Editing The Pen Addict 69/transcript (section)

== Nock Pen Cases ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's right. That's right. We've got the Nock pen cases coming out hopefully in about a month or so, and things are progressing along nicely. We did our Kickstarter video this weekend, so hopefully we can share that with you guys soon. And yeah, it's going really, really well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Very, very excited. But equally excited for today's episode.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, speaking of excited, I'm really excited about today's episode. We have a really special guest on the podcast today, Mr. Brian Bedell from Field Notes. How's it going, Brian? Hey, guys. We really appreciate you. Yeah, we appreciate you coming on. I know we've talked several times over email and, you know, trying to find the right time to get it. And, you know, I know we've talked in the past and you're like, oh, you know, this edition's getting ready to wrap up. And it's like our, you know, super, super busy time. So let's do it when it's a little bit down time. So hopefully we've got you at a good time in between cycles here.

'''Bryan Bedell:''' Yeah, we're, you know, we're gearing up for fall and that's all in production now. So we're sort of just like waiting for the storm.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Awesome, awesome. Well, we're going to get into all things Field Notes today and hear about, you know, what you do at Field Notes. And we've got a bunch of readers questions, but I did want to follow up on one item real quick, which is also Field Notes related that we've talked about a lot over the past year of podcasts. And that's, you know, the whole collector aspect of Field Notes. And right now, pretty much the rarest regular colors edition Field Notes has been put out on the eBay auction site. And the Butcher Blue three-pack is out and available for everyone to see. I don't know if you've seen it yet, Brian. Yeah. I don't know if you keep track of that stuff at all, but it's... Yes, I'm watching it. Yeah. So it went out on Sunday and it shot up to like 200-something already. I guess it's $260 right now. And I put out a post this morning trying to get everyone to guess and see what it was going to go for because, you know, I have no interest in paying that kind of money. But what do you think something like that's going to go for?

'''Bryan Bedell:''' Oh, geez. I don't know. I mean, there's five days left, I think, in the auction. And usually the real-game work kind of starts at the end. So, yeah, I don't have any idea. It's amazing. It blows our mind here that anyone would spend that much money. I know. You could print your own, not to give anyone any ideas for the money we're getting into. You could get your own custom notebooks made.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So we did. We're going to talk about that whole, you know, how it became to be a collector's thing. But I just find it fascinating that, you know, this is kind of like the Holy Grail three-pack. Yeah.

'''Bryan Bedell:''' I mean, those are, you know, like, yeah, I listened last week. Jim said those are the rarest. I mean, as he said, we printed them both at the same time, and the quantities are the same. So, you know, on paper, orange and blue are both pretty much the same. But like Jim said, the blue ones just, you know, we kind of oversold them and ran out of them immediately. And so, you know, we don't even have any here in the office. I think maybe Aaron has one or two packs. But, yeah, those are the hard ones to find for sure.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. We spoke about it a little last week as well on this show. And I made a prediction that I can't remember, but I think it was $500 is what I expected. If not, do expect that to go for minimum, I think. Like, I just, if the fact that we're, like, 24 hours into the bidding and we're, like, half that price, I don't think it's unexpected to really hit that level. Which would be crazy. I can see that.

'''Bryan Bedell:''' I almost hope it's not because that's just bizarre to me. But, yeah, judging by the past, that seems like it could happen, yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I told my friend Tana on Twitter, and she's part of the Field Notes group. She's one of the biggest collectors out there. She pinned me down to a number this morning. I said 388.50. I just, if this thing goes over 400, I would be, that's just crazy to me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I agree. I'm telling you, Brad, 500, man. It's going for 500.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, most of the guesses so far in the contest are, yeah, definitely closer to the 500 range than I was.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just the last point on why I think that amount. These are so rare. This is probably the last chance anyone will have, like, for it to get this far along, in my opinion. I can't imagine that there are going to be any other Butcher Boo three packs sealed.

'''Bryan Bedell:''' If it sells for 500, you'll see more.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. There will be a couple of guest appearances. That's a good point.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But if you're a collector, can you take that risk? Like, if someone really wants to finish that collection.

'''Bryan Bedell:''' Yeah, I don't know. I mean, there's people, I mean, you know, the collector, you know, the Field Nuts group, and these people watching us on eBay are a small fraction of our audience, you know, as great as they are and as much, you know, as much as they do for us. There's a lot of people that just have no idea any of this is happening. And once that word gets out, I think you'll start seeing a few more. A few more showing up on, you know, it's people that have them around. You know, our friends from way back have them. You know, we send a lot out as gifts and stuff. You'll start seeing more, I think, if word gets out at once sold for 500 bucks. Yeah. There's plenty of people that would be willing to part with them for that, I bet.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, and that's what happened with this guy that's putting them all up. He's had everything since the beginning, and he just, like, he's like, I didn't know this was a thing. So, and, you know, I'm not as attached or psychotic as most people. So, let me go ahead and cash these in.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, Myke, you had something else you wanted to follow up on real quick?