Editing The Pen Addict 41/transcript (section)

== TWSBI 540 ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, no, no. Not this one. Hmm? Mm-mm. I don't think I paid that much for it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, you might not have. Let me see how much it is listed as in the store currently. Even though it is out of stock. You're probably right, aren't you? Yeah, 55.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So a little bit more than the usual.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Which is actually the same amount as I paid for this mini.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, there you go.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Which is interesting. Which is interesting.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know, so.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, on TWSBI's site, they have like 540 nib sets, which are quite interesting.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, okay. Where you just replace. You can get the full complement. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. It says stub 1.1 on 1.5. That's the italic. Okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I guess that's what you call it. There's a. I don't know if the stub, which I've been calling it italic, because that's what I thought it was. But I think maybe the stub might be, like, you know how I said it might be more rounded on the edge. I wonder if the italic is actually a harder edge nib. You know, like a very sharp break on the edge of the metal. So, this is one of those things where we were talking about last episode, where we say, you know, we don't know everything. So, we'd love to hear your feedback on what's the difference between a stub and an italic nib, and is there a difference, or are those terms interchangeable? I mean, that's a good question.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't know, but I would have assumed that a stub is flat at the bottom and an italic is chiseled towards one side. Yeah, that's possible. I don't know that, but that's just how that seems to me. So, yeah, interesting. Twisby is high on my list now. Good. They are high on my list. From all sides, people are telling me that I need to get one, so.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, you should. And honestly, you know, they have that VAC 700. They have the Micarta, which is, you know, kind of that wood. I think we talked about it before, just in passing. It might have not even been on the show. It might have been in our after hours.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This was on our special pre-show a couple of weeks ago. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know, it's kind of got a wood grain finish. The next Twisby I buy, honestly, I would probably buy another 540, and I like the blue barrel, but I don't see the, for me, I don't see the, what, $25 price difference between the 540 and the VAC 700, but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You see, I want a Twisby. I don't want the Mini. I want a full size. And the VAC interests me, but it's not what I want.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Gotcha. I think the VAC, back when I was looking at them, I think the VAC also seemed to be a little bit longer. And the 540 is already a pretty large pin.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know if I could even take even, you know, a quarter inch more on that pin.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because the 540s are done now, aren't they? The 580, it seems, is coming soon.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. But I like the colored barrels of the 540, so I like the amber and the blue. So, I don't know. It's a good pin. I'm real happy with that purchase. And I'm real happy with this Twisby Mini purchase. There'll be a full review coming up at some point when I get the time. That's always the issue these days. I've got stacks and stacks of things to review and no time to do so.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And that's just the way.