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We’re back, after two months away! Sorry for the silence, friends. But we think we have something really special for you — a guest we’ve wanted to come on the show for almost 6 years. It’s Ian Schon of SCHONDSGN, a craftsman who makes incredible, unique fountain pens. We’re talking about his journey to  starting his own company, design and engineering challenges that fountain pens present, and his foray into his greatest challenge; making the Monoc, his own fountain pen nib from bars of titanium. 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! Show Notes & Links Erasable Patreon Erasable Podcast Discord invite Schon DSGN Embassy pen Auxiliary Mammals Erasable at the Baltimore Pen Show after party at Write notepads Schon DSGN Kickstarter Our Guest Ian SchonSCHONDSGN website@schon_dsgn on Instagram Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilution Andy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfle Tim Wasem@TimWasem

Happy October! This very autumnal episode is a short one — just some fresh points and tools of the trade. Johnny’s playing too much Mario Kart World, Andy regales us with his trip to New York City, and Tim is designing a thuper thecret  notebook. Plus: we talk about some new Field Notes and feel very old because of the new Blackwing Eras.

We’ve got a special episode today. Tyler McCall, co-owner of Chicago stationery shop Pencil & Paper, joins us to talk about the havoc caused by the Trump administration’s chaotic tariff policies. These policies aren’t just hurting small businesses like Tyler’s — they’re also driving up costs and creating disruptions for everyday consumers in ways you might not expect. This conversation is for anyone who cares about supporting local shops, stationery or otherwise. And if you’re in Chicago, be sure to stop by Tyler’s store in Andersonville.

Happy International Workers Day, everyone! If you get a long weekend, we really hope you make the most of it. (Andy’s going to the SF Pen Show, for example!) Before we go off and celebrate, we’re coming atcha with some new Fresh Points, including some new Blackwings, a cool film camera, and the question that plagues our minds, “why is loose leaf paper so terrible?”. Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon Erasable Podcast Discord invite AEnima by Tool In Case You Were Napping by Puscifer True Writer Killarney fountain pen  Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Slow Horses Mission Impossible Final Reckoning Snipe Hunter by Tyler Childers Blackwing Volume 292 Kodak Etkar Nahvalur Triad Blackwing x Fender  San Francisco Pen Show Monoc Evo by Schon Design Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution Andy Welfleandy.wtf Tim Wasem

We have a very special episode for you today, folks. We’re joined by Allison King, a novelist who recently published The Phoenix Pencil Company, a multi-generational story about Chinese-American women, data privacy, surveillance, LGBT love, and… pencils! We read the book and loved it, and Allison is here to answer some questions. If you want a copy for yourself, you can buy it at this link, or preferably at your local bookstore. Warning: this episode contains spoilers! If you’re reading, or intending to read this book, you might want to wait until you finish it to listen to this episode. 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! Show Notes and Links Last Boat Out of Shanghai A Tale for the Time Being Empire of AI Our Guest Allison KingAllison's Website@allisonkingwrites on Instagram Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilution Andy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfle Tim Wasem@TimWasem

After a month full of travel from our intrepid hosts, involving everything from counterfeit theatre tickets to marriage proposals to a literal train wreck, we’re back to regale each other with stories from our travels, and, of course, the stationery we picked up along the way. Plus, we announce a future book club episode with The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King. 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! Show notes and links Erasable Patreon Erasable Podcast Discord invite Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King Untitled Goose Game book Animal Crossing book Paris France by Gertrude Stein Andor Season 2 The Bureaucratic Banality of Andor | RonBronson.design My Friends by Fredrik Backman Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets Series Charley Crockett Somebody Feed Phil Is a River Alive? Remix Album from The Cure Johnny’s Pride journals Nahvalur Verdigris Muse fountain pen Erasable logo hats Erasable Eraser Friend lapel pin Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution Andy Welfleandy.wtf Tim Wasem

The summer limited editions are out early this year! Join us for the scoop on two releases from Blackwing, some very watery Field Notes, and finally — you can buy our newest Erasable merch! 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! Show notes and links Erasable Patreon Erasable Eraser Friend pin Erasable logo corduroy hat Orbital Andor Season 2 Doctor Who Series 14 Levenger True Writer in Sapphire Mosaic Diamine Sapphire Blue Field Notes Summer Tote Field Notes Is a River Alive? Is a River Alive? By Robert MacFarlane New Field Notes box art The artist and his pencil sharpener collection Blackwing Labs 05.13.26 pencils Blackwing Labs 05.13.26 notebook Blackwing Volume 140 Andy  Johnny/Pencil Revolution Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution Andy Welfleandy.wtf Tim Wasem

May is upon is, and we’re here with a short one, discussing our tools of the trade, and some fun fresh points — Johnny talked about his sugar cane notebooks for Earth Day, and Andy introduced some new spring Erasable swag for 2025 (Stay tuned!) 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! Show Notes & Links Erasable Patreon The Birthday Massacre’s Sleep Tonight Where the Crawdads Sing Damned Puscifer Nahvalur Nautilus Ti  Herbin Sapphire  Bullet Journal 2.0 2023 Artist Edition Chiikawa When We Were Real Where the Axe is Buried Led Zeppelin by Bob Spitz Bad Monkey Soundtrack Everybody's Live with John Mulaney Sugar Cane paper notebooks at Pencil Revolution Press Makers Cabinet Elipso Kickstarter IRIS Large Format Timberlines on Substack (Blog of Charles Berolzheimer, CEO of Blackwing) Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution Andy Welfleandy.wtf Tim Wasem

To celebrate our podcast turning 11 last month, we’re traveling back in time to channel our 11 year-old selves, and examine what stationery meant to us as Little Guys. 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! Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon Erasable Podcast Discord invite Bon Iver Field Notes “The Chicago Look” Field Notes Nahvalur Original Plus Nahvalur Nautilus Ti Black Andy’s Yikes blog post Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution Andy Welfleandy.wtf Tim Wasem

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! Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon The Erasable Podcast Discord Andy’s new blog, Asterisms The War on Cars The Bookmakers Kiridashi Knife Kamikokuen Pencil Grocery The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution Andy Welfleandy.wtf Tim Wasem

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.

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! 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! Show Notes & Links 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

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 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 [email protected] 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 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 @[email protected] @[email protected] The Stationery Folk Starter Pack Eberhard Faber Permapoint 182 Star Trek wine advent calendar! Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilution Andy [email protected] on Bluesky Tim Wasem@TimWasem