Editing The Pen Addict 53/transcript (section)

== Piston Fillers ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Glue or spiral can cause problems for left-handed people. Yeah. Piston or converter? Piston. Piston because I actually don't like converters very much after using pistons. Converters are very messy. Vintage or modern? Modern. Modern. Yeah. So we kind of ended up going together after you said that we were apart. Brian Schenker. That's B.L. Schenker. Ink creep. Why does it happen and can it be prevented? I don't know if he's insulting you there, Brad. No.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No. He's referencing the Lamy Safaris in particular. And those, I don't know that you can prevent it. I've seen it happen in pretty much all of my Safaris. The ink comes through the tines. You can see it on the feed. You know what? With the Lamy's, you've got to clean them regularly. And still, even though you have a fresh pen, it still just goes through the nib. I hate to say it. It's almost just like a feature of a fountain pen. I'm really anal about keeping my nibs clean. Like when I'm writing, I don't like ink. Like after I've inked them, I try to clean them off really, really well. So nib creep does bother me, but I'm starting to come around to where it's just kind of a fact of life. You know, now there's ink and nib combinations that are worse. I've noticed, though, particularly on the Lamy's, seem to be the worst out of the pens that I've had. So I don't have a real answer for you there, Brian, other than it's going to happen. And I've seen it happen, especially with the Lamy's. And I've not found anything you can do about it, really. Because the Lamy ink is pretty good. So, yeah, that's kind of how that one is, unfortunately.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Joe Lebo at JJLsetter. He wants another question.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, he's not the man.

'''Myke Hurley:''' He's the guy. Who are some of our personal heroes?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Quick for me. Leo Laporte, Dan Benjamin. Steve Jobs, naturally. Stephen Fry.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think that's a good selection. I've probably missed off some important ones, but... Is that you?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, gosh, that's hard.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know. Heroes is such a hard thing. I'm fans of guys. I'm fans of a lot of people. I don't know that I have heroes. I don't know that there's anyone that I necessarily look up to. I'll have to think about that one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Interesting.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's a hard question for me. That kind of caught me off guard there. I was not ready for that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Hmm...

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I don't know. Fair enough. I'll have to get back to you, Jen. It's fine. Sorry. Myke Piontek, FMF is dead.

'''Myke Hurley:''' How do you get a job in the pen industry, Brad?