Editing The Pen Addict 134/transcript (section)

== American Tradesman ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. They're really, really great. Number two, American Tradesman. I love this edition. Everything about it. It's one of the more simple editions that they've ever done. It's a standard, it's like a blue corrugated cover and a gray graph.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Very nice.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' With, um, gray graph? Yeah. Gray graph with like red, uh, printing on the inside.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' If I could have like an everyday notebook, it would probably be designed like that. Um, it's, I don't know. There's something about it. And when they did it, they just included these red, um, Carpenter's pencils with it. It was just, this is a, an addition that not a lot of people would understand why it ranks so highly until you use it. I think because visually it doesn't necessarily stack up to some of the other ones around it in the rankings, but the feel.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I love the cover.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And yeah, the cover and the, the, just the tactile feeling and using it is, is really, really good. And then number one, this was, if anyone knows me, if you've listened to the show for any length of time, Grass Stained Green is so far ahead of every other edition. There should be like number one, Grass Stained Green, dot, dot, dot, everything else. That's how much I love that edition. It's the best. It's far and away the best. I wish I had 10, three packs of Grass Stained Green. Um, I don't know what it is about this edition. The green cover, the printing, the style, there's nothing I don't like about this edition. It's amazing. Um, I, I don't know what to say about it just because I've talked about it so much. It's, uh, far and away my favorite Field Notes edition. And, um, people who have actually been lucky enough to get their hands on this, they are pretty much in agreement that this is one of the top editions ever made. And, um, you know, unfortunately hard to get, you almost never see these, uh, on the secondary market to, to pick up. So that's my list, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm very lucky, uh, to have a single, which you sent me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I did. I did. I sent out a few singles to a few people, um, you know, back in the day. And, uh, that's one I've actually gone through. I've got one three pack left, uh, sealed. And, uh, I think at the time I had three, three packs I've used and sent out pretty much everything that I have on, on those. And I've sent some to some Field Notes and things like that. So, um, I like spreading the wealth of the, uh, the Field Notes just because I was lucky enough to get in on an early, have some extra ones and, uh, like other people to be excited about the, the, the whole brand. So I'm happy to do it. So what do you think? Give, give me what's number one on Myke. I'm not going to make you go through any type of list here, but your number one Field Notes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Um, I, I, I must say I struggle because for me, uh, I really, really love, uh, Night Sky. Uh, and I really love America the Beautiful. Mm-hmm. Um, what else has had the thick paper? I know there was one other edition, wasn't there that had the thick paper?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Uh, Shelterwood and Traveling Salesman.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So not, not Shelterwood then. Yeah. Uh, yeah, I think for me it's, it's, it's even Night Sky. I, I'm, no, it's Night Sky. Night Sky's my favorite. Night Sky's definitely my favorite.