Editing The Pen Addict 223/transcript (section)

== TWSBI ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. So, our buddies at Twisby are up to their Twisby things again. Have you seen these – did you get a chance to look at these two links I put in the show notes?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know what that yet means. So, the first one is the Twisby Lime Green Eco.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's bright. I kind of like it. I still like the white one the best.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think that might be an insta-buy for me. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I like the color, but it's not my favorite. It's really, really sharp. I mean, it's fluorescent lime green. It's not lime green. It's essentially like fluorescent yellow green. But this one's done. This one's coming.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, this is how they should do it. I mean, our problem with Twisby in the past has always been the way that they just show these products off with absolutely no real information. This one, I'm happy with. They said, like, here's what it is. Available in October. Awesome. Right. Great. Good work, guys. Nailed it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I'm pretty confident that we're going to see an orange, too. I mean, I have no reason to say that. I mean, it's not like they've shown a picture or anything. But if you're doing that kind of color, you're going to do orange. I'm hoping, anyway. So, you know I'll be happy about that. Just blind faith. Yeah. I do. Well, Twisby's always been good with the orange. Orange is one of their colors. So, the other link is a, we're going to call this an update to the 580 line. Like a re-engineering of the 580 barrel. They say we've been working on this new pin for some time. It's almost there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's, I don't know. It's hard to tell exactly. But it doesn't have the aluminum barrel. It's the standard, I mean, aluminum section. It's got the standard plastic section. Which I think the aluminum section 580s are better. But if they've integrated that section like they've done with the Eco. Where there's no pressure there. Like there's no more unscrewing and screwing right there. Which makes it a little bit stronger pin. Then that would be a good thing. And then other than that, they've kind of like elongated the barrel cap. Tapered the collar around the barrel, around the cap. A few things like that. I mean, for all intents and purposes, at first glance, I'd say it's the exact same pin. But there's obviously some differences to it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, the cap's slightly different. The barrel is shorter. The nib protrudes further. Is your right? It doesn't look like that there is a separation in the section anymore. Yeah. I don't know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You see a threading in the section. So, I don't know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I think it's a threading for the cap.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Ah, I see.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I had the same thing. I was like, is that inside? No, but that's where the cap screws are.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that is on the outside, isn't it? Yeah. So, that's good. I mean, that's a good move. I mean, they obviously did the right thing. I haven't heard anyone's...

'''Myke Hurley:''' They're aware of their problems, which is a good thing to see.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I haven't seen anyone complain about like cracking in the eco, like around the section where you used to have problems.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I mean, I've had all of my Twissies broken. That one hasn't...