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1) freddy- Ink Nouveau (5:18):
I am definitely going to be odd person out here but I must post. While I thoroughly enjoyed your Write Time at 9 broadcasts I must admit to being dismayed at these Q&A ones. The Write Time broadcasts were different and with enough surprises to make me attempt to set aside an hour or so during the week to watch them. Your Q&As are much more beneficial to me as reads, not broadcasts (or podcasts or whatever the correct terminology is). I can get through them much much faster as reads than having to stick around for 34+ minutes to glean the information I want and need. The aforementioned Write Time and your current Q&A are two very different animals and, to me, need different presentations. Frankly, I miss Write Time and, especially, Rachel’s incredible giggle. (To this day, I am convinced that wonderful little laugh is how she roped you into marriage. 😉 LOL ) All kidding aside, Write Time was open ended with an anything goes attitude. Q&A, on the other hand, offers some serious information and I just want to get to it as fast and easily as possible. The long podcasts (or whatever the official name for those tapes is) simply do not allow for that.
Brian, I appreciate your work. Can you please release these as audio podcasts so that I can listen to your Q&As in the car as opposed to needing to watch a video. Thanks for considering it.3) Jael T.- Email (10:45):I have a hankering to purchase a couple of Platinum Preppy’s to use as highlighters and rollerball pens. However, I am not fond of the pen logo on the ones that are available for purchase and, from what I’ve read, it is NOT easy to scrape the logo off of the stamped pens. I really like that fact that Noodler’s is able to get them without the logo. Therefore, my question for you is are you able to special order the un-stamped version of this pen, or can you recommend a similar pen in size and weight that has a clear body and can be converted into an eyedropper?
For those out there who like to blend their shades of ink together to create their own custom shades – any suggestions? Have you tried blending your own variations?
What nib size do you find yourself using the most? I know these vary depending on the manufacture but do you prefer a thick line or a thinner one?6) Blue Moon- Ink Nouveau (18:08):
Hey Brian, didn’t you used to carry Kaweco pens? Do you think that you may sell them again? Also, do you think that sometime in the future, you’ll increase your selection of Sheaffers?
I have a crazy plan to have at least one ink in each colour of the rainbow. All other colours have been easy enough but for some reason, I can never seem to find a green or orange ink that I like. The greens are always too dull and the oranges too light for me to see on the page. What colours do you recommend?
- Diamine Apple Glory
- Diamine Kelly Green
- Noodler’s Greune Cactus (Eel)
- Diamine Pumpkin
- Diamine Sunset
- Noodler’s Habanero
- Noodler’s Cayenne
What pen do you lust over / what is your “holy grail” pen?
What is your current pen rotation schedule like? Being the proverbial kid in the candy shop, how often do you rotate daily writers? How many pens do you have inked at one time? Is there a pen that you always have inked?
With all of the inks that you have reviewed and put their paces and all of the pens that you get to play with (and taught us with) – what are you doing with them? Are you writing letters? Journals? Penning the next great American novel? With all of the testing that you must do for your company it almost seems like you would spend hours each day in a room scratching away the mysteries of the universe like some character from a Tom Brown book.
I’ve got a question regarding pilot VP here~ every time when the nib is pushed out of the front, it has to push onto the “tongue” thingy (that’s located at the front inside to keep the pen from drying out i guess), wouldn’t that damage the nib? I remember you said in a video that we should even avoid bumping the nib with the inside of the body of the pen when refilling….then wouldn’t the pressure of pushing onto the “tongue” or…cap (sorry i don’t know what it’s called) every time when using it be even more damaging?12) 林理谙 – Facebook (33:32):
Is Noodler’s Zhivago black, or is it green? I don’t need another black, but a really dark green intrigues me. The swab, though, just looks black. Should I go with sequoia instead?
