Dixon Markette spotlight and 1-minute demo videos

I seem to get questions regarding the virtually impossible to find Dixon Markette (historically a popular marker with caricature artists) from time to time. While this marker produces fairly dark lines, they tend to bleed through several other sketchbook pages over time. Got a handful on a trip to Canada a couple of years ago, but I have not found any online nor brick-and-mortar store that carries them in the USA. Just made these 3 short videos covering my limited experience with them, so click on the pictures if you want to check them out.
These Dixon Markette markers were manufactured in Mexico. The paint markings on the barrel while distinctive tend to chip and peel off rather easily. I would advise against storing them with other tools in your pencil case unless you don't mind paints chips spreading all over the place.
2-minute product demo. While the Markette's bullet tips are really quite sturdy for speed sketching, their ink supply seems to have dried a bit during two years of storage sealed in a Ziploc bag. Thus the pens tend to streak when drawing at higher speeds. Their solvent smell, probably xylene, is rather strong making them only suitable for outdoor events or a really well-ventilated room. Since they are so hard to find, they are more of an oddity than a tool that I would recommend. Guess I should use them in upcoming events or classes before they dry up completely. Yet when working on a 8.5" X 11" scale, the Markette's line weight might be a tad too thick. Regular readers might already know that my top choice of pens for cartooning events are usually the 0.6 mm and 1.0 mm pigment pens form the Sakura Pigma Sensei Manga Drawing Set.