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 2023AndyPalomino Golden BearHi-Class Golden Sword 2BForest ChoiceBlackwing 602Musgrave Pencil KingTim Blackwing NaturalBlackwing MMXMusgrave Tennessee RoundMitsubishi 9852EWPalomino HBJohnnyMusgrave Tennessee RedGeneral Pencil Co. Cedar Pointe California Republic Palomino (capped version)Eberhard Faber / FaberCastell American / American NaturalsWhatever pencil I’m usingShow Notes and LinksErasable PatreonShift Happens Palomino Golden BearHi-Class Golden Sword 2BForest ChoiceBlackwing 602Musgrave Pencil KingBlackwing NaturalBlackwing MMXMusgrave Tennessee RoundMitsubishi 9852EW/9852Palomino HBMusgrave Tennessee RedGeneral Pencil Co. Cedar PointeCalifornia Republic Palomino (capped version)Eberhard Faber / FaberCastell American/American NaturalsTop Dozen Pencils ZineYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Episode 193: Illicit Blackwing Ring

From literature to carpentry, accounting to space travel, the wooden 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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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 LinksErasable PatreonLevenger True Writer OriginsThree Body Problem on NetflixThree Body Problem Trilogy by Cixin LiuThe Core of an Onion by Mark KurlanskyDisney pressed pennies Jerry Garcia necktiesFancy iA Writer NotebookField Notes Flora EditionBlackwing Volume 710Independent Bookstore Day 2024 BlackwingsDeadest Prints Field NotesYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Episode 211: Eating Chicken Soup From A Stormtrooper Helmet

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 LinksErasable PatreonPencil (Object Lessons, by Carol Beggy)Object Lessons seriesJohn C. BurkePortage Reporter NotebooksChina markersThe Transcendentalists and Their WorldOur GuestCarol BeggyYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Episode 210: A Box of Flamingos (with special guest Carol Beggy)

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 LinksErasable PatreonAll About The Musette BagPen AddictComfortable Shoe StudioCaitlin ElginThe Locavore (Caroline’s latest venture)Potato Pencil Lovin’ (a song about making a potato pencil written by AI, prompted by Tim)Your HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Episode 209: Potato Podcast Content

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 HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Episode 208: A Watershed Episode

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 LinksPhotos from Andy’s tripErasable PatreonPencil, by Carol BeggyShift Happens by Marchin WicharyBlue LightsHow to ADHDYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Episode 193: Illicit Blackwing Ring

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