still a small number for sale.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. There's still plenty left for sale. Um, it's funny that this one's in here because I use mine all the time. I'm actually using it today. It's in my hand right now. I did not know this was on your list, but I use this pen all the time. I love this pen. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I, I've got to tell you my, my retro 51s to pretty much on newness. Um, but there'll be one or two that'll stick around for a while. And this one will, because it's, I love the colors. Yeah. Um, and also my favorite, the retro 51 Chiopino.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Just because is this one. Is this the, the roller ball or the fountain pen? This is the roller ball, right? Yeah. It's the roller ball. I don't have the fountain pen. Cool. Yeah. Anyway, that's a wild pen. That's a good pen. It's a beautiful pen. Like I will never own that pen, but it is a good pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's a beautiful pen for someone like me, right? Like this, it's like how much more beautiful can a retro 51 be? Not much more. Uh, the pilot M90. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, sometimes I pick up this pen and I'm like, you know what? You are the best pen ever made.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And like, it is this thing where it's like, it makes me so sad that people can't use it. It is like the purest fountain pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You're not getting any disagreement from me on any of anything you say about this pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like, because when I use it, I'm like, you shouldn't be good because the way in which this pen is made, and if you're not aware, the body of the pen and the fountain pen nib are the same piece of metal. There is no break in the body and the nib. And that feels like it would be something so prone to being made in a poor way or so prone to being damaged that it almost feels impossible that it could work. But somehow it does. And it is absolutely flawless in its design. It's one of the most beautiful pens that I own. But it is also, I think, in my collection, the most consistent performing pen that I own. And I can leave it just sitting there, tip in the air for like a month. I pick it up, and it starts writing.