Editing The Pen Addict 76/transcript (section)

== Fisher Space Pen ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, yeah. Gosh, actually, that was on my radar to ask you, and I totally forgot as well. So recap with what you have and how you've been using them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So a funny thing happened. I snapped the clip on my Fisher Space Pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay, yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I just kind of snapped that in half. So I haven't been using that. Like, it's forced me not to use it, which is interesting. I've got a new clip on the way. But I've been using both the Edison Pearl app that I got last week. And go tune in to last week's episode, and the show notes in last week's episode have all the links to this stuff.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's – what episode number was that? 75. But I'll put a link to that in this week's episode, which is 5x5.tv slash penedicts slash 76 is where you'll find all of the links. So I've been using the Pearl app mainly with the Fuyugaki ink in it, and I've been so happy. So, so happy. The only – oh, I'm about to explain what just happened. The only thing is the inside of the acrylic has quite a pungent odour. Yes. Which sometimes I notice when I just take the lid off, and I really noticed it then when I breathed it in.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' As we say in the IT industry, it's a feature.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's very interesting, and I don't know why it's such a strong smell that remains. Wow, that was quite a –

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it's the materials, and I don't know if Brian's ever talked about it before. But it's – all the pens – all the acrylic pens are like that, and I'm sure – I'll get – I'll ask Thomas if he can explain. He usually listens pretty quickly, and he'll give us a quick explanation of why it's so. But it's – I think it just has to do with the materials that are used. It's acrylic. Yeah, it's an acrylic material. So it's across all the acrylic pens, and not just Edison pens. Any acrylic pens have the same type of scent.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It takes me – it transports me back to working in woodshop. What we called – what did we call it? It wasn't design technology.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think it's called product technology, something like that. And I made an acrylic key ring, and so just cutting the acrylic was that smell. Yep. I've been using that. That's been my pen. It's just been the pen I've been using nonstop for the last week. However, because I'm using it with orange ink, there are some times when I need more official ink, and I've been breaking out the vacuumatic for that. And I cannot believe how old this pen is because of how well it works.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right.