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== Japanese Pens ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' You've just made me add another topic. And I think we'll keep sharing the topics so people know what they're going to expect. Japanese versus the rest of the world.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's a big topic. That's probably might even be more than a one-show topic. Good. Just because we've talked, you know, on Twitter and things like that, just fountain pen nibs alone, there's, you know, a Japanese-sized nib with the same markings as a German-sized nib. You're going to get a completely different performance. But we'll save that for another time. That's definitely a topic we will cover.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Cool. Wow. A couple left. Smooth and scratchy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That's just people. The hardest thing about explaining some pens to someone is they want to know how does it write and how does it feel? Well, there's only so many words you can use to tell someone, you know, halfway across the world how a pen feels when you write. So I always try to relate, you know, at least in general terms, when the tip is on the paper, does it feel smooth? Is there some type of feedback when I'm writing like a scratchy? You know, I always try to relate. I always try to relate. I kind of have a baseline pen. You know, if a Pilot G2, you know, is very smooth, you know, how would a high-tech C relate to it? You know, is it less smooth or is it more scratchy? And that's just trying to help. That's something I always wanted to know when I started The Pen Addict. And that's why I started it. You know, I wanted to write my reviews handwritten, not typed. What's the point of a pen review blog where I'm just typing about the pen? And I wanted to put it down on paper and talk about what I felt when I was writing with the pen and how the pen and ink performed. So, you know, you just use those general terms, smooth and scratchy, to kind of give readers and now listeners an idea of what to expect when they're writing with that pen. And I'll say this. Everyone sees it differently, right? That's why this is such a cool topic to me. What's my favorite pen may not work for you and you may hate it. And, you know, that process of finding, you know, the best pen for you, it's never ending, but it's a fun journey.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Before we wrap this episode up, I just thought, is there anything around pencils? Because we've mentioned pens, but are there any pencil terms that are worth bringing up?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, there's a few. I mean, I am not a pencil guru, I will be the first to admit. I do use mechanical pencils and drafting pencils a lot, and there is a difference between the two. A mechanical pencil, I would just say, is any general pencil you can find at the store with a more conical shaped tip with a standard click mechanism to extend the lead. Whereas a drafting pencil has a little, it has a different shaped tip. It's more of a, it's actually more of a needle shape, like a pen would be. And the reasoning, the reasoning behind that is, you know, with architects and engineers, they want to be able to see the page and see the, it gives them a little more clearance and clarity around where they're writing and drawing and sketching. So they're designed a little bit differently. And they usually have a few more bells and whistles, like lead indicators to, you know, an architect might have five different lead types in five different pencils. And there's lead indicators and things like that to let him know which pencil to pick up, which has which lead in it. So that, again, more episodes where we could fill up plenty of time talking about that stuff. The one area with pencils where I'm not that all well-versed in is your traditional woodcase pencils. Right. And that's, you know, what you, you know, your regular number two lead pencil, yellow Ticonderoga pencil that you used, you know, all coming up through elementary, middle school, high school, all of that. But I've used a few. That's an area where I'm not an expert. And I have some in mind that I hope to get on to to be able to talk more eloquently about that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Cool. So you'll be able to find a lot of the stuff that we've spoken about today in the show notes, like the links and stuff and some of the equipment that we've spoken about. If you want to get in touch with the show, we'd love any feedback. If you have anything that you'd like to hear us cover in future episodes, then you can do that by going to the contact page, which, again, is 70decibels.com forward slash contact. It's a little contact form there. And you can just select the pen addict from the drop down menu and it will go straight into me and I'll be able to forward it on to Brad if necessary or add it to the topic list where we need to. Yeah. So, Brad, if people do want to get in touch with you individually, though, where can they go to do that? Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You can find me online at penaddict.com. You are also welcome to hit me up anytime on Twitter at Dowdyism. That's D-O-W-D-Y-I-S-M. And you can email me at thepenaddict at gmail.com if you have any questions, comments. I always love to talk pens and paper, so I would be happy to hear what you have to say.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Cool. And you can find me on Twitter as well. I'm at imike, I-M-Y-K-E. If you don't ask me pen and paper questions yet, but if you want to share with me the fact that you know nothing like I do, then you can feel free to do that there. And we can marvel in Brad's intelligence on Twitter. Bow down. Exactly. We will have to. Bow down to the Dowdy. Bow down to the Dowdy. Is there anything that you want to add, mate, before we wrap this episode up?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't think so, except that once you get going on this topic, it seems endless. So I think this is going to be fun, and I'm really excited about it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So we're hoping to have a weekly show. Yes. We're going to be covering topics like the ones that we've mentioned. There may be some video chucked in at some date in the future. And we're also looking to have guests on as well to talk about their pen and paper setups and what they like to use. So I've got lots to look forward to. So I want to thank everyone for tuning in to the first episode of The Pen Addict. I hope you've enjoyed it as much as we've enjoyed recording it. Brad, thanks for taking my invitation to join the network. Absolutely. It's an absolute pleasure to have you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Hey, I'm in amongst some pretty elite companies, so I'm happy to be here.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's well-deserved. So until next time, bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

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