I have done the science on the results.

The results are shocking.

I got to sign a lot of pieces of paper for the sign edition of my new book, A beautifully foolish endeavor out July 7th.

You can order them now.

There's links in the description.

So I figured this is like a once in a lifetime opportunity for some science.

So I went on the Amazon, and I spent an irresponsibly large amount of money buying permanent markers.

Biggest problem is that many times to get one black marker, I would have to buy the entire rainbow.

But I did it, John, And you want to know I actually really enjoyed this entire process.

There's a few caveats here.

One I'm going to spend way more than four minutes on this video.

That will be a long version over on Hank's chance.

Second, this is not a comprehensive collection of all the permanent markets in the world, some of the ones that I could find easily and third, this isn't really a scientific.

I only tested one of each kind of marker, for example, when I stopped was subjective.

It was when I felt like the marker wasn't doing well enough anymore.

This is the tie Condor ogre ready sharp.

Plus, this is my favorite feeling Pan.

First, it's got this little thumb David that lets you push the cap off really easily.

And it's also one of the few pens here that has a soft rubber grip.

And the third thing that makes this pen a more pleasant experience is the smell.

It has almost no.

This Pan uses a completely different chemistry than all the pens here, and it makes it less damaging.

Toe plastics chemistry apparently can also hold less ink.

It signed about 1/3 of what our leading champions here did.

As for the worst experience is, the second worst I'm gonna say is the U.

S.

Art supply Onley because the cap doesn't fit well on the base and it wiggles around and falls off.

I can't be held responsible for where my pen cap it was definitely the worst experience is the pocket shark, which is a pen that has a screw on cap and is designed to withstand like war, which is ridiculous because it only signed like, 75 sheets of paper.

So I don't need the outside of the pinto last a long time when the inside isn't going to last at all.

But the biggest problem with it is that it is just extremely unpleasant to sign with.

Two of our top contenders for longevity of marker are very thin markers because, of course, when you have a thinner point, less ink comes out per signature.

What a Sharpie does and why.

The qualities.

Sharpie is sexually sharp at the tip, and so when you first start sending with a Sharpie, you having less ink come out per signature.

As time goes on, the Sharpie actually gets more dull and morning comes up for signature.

At the same time, there's less income upended over time, especially when the pain is moving fast.

The ink isn't being laid down fast enough, and so you get these gaps in the signature people who talk about whether Sharpie is the best.

Sharpie really have one major contender in mind, and that is the Milwaukee inks all.

It is a thinner tip than the sharp because it has that inner tip.

It's going to have more longevity per amount of ink inside it, and I like this pen and went really smooth.

It lasted a long time.

I like the design of it.

But it was not not not our longevity winner, John and you said this to me.

You said you've tried every permanent marker there is and that Sharpie makes the best marker.

And John, I am willing to say that some pen companies do better on the ergonomics.

Sharpie nonetheless, and not by a huge margin did have the most longevity of any pen.

I tried every time I went back to the Sharpie.

After using some of these other pens, it was just better.

John.

There is also a stack of paper here that I did not include as a final twist at the end.

It is a massive stack.

It is 50% higher than the traditional sharp.

What pen is that?

Might you ask John?

It is the metal Sharpie.

The tip is less sharp, but it laid down some a thought, the sharpest tool in the shed.

But it definitely has the most longevity.

I really thought this would be like super worth doing that I might find some diamond somewhere, but Sharpie really does happen.

Figured out.

And this.