The Erasable Podcast

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Episode 223: We Use Glasses Like Civilized People Feb 23, 2025

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Today’s episode is a short one — Tim’s out, and Johnny and Andy talk about some of their new pencil hauls (including a Pentel Black Polymer 999 that Andy’s particularly excited about). Johnny gets civilly disobedient (more so than usual, that is) in his reading from his zilbaldoni.

For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you’re a patron, head over 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!

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Erasable Patreon

The Erasable Podcast Discord

Andy’s new blog, Asterisms

The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan

Your Hosts

Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution

Andy Welfle
andy.wtf

Tim Wasem

RErasable: Episode 106 with Musgrave Pencil Company’s Henry Hulan Feb 04, 2025

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Welcome to the first installment of Re-rasable, a new series where we resurface some of our most memorable episodes and interviews from the past ten years.

For this inaugural edition, we’re rewinding to Episode 106 and our conversation with Henry Hulan, Chairman of the Musgrave Pencil Company. This interview was a true highlight, giving us a rare inside look at the history and craftsmanship of American pencil-making. Even more exciting, it led to the creation of the Musgrave Single Barrel 106—a pencil made from vintage red cedar and numbered after this very episode!

Join us as we revisit this special moment in Erasable history.

Links & Resources

The Erasable Podcast – erasable.us
Musgrave Pencil Company – musgravepencil.com
Musgrave on Instagram – @musgravepencil
Musgrave on Facebook – facebook.com/musgravepencil

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a fellow pencil nerd! Thanks for listening, and stay tuned for more Re-rasable episodes to come.

Episode 221: I Found Some Dorks! Jan 16, 2025

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We’re back for the New Year, with a ton of Fresh Points and Tools of Our Trade -- and the first sections from our Zibaldoni!

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Erasable Patreon

Erasable Podcast Discord invite

Ali Serra’s Blackwing extender

ADHD is awesome

Staying Alive by Neil Astley

Port Protection TV series

Vintage Field Notes

Draplin’s “Turquoise Tribute” Field Notes

Episode 220: A Very Soft Triangle Dec 12, 2024

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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!

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Erasable Patreon

Long After Dark Tom Petty notebook and Pen

Field Notes: Vintage

Nahvalur Christmas 2024 pen

Blackwing Lab 11.19.24

More Adam Savage pencil hunting

How to ADHD

Nahvalur Nautilus fountain pens

Diamine Onyx

Musgrave Harvest Pro

Best American Food/travel writing

Moonbound

Three Body Problem Trilogy

Stories are Weapons

iA Writer Notebook

Your Hosts

Johnny GamberPencil Revolution@pencilution

Andy WelfleWoodclinched@andy.wtf on Bluesky

Tim Wasem@TimWasem

Episode 219: Indiana Area Code Day Nov 19, 2024

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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.

Show Notes & Links

Arab Strap band

Gangs of London TV series

Stardew Valley

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

Made in Baltimore

Blackwing 574

Find us on Bluesky!

@andy.wtf

@timwasem@bsky.social

@johnnygamber@bsky.social

The Stationery Folk Starter Pack

Eberhard Faber Permapoint 182

Star Trek wine advent calendar!

Your Hosts

Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution

Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@andy.wtf on Bluesky

Tim Wasem
@TimWasem

Episode 218: I Want To Go To There Nov 04, 2024

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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

The Far Side by Gary Larson

Your Hosts

Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution

Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle

Tim Wasem
@TimWasem

Episode 217: Posh Blond English Protagonist (with author Roland Allen) Oct 24, 2024

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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

Erasable Patreon

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

Uniball Micro UB150

Stalogy notebooks at Jetpens

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

Episode 216: Roll On the Wrap On Sep 24, 2024

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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

Erasable Patreon

Our book club selection: The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen

Drunk On All Your Strange New Words

The Power Broker

Episode 215: I Got Spinners on my Xacto (with special guest Leslie Herger) Sep 04, 2024

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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!

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Erasable Patreon

XOXO 2024 Field Notes

Gentleman Stationer Shop

Nahvalur Aqua Regia and Terra Firma

Uni-Ball Zento

Pilot Precise: Harmony

Comfortable Shoes Studio

Less is More Healthy

Less’s Kofi

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

Episode 214: Original Poison Core Aug 02, 2024

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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.

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Erasable Patreon

Sturgill Simpson GQ Profile

Johnny Blue Skies - Passage Du Desir

Jason Hardy Songs

Jason Isbell Field Notes

Stephen Wilson Jr. - Son of Dad

Microtomic Blackwing Eras

Robert Brighton Blackwings

Field Notes Index edition

Narwhal Original Plus in Lovina Graphite

Diamine Midnight Hour