The Erasable Podcast

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.

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The Light Phone

reMarkable tablet

Goodnotes app

Kindle Scribe

The Far Side by Gary Larson

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.

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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

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.

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

Blackwing Vol. 71

The Library Thief

Fahrenheit 451

The March

The Acolyte

Calexit: The comic

Drunk On All Your Strange New Words

The Power Broker

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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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:

Drewscape

Danny Gregory

Koosje Koene

Toby Sketchloose

Alfonzo Dunn

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.

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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

Hitide DTLA

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!

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Born in the USA

J. R. Moon 

General Pencil Company

Musgrave Pencil Company

Blackwing 746 Collection

Jason Isbell Field Notes

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.

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Star Trek Discovery

Nuclear War: A Scenario

Writers Playing Video Games

Suits

Daisy Jones and the Six

Blake Mills "If I'm Unworthy"

Navel Gazing

Under the Bridge

Guild of Bookworkers Newsletter Archive

Playlist to win a custom journal from Johnny

XOXO Fest 2024

Stephen Sondheim Auction:

OLD old Blackwings

Old and new Blackwings

Pocket Bullet Journal

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.

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Levenger True Writer Origins

Three Body Problem on Netflix

Three Body Problem Trilogy by Cixin Liu

The Core of an Onion by Mark Kurlansky

Disney pressed pennies 

Jerry Garcia neckties

Fancy iA Writer Notebook

Field Notes Flora Edition

Blackwing Volume 710

Independent Bookstore Day 2024 Blackwings

Deadest Prints Field Notes

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.

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Pencil (Object Lessons, by Carol Beggy)

Object Lessons series

John C. Burke

Portage Reporter Notebooks

China markers

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.

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All About The Musette Bag

Pen Addict

Comfortable Shoe Studio

Caitlin Elgin

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