Editing The Pen Addict 26/transcript (section)

== Ink Properties ==


'''Stephen Hackett:''' It is. Absolutely. Absolutely. And that's what my handwriting sample, which will be in the show notes, is written in. Oh, cool. I like it for a couple of reasons. I mean, it's a comfortable pen. You know, just the mechanics of the pen are nice. The clip is really good. But I love the color. And I love – it feels as fluid as the G207, but it doesn't run as much, which is especially nice in the little notebooks like field notes. So you're often kind of riding back over where you were or your hand is up where you were riding because the page is kind of small. It keeps it from getting on your hand, which is nice. And that was something I always wrestled with, with the G2. It seems to dry a lot quicker.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep. And with the – are you using the .5 millimeter tip?

'''Stephen Hackett:''' I'm using the .5. And, you know, so it's not scratchy in the field notes or really on anything. But, you know, it's a nice weight.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And that's a good point, too, about the .7 G2. I don't think you'd make it five or six weeks using that pen in the field notes. You know, the smaller tip size gives you a little more page room to write more things. And you'd be filling those up super quick, I think, you know, with a wide tip pen. I'm a huge fan of the Zebra Sarasa. I recommend those all the time when people are looking for a really good quality gel ink pen. And it's really hard to be beat for the price. I mean, I guess it's – compared to a lot of other pens, you know, that you buy from online retailers like JetPens or something that are imported, it's very inexpensive. You know, compared to, like, pens on the store shelf, it's pretty much in line. You know, it's not an overly expensive pen. It's not a dirt cheap pen either. But quality-wise, it's super. And it's one I carry with me a lot and have at my desk at work. It's one I have handy a lot.

'''Stephen Hackett:''' Yeah. And for a gel, they seem to last a long time. Like, I've used other gel pens where I feel like I've blasted right through them. But I'm getting a pretty good life out of these, which is nice when you're spending a couple bucks on a pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, exactly. Exactly. And you sent me another one recently that I was actually kind of surprised you enjoy. And it's one that I like and another one that is a real workhorse for me. And that's the Uniball Jetstream, the .7.

'''Stephen Hackett:''' They're really different from each other.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They are. They are. And that's kind of a hard thing. And if people are looking for a specific fit or asking me for recommendations, it's usually going to be one or the other. Those usually aren't going to work together. Yeah.

'''Stephen Hackett:''' I would definitely say the Zebra is the go-to pen, especially like in a notebook or just to have on me. I find myself using the Jetstream a lot. And the gel doesn't always work on all surfaces very well.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Exactly.

'''Stephen Hackett:''' And so it's nice to have a ballpoint, I found. And a lot of – like when I'm doing a lot of – I have to do a lot of like contract work, you know, actually work like on contracts like editing and signing a bunch of stuff. And I found the ballpoint is just maybe a little more – I don't want to say professional but kind of is a better fit for that I think.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, no, I agree with that completely.

'''Stephen Hackett:''' And so it's nice to kind of have a grown-up pen around. I mean the Zebra doesn't like shoot glitter out of the end of it or anything. No. And sometimes it's just nice to have a change. And even though the weight is heavier, even though it's a 0.7, it doesn't feel like a 0.7 to me. Like it really feels smaller. And so I can write pretty small with it and not be a problem.