From literature to carpentry, accounting to space travel, the wood-cased pencil and its ancestors have undeniably been at the center of creation and innovation for centuries. Join Johnny, Tim, and Andy on The Erasable Podcast as they discuss and pay homage to these seemingly simple tools of human expression.
Hosted by Johnny Gamber, Tim Wasem, and Andy Welfle.
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For our last episode of 2024, we came together to talk about some of our favorite Tools of the Trade from the last year. Andy recounts his trip to Hawaii and Tim talks about a new segment we’re starting next year.
For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you’re a patron, head over to Patreon to see our faces and visual examples of many of the things we discuss. And if you’re not a patron, join us at any level and you can see this and other supplemental content at any time!
Show Notes and Links
Long After Dark Tom Petty notebook and Pen
More Adam Savage pencil hunting
Nahvalur Nautilus fountain pens
Best American Food/travel writing
Your Hosts
Johnny GamberPencil Revolution@pencilution
Andy WelfleWoodclinched@andy.wtf on Bluesky
Tim Wasem@TimWasem
Today on the show, we have a much needed catch up, with a freewheeling discussion around Tools of the Trade and Fresh Points. We cover the new Blackwing 574, the Field Notes Dream Journals, Bluesky, and even talk about something Andy's only dreamed of — Star Trek wine.
For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you’re a patron, head over to Patreon to see our faces and visual examples of many of the things we discuss. And if you’re not a patron, join us at any level and you can see this and other supplemental content at any time!
Show Notes & Links
It. Goes. So. Fast. : The Year of No Do-Overs by Mary Louise Kelly
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
Field Notes Dream Journal Gift Set
Find us on Bluesky!
The Stationery Folk Starter Pack
Star Trek wine advent calendar!
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@andy.wtf on Bluesky
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
For this shorter episode, we’re fighting our pre-US election anxiety by talking about handwriting in digital notebooks. Johnny had a few questions about it that we didn’t have time to ask Roland in the last episode, so instead he turned to Andy and Tim, both who have some experience writing on a tablet with a stylus, to learn the ins and outs of digital writing.
Show Notes and Links
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Tonight, for our special Erasable Book Club episode, we discuss the new book The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper. And who else better to discuss it with, than the book’s author himself, Roland Allen! Roland joins us from the UK to talk about how he researched the book, how the structure of it came to be, and especially to geek out about his favorite notebook and writing utensils.
Show Notes and Links
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
Our Guest
Roland Allen
Roland-Allen.com
@notebook_historian on Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Tonight we catch up on some Tools of the Trade, from watching too much British TV, to the Allman Brothers. We look at the latest Blackwing release, compare ADHD to stationery, and Andy recaps his trip to Europe. And finally, we reveal our next book club book, which we’ll talk about in the next episode!
If you want to follow along in our book club discussion, pick up a copy of The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen. We’ll be discussing it for episode 217, coming out the week of October 7, 2024.
Show Notes and Links
Our book club selection: The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen
During our Decade of Pencilcasting celebration, a few folks mentioned that we should talk more about art pencils, and our good friend Leslie Herger from the RSVP Podcast and Comfortable Shoes Studio joined us to do just that!
Show Notes and Links
Nahvalur Aqua Regia and Terra Firma
Pilot Precise: Harmony
Less’s YouTube recommendations:
Our Guest
Less Herger
Comfortable Shoes Studio
Less is More Healthy
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
In this episode, we;re taking a break from rooting for Team USA to check in with a midsummer episode about some fun new Blackwings, the latest Field Notes release, and a rousing round of Tools of the Trade to see what we’ve been listening to, reading, and writing with.
Show notes and links
Johnny Blue Skies - Passage Du Desir
Stephen Wilson Jr. - Son of Dad
On this episode of Erasable, the guys are trying to muster as much patriotic spirit as they can and talk about some of their favorite American-made stationery brands. From JR Moon to Write Notepads, there are still some good quality products made between American shores. Plus: Updates from Blackwing, Andy’s trip to Seattle, and more!
Show Notes and Links
Quintessence: The Quality of Having It
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
After a few weeks of different mixes of hosts and guests, we’re back as The Terrific Trio tonight, talking about the latest Tools of the Trade and Fresh Points.
Show Notes and Links
Guild of Bookworkers Newsletter Archive
Playlist to win a custom journal from Johnny
Stephen Sondheim Auction:
New Narwhal pens” Spring Nautilus and Pride Editions
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Tonight, Andy and Johnny are chatting, sans Tim, about some of the recent spring releases from Field Notes and Blackwing, recap Andy’s trip to The Happiest Place on Earth™ (hint: it involves many many pressed pennies) and they even talk about $75 minimalist notebooks.
Show Notes and Links
Three Body Problem Trilogy by Cixin Liu
The Core of an Onion by Mark Kurlansky
Independent Bookstore Day 2024 Blackwings
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
This is a fun episode, folks. We’re joined by Carol Beggy, a longtime listener, group member, newspaper journalist, and author of “Pencil”, one of the latest books in the Bloomsbury Object Lessons book series, joins us to talk about her book and the object of all of our affections. We chat about the wonders of the newspaper supply cabinet of the 1900s, Thoreau, collecting pencils, and much, much more.
Show Notes and Links
Pencil (Object Lessons, by Carol Beggy)
The Transcendentalists and Their World
Our Guest
Carol Beggy
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
It’s been ten years, folks. In this episode, we talk to some of our favorite recurring guests — Brad Dowdy, Caitlin Elgin, Les Herger, and Caroline Weaver — and reminisce about the last decade. We even have a cool swag bag that you can buy to help us celebrate! Plus, way more potato content than you probably wanted.
Show Notes and Links
The Locavore (Caroline’s latest venture)
Potato Pencil Lovin’ (a song about making a potato pencil written by AI, prompted by Tim)
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Today’s episode is a short one — as we prepare for a bigger 10-year anniversary episode, we spent some time talking about our tools of the trade, and really focusing on the pencils and paper we’re using lately.
A quick note: We’re getting ready to produce a gift for our Nubbin Stage Patreon supporters! We can’t reveal it yet, but it’s so cool. If you’re a current supporter at that level, please update your shipping address! And if you want to get in on it, please sign up for an annual plan at our Patreon before March 11, 2024!
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Andy is back from the other side of the globe, where he visited Japan looking for adventures —and stationery! Tonight, Johnny and Tim team up to grill Andy about his trip, and best yet — they’re in the same room!
If you’re a Patreon member at any level, you can watch video of this episode at patreon.com/erasable.
Show Notes and Links
Shift Happens by Marchin Wichary
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Happy 2024, friends! We’re starting off with the first episode of the new year with a Fresh Points episode, talking about some of the cool new stuff to hit the market since we last recorded — Draplin’s Tactile Turn pen collab, Blackwing Volume 2, Studio Neat’s Keepbook, and more.
Show Notes and Links
James, Be Opened by the Wonderful
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life
Feel Something, Make Something
Night After Night by Daniel Tashian
Keepbook by Studio Neat
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
As we wrap up 2023, Johny, Tim and Andy talked about tools that they used unexpectedly more than overs over the year. From Very Old Ticonderoga’s to dinosaur tape dispensers, there are some old reliables and some newcomers on this list. Happy holidays!
This episode is available with video for active patrons supporting the show at any level over on Patreon.
Show Notes and Links
Jeff Tweedy World Within a Song
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
It’s been a while, and a lot of stuff has come out since we last podcasted as our True Selves. We’re rectifying that tonight, as we check out the latest releases from Field Notes and Blackwing. Join us and find out what we’ve been up to!
Show Notes and Links
Volume 17, the Gardening Pencil
Blackwing “Buy Our Trash” Labs
The Importance of Not Being Ernest by Mark Kurlansky
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Presenting Part 3 of our Dungeons & Dragons campaign with Dungeon Master Monica Corwin! If you’d like to see a video of this adventure, episodes 200 201, 202, and our other D&D episodes, support us at any level on Patreon.
Join our band of travelers — Ralph, Sam, and Andrøs — as they worm their way out of the wormling fight in the (literal) dungeon for the third and final installment of our D&D campaign! Who are the metal dragons? How do they defeat them? Will they save Graphia and their (quite literally) erasable world?
Your Dungeon Master
Monica Corwin
Website | Amazon | Instagram
Our Adventurers
Ralph Rex
as portrayed by Johnny Gamber
Samik Stoneback
as portrayed by Tim Wasem
Andrøs Goldenbear
as portrayed by Andy Welfle
Presenting the second part of our Dungeons & Dragons campaign with Dungeon Master Monica Corwin! If you’d like to see a video of this adventure, episodes 200 and 201, and our other D&D episodes, support us at any level on Patreon.
Our intrepid heroes are back! Ralph Rex, Samik Stoneback, and Andrøs Goldenbear officially enter the mysterious forests of Graphia, and try to solve puzzles, fight golems, and understand which dice to roll, under the fearless tutelage of Dungeon Master Monica Corwin! Tune in for the second part of The Erasable Spellcast, our celebration of 200 episodes and more than 9 years of podcasting.
Your Dungeon Master
Monica Corwin
Website | Amazon | Instagram
Our Adventurers
Ralph Rex
as portrayed by Johnny Gamber
Samik Stoneback
as portrayed by Tim Wasem
Andrøs Goldenbear
as portrayed by Andy Welfle
The first part of our Dungeons & Dragons campaign with Dungeon Master Monica Corwin gets underway! If you’d like to see a video of this adventure, episode 200, and our other D&D episodes, support us at any level on Patreon.
Embark on an epic journey in the enshrouded realm of Graphia, a land veiled in ancient curses and enigma. As darkness threatens to engulf this mystic plane, a brave band of adventurers rallies together, fueled by an unbreakable bond of friendship and a collective intellect that defies all odds. In a race against time, they forge ahead, relying on synergy and wit to navigate through veils of mystery and danger. Their ultimate quest: to unearth the legendary Eternal Quill and salvage not only the doomed land but their own fates as well. Will their camaraderie and ingenuity prevail, or will the shadows of Graphia consume all? Step into this thrilling saga and find out.
And coffee.
Your Dungeon Master
Monica Corwin
Website | Amazon | Instagram
Our Adventurers
Ralph Rex
as portrayed by Johnny Gamber
Samik Stoneback
as portrayed by Tim Wasem
Andrøs Goldenbear
as portrayed by Andy Welfle
🪄 A D&D adventure, with Dungeon Master Monica Corwin 🐉
These guys are characters. For our two hundredth episode, we wax a bit nostalgic and also begin a new adventure: Along with a seasoned Dungeon Master Monica Corwin, we’re making D&D characters for a pencil themed campaign (which you’ll hear in our next couple of episodes)! A quick note: Patreon subscribers will be able to watch video of this episode and our further D&D episodes! Subscribe at any level and see our lovely faces.
Our Guest
Monica Corwin
Website | Amazon | Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
In this episode, the penultimate of the first 200, we’re excited to have the impending Guiness World Record holder for the largest pencil collection, Aaron Bartholmey. Aaron is also the Secretary-Treasurer of one of our favorite organizations, the American Pencil Collector Society. He talks with us about his collection, counting it for the record, and of course, getting involved with the APCS.
Show Notes and Links
American Pencil Collectors Society
Interview with Aaron in the Associated Press
Interview with Aaron in the Washington Post
Current Record Holder for Largest Collection of Pencils
Our Guest
Aaron Bartholmey
PencilCollector.org
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Much as with our retrospective on Blackwings Volumes editions last episode, today we’re taking a look back at the Field Notes releases we’ve gotten since around the beginning of the pandemic.
Show Notes and Links
Le Voyageur from Write Notepads & Co.
Mitsubishi Uni “hahatoco” cat themed pencils!
Pencil penrose (aka our tattoos) pins from Tim Belonax
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
We always offer hot takes on each Blackwing Volumes release. But how do things look when we step back a little and look again with some more context and perspective? Tune in as we talk about the last few years of Blackwing Volumes, give our spicy and mild takes, and give each volume a grade.
Show Notes and Links
Blackwing Pencil Release Guide
Adam Savage’s Indiana Jones notebook replica
Volume 840: Surfer Dude and the Coast
Volume 3: Ravi Shankar
Volume XIX: The 19th Amendment
Volume 6: Independent Businesses
Volume 223: Woodie Guthrie
Volume 64: Comics
Volume 651: Bruce Lee
Volume 93: Corita Kent
Volume 200: Coffeehouses
Volume 55: The Golden Ratio
Volume 7: Animation
Volume 192: The Lennon and McCartney
Volume 20: Tabletop Games
Volume 57: The Basquiat Pencil
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Today, we have a full episode of just the Tools of the Trade. Skip this if you don’t want to hear about the 16 different albums Tim is listening too, what gritty British crime dramas Johnny’s watching, or what books Andy says he’s reading. Plus: the greatest concert film ever made, starring Seth Rogan.
Show Notes and Links
New Jason Isbell album next week!
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers
Hidden Systems by Dan Nott
Promises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders
Don't Tell Anyone the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams
This Wheel's On Fire by Levon Helm
Otherwise: New & Selected Poems by Jane Kenyon
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
We’re celebrating National Poetry Month a month too late, but we think it’s always time to celebrate poetry. To that end, we’ve invited Jay Newton, long-time listener and Erasable Poet Laureate, onto the show to talk about his new chapbook, Effigies, and how he thinks about and creates poetry. We also celebrate silly little limericks by pitting Jay against ChatGPT to write extremely specific pencil limericks.
Show Notes and Links
New Musgrave Shorthand Notebook in BLUE
Big ol’ pressed penny notebook
Limerick Showdown
Here are the poems that we asked Jay and ChatGPT to write. Read them and judge them!
Limerick about the struggle of using a pencil with an off-center core (from Donny Pearce)
ChatGPT:
With graphite askew, pencil's no fun,
Off-center core makes writing undone.
The lines dance in strife,
Disrupting the life,
Of precision, alas, it's all gone.
Jay:
If there’s one thing I simply abhor,
It’s a stick with an off-center core.
It may write as smoothly as Lapis Lazuli
But some things I just can’t ignore.
Limerick about how the Field Notes pencils should be better than they are (from Donny Pearce)
Jay:
The pencil from Draplin is lacking.
Does he not have financial backing?
It scratches the page
Like a one-million H
While Musgrave is counter-attacking.
ChatGPT:
Field Notes pencils, touted with cheer,
But their performance fails, I do fear.
Smoothness they lack,
Graphite too slack,
In need of improvement, that's clear.
Limerick about how there are only so many words that actually rhyme with “pencil” (from Kathy Rogers)
ChatGPT:
"Pencil," a word we oft rhyme,
Yet choices are limited, no time.
Stenciled, essentials,
Potential, credentials,
Options are scarce, yet sublime.
Jay:
A brooding baboon with a pencil,
Could trace, with his tail, a stencil.
He found it intriguing
That he was a Being
Both prehensile and existential.
Our Guest
Jay Newton
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
We’re here, smack in the middle of National Poetry Month, to read and discuss a few of our favorite poems. We also rap about the latest Field Notes and Blackwing releases, and more!
Show Notes and Links
Almost Cha-Cha (Brett Elizabeth Jenkins)
The Changing Light (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
“The Cinnamon Peeler’s Wife” (Michael Ondaatje)
“Having It Out with Melancholy” (Jane Kenyon)
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Every once in a while, we like to update one of the most popular features on our website: Our personal Top Five Pencils list. As we stare down nine years on the airwaves, see how much — or how little — has changed.
The Guys’ Top 5 Pencils Spring 2023
Andy
Tim
Johnny
General Pencil Co. Cedar Pointe
California Republic Palomino (capped version)
Eberhard Faber / FaberCastell American / American Naturals
Whatever pencil I’m using
Show Notes and Links
General Pencil Co. Cedar Pointe
California Republic Palomino (capped version)
Eberhard Faber / FaberCastell American/American Naturals
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Join us as we discuss some truly cool things from Musgrave, a delightful weird two-color pen, Jimmy Smits’s rise to galactic political fame, and why the Bic Cristal doesn’t deserve the hate it’s been getting on the internet.
Show Notes and Links
Fragments: Time Out of Mind Sessions
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Tonight, we’re recapping 2022 on a positive note. We’ll be talking about our favorite things about the year, both in the Pencil World and out.
Show Notes & Links
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Naylor
Roaring Spring composition notebook
Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road
Musgrave metal pencil sharpener
Draplin's Instagram post that mentions the Erasable Squire
Field Notes Kraft Plus notebooks
Field Notes quarterly subscriptions
Pencil Revolution Press notebooks
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
At the end of Autumn, Andy and Johnny gather to give thanks and to chat about some recent news and developments in the stationery world, including the latest from Field Notes and Blackwing.
Show notes and links
Best American Food Writing, 2022
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2022
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Tonight, we’re joined by special guest Joey Cofone, co-founder of Baronfig and author of The Laws of Creativity: Unlock Your Originality and Awaken Your Creative Genius which comes out on October 18, 2022. Joey talks to us about how he turned his belief that creativity is not magic, it’s a skill that needs to be practiced. We discuss some universal truths — or laws — to creative work, and how he pulled them together into a book.
Show notes and links
Pre-Order The Laws of Creativity
Joey on Erasable, Ep. 62 and Ep. 74
Our Guest
Joey Cofone
JoeyCofone.com
Baronfig.com
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
In this episode, we name names — discussing specific examples of books that we turn to when we need a creative boost. Find out about new careers, the SF Pen Show, Musgrave’s sharpener, and more!
Show notes and links
The Bookstore Issue of Pencil Revolution
Several Short Sentences about Writing
Steering the Craft by Ursula K. LeGuin
Content Design by Sarah Winters
Gentleman Stationer reviews new Sanzen Tomoe River Paper
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
This week, we kick off a multi-episode discussion about creativity, and in particular, books about creativity and the creative process. Today, we’re discussing what we look for in such books: Do we want practical tips? Do we want to be inspired? Maybe a little of both?
Show Notes and Links
Bright (Kiki Petrosino)
Watchhouse (Duo)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Laws of Creativity by Joey Cofone
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Join Johnny, Tim, and Andy as we invite a long-time friend of the show Harry Marks on, to talk about his new novel, The Library at the Center of the Earth, and his new job as a staff writer for Grim and Mild, a historical storytelling podcast network. We talk about creative writing, the importance of routines, and of course, frequent screaming on social media.
Show Notes & Links
The Library at the Center of the Earth
Our Guest
Harry Marks
Linktree
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Being ecologically-minded citizens of the world, we don't like the idea of just throwing away perfectly good paper and pencils. This is especially salient this time of year, when kids are bringing home piles of stuff from their desks and lockers. Tune in this week for a discussion of what to do with all that material.
Show Notes and Links
Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
James Patterson is a F---ing A$$hole
Petty: The Biography, American Heartbreak
Sketch Kits on Pencil Revolution
No More Pencils, No More Books: The School’s Out Issue of Pencil Revolution
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
It’s the unofficial start to summer in the United States, and we’re here with white pants and pencils to check in before school is out and everyone starts going on vacations. We cover lots of summer goodness, from Baronfig’s latest journal to cross-country hitchhiking.
Show Notes and Links
Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America
Harry Marks’ The Library at the Center of the Universe
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Before our upcoming book club, Caroline Weaver was kind enough to join us for an invigorating discussion about contemporary book clubs, and updates us on what’s going on in her world. Don’t forget to read up on Matthew Battles’ Palimpsest before the next episode in mid-May!
Show Notes & Links
The Orchard Street Reading Society
Google Form for Author Questions
Our Guest
Caroline Weaver
Website
Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
We’re getting ready to launch into a few episodes discussing our book club book, Palimpsest, but before we do that, let’s have a short little episode to talk about Fresh Points and some cool stuff we’re reading, seeing and hearing. Plus, a poem for Johnny by Erasable Poet Laureate Jay Newton.
Show Notes and Links
Kathy Abbott’s book on bookbinding
Kiki Petrosino’s Bright pre-order
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Happy International Pencil Day, folks! It’s officially spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and we have some fun spring releases to discuss in all of their copper and yellow glory. Tune in for our quarterly look at the seasonal releases from some of our favorite brands.
Show Notes & Links
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors
Pencil Pusher zine project by Andrew Mecum
National Pencil Day Extravaganza!
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Tonight, the guys are joined by Ashleigh Coaxum, the proprietor of Baltimore’s newest stationery shop, The Paper Herald. Ashleigh talks about her stationery origin story, what it’s like to open a shop during the pandemic, and some of the cool stuff she stocks. Plus: new Field Notes, a book club announcement, and — don’t worry — plenty of bad puns.
Show Notes and Links
Hand Bookbinding: A Manual of Instruction
Glass Nib Pen that Andy bought
Our Guest
Ashleigh Coaxum
The Paper Herald
Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Tonight, we are talking about the morning — morning pages, to be precise. We take a deep dive into Julia Cameron’s prescription for an enhanced creative life and talk about our own experiences with this practice.
Show Notes and Links
The Art and Craft of Handmade Books
BIG THIEF BIG WARM MOUNTAIN I BELIEVE IN YOU
Julia Cameron in The New York Times
“This column will change your life: Morning Pages” in The Guardian
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
We’re well into 2022, so we would be remiss if we didn’t talk about planners! We discuss how we keep track of appointment and to-dos, and whether or not we can avoid digital calendars (answer: no).
Show Notes and Links
Pencil Revolution Subscriptions
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
It’s been a few weeks since you heard our voices, but we’re back for a fun new year of pencil podcasting! We go through some fresh points, like Johnny’s bookbinding supplies, Andy’s new desk, and Tim’s Try-Rex. Thanks for all of your support through 2021!
Show Notes and Links
Letterpress + Pencil Revolution Zine
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Tonight, our good friend (and RSVP co-host) Less Harper joins us for a chat about bookbinding, the craft that she and Johnny practice to produce unique creations to hold our thoughts and sketches. We also talk about the new Field Notes, several new releases from Blackwing, and So Much More™.
Show Notes and Links
Musgrave Standard Writing Notebook
Our Guest
Less Harper
Comfortable Shoes Studio
RSVP Stationery Podcast
@OriginalLCHarper on Twitter and Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
This week, we’re looking back on 2021 and talking about what we’re most thankful for — both within the stationery community, and beyond. Plus, we take a look at some of the newest Blackwing X collabs, a few of the new Musgrave stuff, and a discussion around Wes Anderson’s new movie, which might be peak Wes Andserson.
Show Notes & Links
The War on Drugs I Don’t Live Here Anymore
Rhodia Composition Books at Gentleman Stationer
Pencil Revolution Press Stationery
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Okay, not really! But for tonight it’s just Johnny and Andy, talking about just the Fresh Points. We have some new Field Notes, new Blackwings, a new Squire, and other cool things, including one (or two) last orders from our friends at CW Pencil Enterprise.
Show Notes & Links:
CW Pencils | Commemorative CWPE Advertising Pencil
CW Pencils | 2021 Shop Sticker by Meredith Miotke
CW Pencils | Grand Finale Emilio Braga A5 notebook
CW Pencils | Natural Baseball Scoring Pencil
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
This week, Tim throws us a curveball. Last week, he asked us what our least favorite pencils are, and then he told us that we should only use that pencil for a couple weeks. In this episode, we discuss our experiences. Plus: a set of bummer fresh points, from a friend who lost his stash in a flood, to our favorite pencil store closing.
Show Notes and Links
On Closing | CW Pencil Enterprise blog
Zine Reviews in Broken Pencil Magazine: Depression and OCD
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
(Download)
Paper is paper, right? Well, only if you think that pencils are pencils. In this week’s episode, your hosts talk about Unicorn Paper — that special formulation that works well with both pencils and fountain pens. Plus: we discuss our LEAST favorite pencil, and Tim makes us write with them all week to discuss in our next episode.
Show Notes & Links
Southworth “Fine Paper” -- 25% cotton, 24lb (wove finish)
Southworth “Fine Paper” -- 100% cotton, 24lb (wove finish)
Southworth Parchment, 24lb (ivory)
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
This week, we are down one pencil podcaster and up one pen superpodcaster. Brad Dowdy of the Pen Addict joins us to tie up our trio while Andy is away for the week. ZINES! Ever since Ed Kemp launched Pencil of the Week a few years ago and, especially, since he was a guest on this podcast’s Episode 150, zines have been blowing up among stationery content creators and consumers. In this episode, Brad, Tim and Johnny chat about the connection between zines and stationery and the role that these self-published gems play in the larger stationery community.
Join us for a chat about the pencils that we each used during elementary school. With a 9 year age gap between our hosts, coming during the crucial years of a trade agreement with China and the onset of the shrinking of the American pencil industry, we’re sure to have a variety of pencils to talk about! Plus: Olympics, new Field Notes, and many, many green ink samples.
Show Notes & Links
The Whole Love (Wilco)
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Well, we inadvertently took a summer break so after a month off, we’re back to talk through our collected Fresh Points: from the new Blackwing 64 to an update from Tim about how it’s going with his new electric sharpener.
Show Notes and Links
San Francisco Pen Show Pencil Seminar
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Do you write in your books? Tonight, our special guest Caitlin Elgin joins us to talk about marginalia — why you might want to write them, and how you might want to write them. In fact, one of use does not write in his books, and maybe we can convince him to start. Or not.
Show Notes and Links
JCS Criminal Psychology - The Wrath of Jodi
The Moss and Green / Corner Shop (High Tide)
Track Changes: A literary history of word processing
The marginal obsession with marginalia | The New Yorker
Our Guest
Caitlin Elgin
@cait.elgin on Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Tonight, we’re celebrating Field Notes’s fiftieth Colors edition — uh, Fifty — with a pocket notebook retrospective: How did we first encounter Field Notes? What’s our favorite editions for aesthetics? Color? Writing experience? Plus: an amazing new sampler pack from Musgrave.
Show Notes & Links
List of Field Notes Limited Editions
1973 Grateful Dead (Dick’s Picks Vol. 14)
Fountain Pen accessory Kit from Jetpens
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Today we’re keeping it simple with just a Fresh Points episode, covering everything from Blackwing’s rerelease of a pencil they’re still selling, Bob Dylan’s pocket notebooks, pencil t-shirts, and a bevy of recommendations for what Andy should pick up after he finishes his current notebook.
Show Notes and Links
Ron Rash: New and Selected Poems
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Today we talk about vintage notebooks, yet another new Blackwing, and mechanical keyboards. But also much to our delight, our friend and creative polymath Tiffany Babb joins the show to talk comics, literary criticism and creativity.
Show Notes and Links
Braided Creek by Ted Kooser and Jim Harrison
Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams
Independent Bookstore Day Blackwings
Our Guest
Tiffany Babb
TiffanyBabb.com
@explodingarrow on Twitter
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Andy and Tim have wrested control of the show back away from the devious (yet iconic) duo of Johnny and Charlotte, and we’re talking once again to Noah Bier from Makers Cabinet about their brand new Kickstarter project, a pencil extender called The Ferrule.
Show Notes and Links
Episode 111: Eiffel Tower Points
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
How to Make a Journal of Your Life
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
Independent Bookstore Blackwing
Our Guest
Noah Bier, Co-founder
Makers Cabinet
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
You might notice something…strange about this week’s podcast. Do not adjust your podcatcher. What you are hearing is happening in Real Life and in Real Time.
YOUR PODCAST HAS BEEN USURPED.
PENCIL IS SILLY
Transcript
Charlotte: Charlotte. Do you need a pencil?
No, I have a pen.
(Erasable theme)
Johnny: Hello. Hello and welcome to Episode 160 of the former Erasable Podcast. I'm Johnny Gamber, broadcasting from a secret bunker under the Pencil Revolution Headquarters Compound. After over seven years of podcasting about pencils, my oldest child is now ruthless enough to help me in this non hostile takeover of Erasable.
Charlotte joins me tonight and she swears that she's excited to be here. Hey, Char!
Charlotte: Hello, Daddy. Thank you for having me.
Johnny: Thank you for joining me on a school night. So Charlotte, you recently completed a science project in which you explored the permanence of different writing media that folks rely on every day, and the results were frankly SHOCKING. And they prompted us to sell off all of our Blackwings so that we could buy more vintage Parker fountain pens, and antique French notebooks.
We've come to understand that pencils are just plain silly. Charlotte has kindly agreed to present her research tonight. In a short interview with her witty, brilliant, and handsome father. With apologies to Andy and Tim, from whom we are in hiding, we present the first episode of the Pen Punk Podcast.
Let's get down to business. Charlotte, your science project was pretty amazing, even though I tried pretty darned hard to stop you from exploring the idea that ink could ever possibly be more permanent than pencil. Can you tell us what your hypothesis was when you began this reckless endeavor?
Charlotte: Sure. Inks that people rely on will fade faster if they're exposed to light.
Johnny: Uh huh. And what made you want to stab your father in the back like that and write about ink?
Charlotte: I like ink more than pencil because it comes in many colors.
Johnny: Um, have you heard of colored pencils, child?
Charlotte: Yes, but colored pencils are useless for writing.
Johnny: Hmm. Says you. All right, so speaking of gear, let's geek out a little bit. What inks did you use? What kind of pen?
Charlotte: I use a dip pen, India ink. Bullet-proof ink, J. Herbin, Pearl Noire black fountain, pen ink, an InkJoy gel pen, a Parker Jotter ballpoint pen, and… that's it.
Johnny: That is a lot of stuff. So can you tell us briefly, at the beginning, what did you think would fade fastest or slowest?
Charlotte: I thought that India ink would fade less than the other inks.
Johnny: Huh? All right. Can you tell us about your process?
Charlotte: Sure. Get the inks and paper and put them together. Put one in sunlight and one in the dark. Leave them for about two weeks and then determine which ink faded the least.
Johnny: And, uh, what did you find out at the conclusion of your experiment?
Charlotte: I found that both ballpoint pen, ink and fountain pen ink faded.
Johnny: All right. Um, I have to ask, what about the pencil marks? Did they fade?
Charlotte: Well, no, but I wiped them out with an eraser in three seconds.
Johnny: All right. That's enough for me. Let's get some audience questions. First. We have a little guy named Henry from Baltimore who has a question for you.
Henry from Baltimore: But Charlotte, does this mean that you don't like pencils anymore?
Charlotte: Yes. Anything that can be erased with breadcrumbs isn't worth writing with.
Johnny: Hmm, good point. All right. We have another audience question, this time from Andy in San Francisco.
Andy: Yes. Hello, thank you for taking my call. Do you know how long of a line of ink a Bic Clic can write? I've been trying to test it and have been on the road for three days. It's hard because some roads are really dark asphalt, and it's really hard to see the ink. I appreciate your help. I miss my family!
Charlotte: According to my mole at BIC in France, 1.2 miles or two kilometres. Stay safe out there in the dark!
Johnny: That's good advice now all the way from Johnson city, Tennessee, we have another Henry.
Henry from Tennessee: Hi, this is Henry from Tennessee, and I have a question about pens and cold weather. What happens if you take one out in a snow storm?
Charlotte: Well, most inks are going to freeze up on you. Get yourself a Space Pen! They write in extreme weather, and their marks don't disappear if you touch them with rubber.
Johnny: Uh, is it true that the Russians used pencils?
Charlotte: No.
Johnny: Okay. Well, we have another question from Tennessee. This one is from Tim, from the 10 B School.
Tim: Hi, Charlotte. This is Tim from Johnson City, Tennessee. I was wondering if in your research you found out if certain colors of ink last longer than other colors of ink. Thanks for answering my question!
Charlotte: I know, from tattoos and automobiles, that red fades more quickly than other colors. But for your writing, you should be good with any ink that contains pigment instead of dye.
Johnny: I liked red all that time. So now, dialing in from the Bay Area on the West coast, we have Katie.
Katie from San Francisco: Hi Charlotte, it's Katie in San Francisco. Long time listener, first time caller. I'm so excited to have you help me out with my pen problems. So I have a combination of ballpoint pens and roller balls. I don't have any fountain pens. And I'm trying to figure out if I should be storing my pens with the point facing down into the pen cup or up. Thanks so much for your help.
Charlotte: Depends. Dry pens, tip down. Wet pens, tip up. But in the end, you do you.
Johnny: So we have a looks like another call from Tennessee. This is from Lila.
Lila from Tennessee: Hi, this is Lila from Tennessee. I'm wondering why pens dry out?
Charlotte: Inks only dry up when we are not honoring them by writing or drawing with them constantly.
Johnny: Well, I never thought about honoring my pens so it looks like we have one more comment from Rosie and Roland park. Go ahead, Rosie.
Rosie from Roland Park: You are gonna make me cryyyyy.
Charlotte: Go tell Mommy!
Johnny: All right! So thank you for joining us for episode one of the Pen Punk Podcast, and, assuming that Andy and Tim don't either find Charlotte and I or change the password on Squarespace, you’ll hear back from us in two weeks, when I think we're going to talk about our favorite spring colored inks. Take care and stay NOT ERASABLE.
Bye-bye
(closing theme)
Since our recording schedule and the Blackwing and Field Notes quarterly release schedule didn’t line up, we’re keeping it short today to talk about fresh points: zines, old city street guides, and an exciting announcement about the 8th issue of Plumbago Magazine.
Show Notes & Links:
The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer
Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Let’s get to the point: what good are pencils that aren’t sharp? Tonight, we take another look at sharpeners, the ones we love, the ones we recommend, the ones you might want to avoid.
Also, check out our 2021 Erasable Podcast t-shirt campaign!
Show Notes & Links
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
The Walker: On Losing and Finding Yourself in the Modern City
KUM single hole longpoint sharpener
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Sometimes there are pencils that you almost love. Almost. Something holds you back, and you just can’t get these pencils to work out for you. Tonight, we examine the pencils that almost make it to our best-of lists but which we nonetheless loathe.
Show Notes & Links
Frank Herbert: Unpublished Stories
Write Notepads Engineer’s Notebook
Well-Appointed Desk Vintage Writing Paper Pad
Tim's list
Johnny's list
Andy's list
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
(Download)
Tonight’s guest is someone we’ve wanted to have on the podcast since the beginning. Working from home has made the impossible (because of time zones) possible! Luke Sinclair joins us all the way from Australia to talk about his wonderful art and a little about sharpening pencils with a knife.
Show Notes and Links
Creative classes with Luke Sinclair
Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy
Caran d’Ache Luminance color pencils
Staedtler Mars Plastic stick eraser
Higonokami No. 4 folding knife
Our Guest
Luke Sinclair
LukeSinclairArtist.com
Pencilsm.net
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Happy New Year! It’s been a few weeks, and we’re dipping into 2021 tonight with a non-topical episode featuring updates, zines, and predictions for the New Year.
Show Notes and Links
Marie Howe, What the Living Do
Maggie Smith the poet on Twitter
Parker Jotter XL Brand Name Pencils
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
We’re taking a short break from publishing, but in the meantime, check out a preview of our latest episode of The Indelible Podcast, a Patreon-only podcast where we talk about pens! This episode is all about the ubiquitous Bic Cristal: a history, some variants, and more trivia. Become a Patreon supporter at any level to access this and other episodes of Indelible.
For our first episode of December, we talked with artist and vintage pencil collector Ali Serra about his work, and about how — and why — he finds cool, old pencils and accessories.
Show Notes & Links
Ramsey Lewis Trio Sound of Christmas
Pencil of the Week/NAME Collab postcards
Our Guest
Ali Serra
Ernest Theodore Vintage Pencils • Art • Woodworking
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
In this episode, Johnny, Tim and Andy recorded their episode live on a Zoom call with dozens of Erasable listeners. They discussed things for which they are thankful, and some listeners shared their gratitude as this difficult year winds down.
Show Notes & Links
In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown
Baronfig Letters to the Future
Ministry for Uncivilized Behavior
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
It’s time for our annual discussion of NaNoWriMo. This year, Johnny is joined by Harry Marks and Less Harper (while Andy and Tim are away) for a good long chat about this annual writing extravaganza.
Show Notes & Links
How To: Fitting an Energel Refill into a Baronfig Squire | Comfortable Shoes Studio
Useful Journaling, Issue 1 | Less on Ko-fi
Work/Life Task System | Curious Rat
Our Guests
Less Harper
Comfortable Shoes Studio
RSVP Stationery Podcast
@OriginalLCHarper on Twitter and Instagram
Harry Marks
Home Work Podcast
The Shelf Life Sitcom
@HCMarks on Twitter and Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
It’s the time of year that a lot of us enjoy scary stories, spooky films, and morbid poetry. Tune in tonight as Andy, Johnny, and Tim help you to get on your fright.
Pencil Revolution is now a zine! Shop the first few issues on Etsy.
Show notes and links
Bruce Coville’s Book of Monsters/Aliens/etc
I Am The Pretty Thing that Lives in the House
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Pencils and zines have both survived blogs, social media, even instant video apps. Tonight, we chat with Ed Kemp of The Word Distribution about his zine, Pencil of the Week.
This episode is sponsored by Notegeist, purveyor of fine pencils, notebooks and stationery. Check out their brand-new pencil collection log book, the Geistnotes Pencilog, and save 15% off these fine products in the Erasable Collection using the coupon code ERASABLE150 upon checkout.
Show Notes and Links
Notegeist Erasable collection: Save 15% by using ERASABLE150 on these items**
Geistnotes Pencilog: the Pencil Collection Log Book
Field Notes United States of Letterpress
Baron Fig Mosaic Desktop holder
Billy McCall, Zinester Etsy (Last Night at the Casino; Antiquated Future; etc.)
Journaling is good for us. All of us. Tune in tonight as your three favorite journalers chat with journaling teacher and expert Abraham, writer and illustrator of the blog La Vie Graphite.
Show Notes & Links
La Vie Graphiteairwavessongs in the nightgraphite archive
Portrait de saint Jean de la Croix
Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
The Young and Prestigious T. S. Spivet
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Our Guest
Abraham, editor of La Vie Graphite
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
It’s a short, just-the-Fresh-Points episode this week and our three intrepid hosts dive into the newest Volumes release from Blackwing.
Show Notes and Links
Baron Fig Bloom Meditation Journal
Hemingway Library of America edition (Use offer code SUM2020)
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
We’re giving you, our faithful listeners, a special preview of something we’re trying out for our Patreon supporters — an episode of our inky offshoot show, The Indelible Podcast. After our tools of the trade and fresh points, vintage fountain pen restorer Jesi Raine of Vintage Pen Shop will be joining us to talk about the history of Esterbrook pens, and how she rehabs them.
Show Notes and Links
Jesi at The Well-Appointed Desk
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Our Guest
Jesi Raine
Vintage Pen Shop
@jesi_raine on Twitter and Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Tonight, we are time traveling: through three times zones and far into the past. Dave T from Pencil Fodder joins us for a discussion of vintage pencils and maybe even how modern pencil manufacturers can learn from what older makers got right.
This episode is sponsored by Notegeist, an online purveyor of fine stationery. Through August 5, use the coupon code ERASABLE146 to save 10% off your order. For your order of $30 or more, you’ll get a free Unemployed Philosopher’s Guild notecard.
Show notes and links
Notegeist Online Stationery Shop
Tombow Mono 100 ‘fashion’ blue cap model (HB)
Pentel Black Polymer 999 Alpha (HB)
Montblanc Meisterstück Le Petit Prince LeGrand Fountain Pen - Medium nib
Broadchurch season 1 (rewatching)
Ahmad Jamal Trio (street food, taste the nation)
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Birds, Beasts and Relatives (Corfu trilogy #2)
Our Guest
Dave T
Pencil Fodder
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Maybe you’ve seen artists walking around your city, sketchbooks in hand, drawing what they see — perhaps even drawing you! Our friend Tina Koyama is a veteran urban sketcher, and she’s here to give us the rundown on this growing movement in contemporary art.
Show Notes and Links
Gabi Campanario (founder of Urban Sketchers)
Suhita Shirodkar (an urban sketcher who can sketch anything under any circumstance)
Eduardo Bajzek (whose urban sketching workshop changed the way I use graphite)
Viarco ArtGraf water-soluble graphite
Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams
Our Guest
Tina Koyama
Fueled by Clouds and Coffee
@miatagrrl on Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
(Download)
Maybe you’ve heard of the incredibly popular notebook brand Field Notes. Maybe you’ve heard us mention them a few times over the last six years. Tune in as we get to chat with Aaron Draplin, graphic designer extraordinaire, Field Notes inventor, and all-around awesome guy.
Warning: this episode has several R-rated words that we decided not to bleep out, due to the color and richness it lends to the conversation. You may not want to listen to this with kids.
Show Notes and Links
Padma Lakshmi’s “Taste the Nation” on Hulu
Jason Isbell Live at the Brooklyn Bowl
Aaron on Pencil Revolution (2011): Part 1Part 2
Our Guest
Aaron James Draplin
Draplin Design Company website
@draplin on Twitter and Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
(Download)
We’re not bringing you an episode about pencils this week, but instead a short message, and some resources for how you can work toward ending systemic racism in your community.
Black lives matter. Period.
If you’re in the United States, please consider a sustained donation to The Bail Project and other organizations working to bring judicial reform to our government.
Being non-racist is not enough: we need to learn how to be anti-racist. Author Ibram X. Kendi has an Anti-racist reading list for us as we begin and progress through our journey.
And when you do pick up these books, be sure you do it from a Black-owned bookstore nearest to your community. LitHub has a great list.
After the media event around the protests against police brutality inevitably ends, white people need to find ways to sustain our support. Tatiana Mac is a software engineer, a writer, and an activist, and has a great Twitter thread with practical ways to avoid burnout and keep up momentum.
Last week, one of our Facebook group members crowd-sourced a list of Black-owned stationery companies or shops that we could support. Here’s what we came up with:
Loyalty Bookstore in Silver Springs, MD
Frugal Bookstore in Roxbury, MA
We’re sure there are lots more. If you have a Black-owned stationery company or shop, feel free to link them in the comments, and we’ll be sure to add to this list.
It’s been a long time since we updated our Top 5, and tonight’s the night! Tune in to find out what’s the same, what’s off the list, and what’s on.
This episode is sponsored by Kamikokuen, an online stationery shop selling vintage Japanese pencils and fun pencil-themed stickers. Save 20% on your order of 2 items or more, plus a fun sticker, with the coupon code ERASABLE20.
Show Notes & Links
Today’s episode is a short one, but don’t equate that with being light on subject material! We have a chat with Steven Lawson, the creator of a notebook organizational system called Monk Manual. He tells us about his holistic approach to helping people organize their lives and themselves — professionally, personally, and philosophically.
Show Notes & Links
American Experience: George W. Bush
Stopping the Noise in Your Head
Stopping the Noise in Your Head videos
Our Guest
Steven Lawson
Monk Manual website
@monkmanual on Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
Perhaps this year more than in years past, poetry can help to sustain us spiritually and intellectually during the COVID-19 pandemic. To help us wrap-up National Poetry Month, renowned poet and teacher Kiki Petrosino was kind enough to join us to talk poetry, writing, pencils, and how literature heals the soul.
Kiki’s new book, White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia comes out May 5! Order it from her publisher, Sarabande Books.
Show Notes & Links
Kiki Petrosino (official site)
Kiki Petrosino at the Academy of American Poets
Kiki Petrosino at the Poetry Foundation
Pencil of the Month: The Viking Skoleblyanten
Yacht Rock “channel” on Pandora
John Prine: John Prine, The Missing Years, and The Tree of Forgiveness
Our Guest
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
The COVID-19 pandemic is still gripping the globe, and most of us are quarantined to some degree in our homes. To be human is to be connected with other humans, no matter how introverted we are. And letters are the natural way to reach out to other people for the Stationery Inclined. Join the Erasable hosts for a chat with Courtney Cochran, founder of the Snail Mail Social Club — all about letter-writing!
This episode is sponsored by Notegeist, an independent, one-stop stationery shop online. Use code ERASABLEFUN on your order of $30 or more to get a special goodie bag and 15% off Blackwing products. Limited to the first 50 orders or April 30, whichever is reached first.
Show Notes and Links
Snail Mail Social Club Patreon
Courtney’s past Erasable Episode
Johnny’s favorite Airmail envelopes
Our Guest
Courtney Cochran
Snail Mail Social Club
Instagram
Facebook
Patreon
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
While March is Women’s History Month, we’re kicking off April with a question based on Virginia Woolf’s 1929 A Room of One’s Own — if you have a room of your own (man, woman, or nonbinary), what does it look like? What kind of stationery is in it to assure maximum productivity? How is this room serving you during remote work? And if you don’t have a room of your own at the moment, what does it look like in your dreams?
Show Notes and Links
Ladies of Erasable playlist on Spotify
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Whose Story Is This? by Rebecca Solnit
Social distancing doesn’t mean we need to be socially isolated. On March 23, 2020, while the world is staying indoors and away from others to stem the surging tide of COVID-19, we recorded a special episode live, as Zoom webinar. We talk about how we’re occupying ourselves, our partners and our children with stationery, in order to stay happy and healthy during a supremely stressful time.
Because of the unusual nature of this episode, we do not have show notes for this episode.
We are back from our Baltimore adventure, with stories to tell, tattoos to show off, and to celebrate our six years of podcasting. Tune in as we reminisce about our weekend together and rap about the new spring releases from Write Notepads, Field Notes, and Blackwing.
Show Notes and Links
Baltimore Washington International Pen Show
Pencil of the Month: Mitsubishi 9852EW HB
The Future of Another Timeline
Townes Van Zandt (Be Here To Love Me)
(On February 28, 2020, Johnny, Tim and Andy met up in person — for the first time ever — in Baltimore to hang out, get tattoos, and record an episode in front of a live studio audience at the Baltimore Pen Show. This is that recording.)
Since we were recording in front of an audience at a pen show, we thought it only fitting to make the case for wood case — pencils, that is. Joined by pen show superstars Ana Reinert and Brad Dowdy, and fellow graphiteer Dade Scolardi from The Weekly Pencil and the RSVP Stationery Podcast, we laid out what we hope is a compelling case for those who are into fancy fountain pens to pick up and consider a humble wooden pencil.
We have been talking about the exciting new brand and marketing efforts of Musgrave for a few months now. Tonight, we are lucky to have creative directors Nicole and Tim Delger on the show with us, to chat about rebranding an American pencil icon.
Show Notes and Links
Baltimore Washington International Pen Show
Write Notepads & Co Open House
Our Guests
Nicole Delger
nicoledelger.com
@nicoledelger on Instagram
Tim Delger
timdelger.com
@tdelger on Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
We are lucky enough to be joined again by Lady Graphite herself, Caroline Weaver. Her new book Pencils You Should Know is out this week! Tune in to hear all about some of the pencils whose stories are featured.
Show Notes & Links
CW Pencil Enterprise
Pencils You Should Know | Chronicle Books
February Pencil of the Month: Mitsu-bishi 9852EW
Writing is Designing
Miss Americana
Genius
OK Ikumi
Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
When in Doubt, Make Belief
Legend
A Beginning at the End
The Flop House podcast
Shrill Season 2
The Blackwing rebranding
Baron Fig Work/Play 3
Pencil Revolution’s Musgrave Tennessee Red Review
Blackwing single hole sharpener
It’s nearly a month into the new year. How is your organization system working out? Tonight, we are joined by our friend Caitlin Elgin, to talk about getting our crap together for 2020.
Plumbago Magazine, Issue 7 is now available for pre-order! Order your copy of this tiny issue now in the Erasable shop.
Show Notes and Links
January 2020 Pencil of the Month: Musgrave Tennessee Red
Permanent Record (Edward Snowden)
Frontline (“America’s Great Divide”)
Pencil Things Palomino pencils
Clear Habit Journal | Baronfig
Our Guest
Caitlin Elgin
@cait.elgin on Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
We are ringing in the New Year with special guest Brian Manning, owner of Portland’s new Revolutions Bookshop. Tune in to learn about the adventures of running an independent bookstore in the Age of Amazon. Plus, a dramatic reading of a Gilmore Girls novel, as a treat.
This episode is brought to you by Notegeist, an online, curated stationery shop, re-launching January 9. Be among the first 40 people to use the coupon code ERASABLES to get a goodie bag with your purchase of $10 or more.
The year is almost over, and as you rush around in a panic over what to get the very specific type of people in your life, don’t worry. We have your back. Join us for mini roundups of our most used tools and our brand new gifting guide, from the middle aged coworker who thinks pencils are for kids, to your third cousin whose main hobby is carving decoy ducks for hunters!
With new releases from Field Notes, Musgrave and Blackwing, tonight we tackle all of the Freshest Points at the setting of Autumn 2019.
We’re pleased to announce the Baron Fig x Erasable #2 Squire, now on sale only until December 13, 2019! Buy yours today and help send us to the Baltimore Pen Show!
Join us for our usual pencil goodness and, later, as Johnny and Tim join forces with Ted Walker and Adam Webb from the Take Note podcast to talk the real skinny about getting into NaNoWriMo.
At the start of National Novel Writing Month, join your three hosts for a discussion about the month ahead -- as well as details about our brand-new Patreon program.
Check our our new Patreon page! Please consider lending your support for our show and future programming by pledging a small amount of money each month. It helps keep us accountable to you, and to develop new programming. Thank you!
Tim, Johnny, and Andy talk stick to a papery set of fresh points this episode, digging into the latest releases from Field Notes, Write Notepads, and Baron Fig. Andy talks too much about video games, and Tim regales us with his stories from visiting the Hemingway House in Key West.
Filled notebooks. We all have them. Or, we don’t, because we burn them or otherwise dispose of them. Tonight, join Andy, Johnny, and Tim for a somewhat personal episode about what your hosts do with notebooks and journals that are full of their writing.
Bullet journaling is everywhere! But often the books you see are full of colors and drawings and all sorts of ink. Tonight, join your three hosts and special guest Jacob Cecil in a discussion of bullet journaling in dark grey — pencil all the way.
It’s Tim’s birthday today, but he’s here with Andy and Johnny, and a very special guest: Jinnie, editor of the blog Three Staples! She talks about how her passion for Field Notes have become an obsession. Plus, we review the new Blackwing Volume 42, the Write Notepads 7th Anniversary edition, and lots more.
Finding the best blogs, podcasts, Instagrams, and photographers in our little world is hard enough. Try picking your favorite! Tonight, your hosts torture themselves picking just one from each category to include in this week’s List of Stationerysphere Superlatives.
Teachers says you need a pencil case. You are tired of dropping your pencils down the library stairs. What to do? Tune in to episode 121 for a discussion of pencil cases with special guest Caroline Weaver.
It’s been a few weeks, and some of our favorite companies have dropped some lovely new releases since we last recorded. We’ll be back next week with a special guest, but this week, we present another Fresh Points episode full of limited edition goodness.
Issue 6 of Plumbago Magazine is available for pre-order! Head over to the product page to place your pre-order, and save $2 per issue!
Summer is upon us, and we are here to greet the season with a breezy Fresh Points episode featuring all of the Graphite Goodness you’ve come to expect for 119 episodes, including a discussion of the latest limited edition from Blackwing. If you can find points that are fresher, you listen to ‘em!
Today we get musical and chat about the music we listen to while writing. To accompany this episode, we put together a little Spotify playlist with our music suggestions, available in show notes.
Andy is not with us tonight, but Tim and Johnny are joined by Mike Hagan, of Leadfast fame. Tune in for a short Fresh Points episode from the hairier co-hosts and bearded guest Mike!
Today as the weather gets warmer across much of North America, we’re talking about writing outside. We discuss some of our favorite places to write out of doors, from balconies to firepits to coffee shops. We have our preferred al fresco tools and methods, and of course, will mentally assemble our proverbial desert island pack.
In this episode, Ana, Caroline and Andi — your favorite hosts — go all in on some of their favorite non-pencil products, like lip balm, boxed wine, Imabari face towels, and more. They talk about where they get their best USPS postage stamp news, and how the Orchard Street Reading Society discusses books. We’re so excited you’ve stuck around for five years. Happy National Pencil Day, everyone!
We do a lot of speculating about Blackwing editions here on the show, but today, Andy and Johnny get the scoop straight from source, with our special guest: Blackwing Brand Manager Alexander Poirier! He discusses all things Blackwing, like the release of the extra-firm Blackwing Natural and the brand-new Volume 811, and even the ideation and creation process behind the Volumes editions. You won’t want to miss this!
Erasable is five years old! Join Tim, Andy, and Johnny in this short episode for the Usual Fair of Tools of the Trade and Fresh Points and also a few looks back at five years of pencil podcasting.
This episode is one again sponsored by In Defense of Paper, making high-quality notebooks sourced and manufactured in the US. Visit indefenseofpaper.com/erasable to check them out, and use coupon code erasable to save $5 off your purchase.
Sign here, please. Tonight, we three hosts are joined by writer and signature expert Bull Garlington — the Analog Attorney — as we discuss developing your signature signature.
Holy machined metal! Andy and Johnny are joined by Noah Bier from Brahman Design for the main topic of this episode, in which Erasable hosts a broadcast about pencil planes of international proportions.
This episode is one again sponsored by In Defense of Paper, making high-quality notebooks sourced and manufactured in the US. Visit indefenseofpaper.com/erasable to check them out, and use coupon code erasable to save $5 off your purchase.
As a New Year’s present, Andy, Johnny, and Tim present their current methods of organization and planning for 2019. Tune in to find out who is writing a book, who is using a ballpoint pen, and who has sworn off all forms of caffeine.
The holidays are fast approaching, and we are here to solve all of your stationery related gift-giving issues. Tune in as Andy and Johnny are joined by Mike Hagan from Leadfast as we help you out during this stressful time of year, before which we share our own holiday dream wishlists.
This episode is one again sponsored by In Defense of Paper, making high-quality notebooks sourced and manufactured in the US. Visit indefenseofpaper.com/erasable to check them out, and use coupon code erasable to save $5 off your purchase.
It’s the end of National Novel Writing Month, the 50,000 word November writing sprint in which brave souls pound out the first draft of a novel in 30 days. Tonight Andy and Johnny are joined by Less Harper, of the RSVP Podcast and Comfortable Shoes Studio fame, to talk about how this year’s NaNo went and what we have learned for next year.
This episode is one again sponsored by In Defense of Paper, making high-quality notebooks sourced and manufactured in the US. Visit indefenseofpaper.com/erasable to check them out, and use coupon code erasable to save $5 off your purchase.
Seasons change. People change. Feelings change. It’s true for Exposé, and it’s true at Erasable. Every so often, we like to check back in with our current top 5 pencils. And Tim is back with us after a break; so this is a great night to check in. So check out our top pencil lists and details about other wonderfully pencilicious things.
This episode is sponsored by In Defense of Paper, making high-quality notebooks sourced and manufactured in the US. Check them out at InDefenseOfPaper.com/erasable, and use offer code “erasable” to save $5 at checkout.
You might have noticed the recent social media presence of Musgrave Pencil company, the 102 year old pencil company located in Pencil City, TN. We are very happy to be joined a little later by Henry Hulan, former president of Musgrave and grandson of its founder. Find out what it takes to keep an American pencil factory going for over a century and what exciting developments Musgrave has in store for us in the near future.
This episode is sponsored by In Defense of Paper, making high-quality notebooks sourced and manufactured in the US. Check them out at InDefenseOfPaper.com/erasable, and use offer code “erasable” to save $5 at checkout.
It’s that time of year. School is back in session. Sweaters are coming out of storage. Pumpkin Spice is a phrase uttered with either disgust or excitement. And our favorite stationery brands are releasing their fall releases. Tonight, we take a look at the latest offerings from Field Notes and Blackwing. Tune in to find out the best gear for Autumnal Reveries!
Special announcement: The theme of Issue 5 of Plumbago Magazine has been announced! Read more about that and pitch your idea!
Maybe you’ve heard that graphite is a type of carbon. Maybe you’ve heard about how similar graphite is to diamonds at the molecular level. Maybe the idea that something black and soft being so similar to something shiny and hard made your head hurt. Tonight, Andy and Johnny are joined by Lenore Hoyt, chemist and co-host of the RSVP Stationery Podcast, to talk about the chemistry of pencils.
We’re a podcast about pencils. It is a digital entity that exists in cyberspace but which centers on pencils and related IRL items. The irony has never been lost on us. Tonight in the most ambitious crossover event in history, Andy and Johnny are joined by Will Fanguy, co-host of Andy’s other podcast, Dot Grid, to talk about analog and digital ways to plan and be productive and where these lines get fuzzy. And, stick around after the musical outro for a fun little reunion.
It’s that time of year again: lists, big packs of pencils, and ten cent composition books. It’s back to school time already! Tonight, Andy and Johnny are joined by none other than Caroline Weaver, to discuss the best pencils and pencil paraphernalia with which to outfit your kids and and even yourself this fall.
Bullet pencils used to be souvenirs of adventures had, marketing items, even electoral tools. Tonight, Andy and Johnny are joined by Randy Ragan for a discussion of all things bullet pencil, including their restoration. Tune into episode 101 as we take aim on these bygone portable pieces of pencilry.
More than four years ago, Tim Wasem, Johnny Gamber, and Andy Welfle were just mild-mannered men, until the day they were stabbed with radioactive graphite that turned them into… pencil podcast hosts! Hitting the topics harder than a 4H, interviewing guests with the smoothness of a 6B, no stationery is safe from The Erasables! Special guest host Caitlin Elgin interviews the guys about how the heck they pulled off a centenary of episodes about... pencils?
To help us celebrate 100 episodes, buy a limited edition custom Erasable Baron Fig Confidant! With a bright yellow fabric color and a special variant of our logo foil-stamped on the front (designed by our friend TJ Cosgrove), all proceeds will go to support the continued operation of this show. But hurry — we'll stop selling it by the time episode 101 airs on July 25!
Ah, the hum of AC units, oscillating fans, and bugs. Before we hit the big 100, we’re here to talk about the latest releases from Field Notes and Blackwing, as well as other interesting pencil items.
Issue 4 of Plumbago Magazine is now available for pre-order! Please consider pre-ordering your copy so you can help us raise capital for the initial print run. Plus, it'll guarantee availability of a copy for you. Check out the product page for more information and to place your pre-order.
Field Notes. Maybe you collect them. Maybe you are even a completist. Maybe you fill them like no one’s business. Tonight, Andy, Johnny, and Tim are joined by prolific Field Notes user Lary Grimaldi. The quartet talk favorite editions, interior pages, pencils, and perhaps suggest some Erasable-specific Suggested Uses.
We’ve received many requests throughout the four years we’ve been making this podcast to talk about mechanical pencils. But it’s not something any of the three of we hosts really know a whole lot about. So tonight, we’re going to talk about mechanical pencils as tools used by a regular wooden pencil user.
If you’re a member of our Facebook Group, you get to enjoy Hackwings on the regular. If not, picture well-matched Blackwing ferrules and erasers stuck atop your favorite non-Blackwing pencils. Our guest this week is artist and pro-level Hackwinger Jason Patterson, and your three hosts will wax PENCILSOPHICAL™ about this and other topics.
Plumbago Magazine is looking for a few good illustrators to contribute to Issue 4 (Summer 2018!) Find more information or subscribe to our newsletter at Plumbago.xyz.
Sometimes it might seem like we talk a lot, but we’re only a bi-weekly show, and there are multiple voices. Tonight, we host another live call-in show! We hear from listeners, and even a non-listener as we struggle with how to hang up on people on Skype.
It’s spring. That means that it’s spring release season from our favorite stationery companies. Join Tim, Andy, and Johnny as they levy their judgements on the latest offerings from Field Notes, Blackwing, Write Notepads, and Baron Fig.
Happy belated International Pencil Day! To celebrate, your fearless (new and improved) hosts are talking all about mechanical pencils — mass market clicky pencils, high-end metal ones, and even leadholders.
Have you ever wanted to know more about the old business you read about on an old piece of advertising? Just married this past fall, Jessica Letkemann and Chris Jones are exploring the history of the businesses featured on vintage advertising pencils. Their new blog is called Graphite Confidential, and we’ve got them both here in The Erasable Skyposphere for a casual grilling. Tune in, as we go back in time a bit...
What attracts the Pen Addict himself to pencils? What pencils does he recommend for pen lovers, and what should Inky Folks look for in graphite-friendly paper? Listen in and find answers to these questions and what everyone’s been wondering for nearly four years: What does Erasable sound like without Andy?
While it rhymes nicely with Erasable, we don’t often like the word irreplaceable. Sometimes pencils stop being made. Sometimes they were limited editions to begin with. We all miss the Blackwing 211. But sometimes there are perfectly good substitutes for the pencil items you miss, and we’re here to help you through it.
Pre-show: Listen to a preview of Toffer Surovec's short story, "Crashing Bird," published in Issue 3 of Plumbago Magazine
Maybe you carry around pens because you’re secretly afraid of falling and stabbing yourself through the chest or neck with a sharp Ticonderoga. Maybe one of Erasable’s hosts has had this fear for over three decades. We’re here to help, as tonight, we dive into point protectors, which will protect not only your fragile body, but also your precious pencil tips.
Plumbago Magazine, Issue 3 is now shipping! Order yours today.
We’re back from the holidays and are ready to chat about pencils and pencil-adjacent holiday gifts we received. Still reeling from the Bomb Cyclone, Andy, Johnny, and Tim present some picks to keep you writing all winter in the Great Outdoors.
It’s that time of year again: Winter release time! Tonight, on the live-streamed 87th episode of Erasable, Andy, Johnny, and Tim talk about the new goods from Field Notes, Blackwing, and Write Notepads and Co. Also, Tim talks about the 10 year-old digital writing machine buying spree he's been on. And finally, we give you the skinny on excellent pencilicious gifts for your loved ones this season. Ho ho ho!
We’re now taking pre-orders for Plumbago Magazine, Issue 3! It'll be 60+ pages of poetry, fiction, comics, illustrations and more — all about stationery. Reserve your copy that ships in early January.
On this episode, we diverge from pencils for a moment to look at another analog writing tool we all know and love — typewriters! In the second half of the show, we’re joined by filmmaker and Grammy Award-winner Doug Nichol, director of the recently released documentary California Typewriter, following the recent days of one of the last typewriter repair shops in the US, and celebrity typewriter enthusiasts, like Tom Hanks and John Mayer. We all chat about the film, about collecting typewriters, and their relevance and utility in today’s technological world.
Tonight it’s just Andy, Johnny, and Tim, talking about some new non-pencil stuff from Blackwing, some Baron Figs that just roll with it, the just-announced Field Notes, and the recent book The Secret Life of the Pencil. Your Terrific Triad also wrap about Plumbago, NaNoWriMo, and glitter-dipped pencils.
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