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== Wingback Pen ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' First one is the Wingback Mechanical Pen, which I only bring up not just because I reviewed it Monday, but because people have been inquiring about it. It's a new Kickstarter project, but it's from a company that's done, I think this is their fifth campaign. I mean, mostly, like, lifestyle items. You know, they've done wallets and, you know, other carry accessories and, you know, very EDC type of style. UK company, by the way. And they worked on this pen. They sent me a prototype. I've had it for a while. I've really enjoyed this pen. It's unique in the fact that it's shorter than most of the other machine pens I owned. It's kind of like, if anyone listening back, the machine era twist pen, it's like the same size as that. So it's a good carry size if it's good in the pocket. It's a brass pen with knurling on the grip and knurling on the twist section, which I really enjoy the knurling on the twist. The knurling on the grip is a little aggressive, and I've mentioned that to them as far as feedback goes. You know, they won't take my word for it, but, you know, I just felt like it was worth pointing out. It's a very strong knurling, which we've talked about before, how I kind of, I'm a knurling fan, but, like, there's a wide range of what is good and what is not so good knurling. And the only kind of hang-up that I have, not personally, but from just, like, widely recommending this pen, it's built specifically for the Fisher Space Pen. And you have to be even more specific when saying that, because the Fisher Space Pen, if you buy a refill, it ships with the added, like, kind of Parker plug, like, the little white cap you put on the end of the pen to extend it to Parker length. It doesn't allocate for that in the barrel of the pen, which is also why it's shorter, right? Yeah. So, it fits, like, the mechanism is machined to fit around the back end of that refill and that refill only. So, like, that's your option. Like, to me, it doesn't matter because I like that refill, but I can see that being a hang-up for others. It's pretty limiting. Just something to point out.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's pretty limiting. Especially when, like, there are other pens and, like, there are other refills in that kind of size range, right? Yep. So, it's interesting to have made that choice as they have.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Yep. So, overall, I'm happy with it. I went ahead and backed it because they offer stainless steel, which I prefer.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And they have a bunch of, like, artist versions where they're etching this wonderful artwork into them, which is kind of cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That's what really has me paying attention. Like, I love the artwork on this one. I just want it plain stainless for my first one. If they do something, if, like, they keep on this path of doing this cool stuff. And they sent me some pictures of some of the other artist models. I may end up with one of those down the line. We'll see how it goes. But, yeah, very happy with it so far. So, I just wanted to add some context to the review this week.