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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episode 146: Episode 146: Pencils My Grandmother Had (with special guest Dave T from Pencil Fodder)
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
Erasable Patreon
Pencil Fodder
Work Notes - Endless Recorder
Write Notepads Lenore
Tombow Mono 100 ‘fashion’ blue cap model (HB)
Pentel Black Polymer 999 Alpha (HB)
Montblanc Meisterstück Le Petit Prince LeGrand Fountain Pen - Medium nib
Montblanc Royal Blue ink
Dubliners
Anton Chekhov - Five Plays
Broadchurch season 1 (rewatching)
Lenox Hill
1984
Ahmad Jamal Trio (street food, taste the nation)
Blackwing Era
Moleskine Two-Go
The Crown
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
The Poetry Home Repair Manual
Birds, Beasts and Relatives (Corfu trilogy #2)
The English Game
USCO 486 No. 2
Our Guest
Dave T
Pencil Fodder
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem