Editing The Pen Addict 46/transcript (section)

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, you know, I – one of the things I get concerned about from time to time with the podcast, and Myke and I have not talked about this specifically recently, but we've talked about it in the past, is, you know, Myke and I kind of get off on tangents that kind of become a running theme for, you know, five, six, seven shows. Like we've gotten into the retro 51 and vanishing point where it seemed like that's all we talked about. And recently it's been the field notes that we've been talking about all the time. And, you know, I've had some – you know, I've had a couple followers like on Twitter saying, hey, this is – I'm really enjoying your field notes podcast. And, you know, they're being sarcastic and, you know, like get back to talking to the pins kind of thing. And I definitely hear you guys, you know, when we talk about that. We try not to go overboard too much, but also on the other hand, it's also a lot – I get, you know, exponentially more comments and emails about those topics that we are talking about. So it's – we do try to balance, you know, the topic. But sometimes, you know, we kind of get in a role and there's – we start talking about a topic, then people have more questions about that topic. And it just kind of leads into a recurring theme kind of deal. So I don't want people to get – go ahead.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think that our show more than any other show that I do or that I've ever heard really, it follows our obsessions. So as the things that we enjoy change and continue to go through, the same will the show. Like so as you say that we spoke about two pens, you know, the vanishing point of the Retro 51 for a long time. And then recently it's been Twisby and Field Notes. It's just as our – because this show is about obsessions. And as they have changed and as they move over time, so does the show's topics. But they follow a similar path like that. So in a couple of months' time, we'll be talking about something else. But right now, especially me, I'm really caught up with Field Notes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right, and a lot of our listeners are too. So I get a lot of that feedback during the week that, hey, what about this? What about this? Did you see this? So those are still things people want answers to these questions. So we still do talk about it from time to time. But don't worry. It's never going to – I just don't want listeners to worry that it's ever going to be something just full bore, you know, one topic all the time. So, you know, that being said, the things we're going to talk about on this podcast are Field Notes, Vanishing Points, and Retro 51s. Yep. Because that's everything I have in the notes for today, which is – it's kind of ironic that I'm mentioning that. But it's some very –

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, this episode is basically the amalgamation of everything that we've ever spoken about into one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But what it is, it's some really – you know, part of it – you say it's obsession, and it is. And part of that – the thing that goes along with obsession is discovery. So we're discovering all these new things and things that we didn't know exist related to those obsessions that we've had already. So those topics just keep coming up from time to time and time again. So anyway, it's pretty cool. So one of the things I wanted to mention about the recent Field Notes that I've gotten a lot of tweets on and a lot of people mentioned was how crazy the prices have gotten on eBay. And they were crazy, you know, a few months ago where they were going for like $50, $60 for all the old out-of-print versions. Well, someone – the same eBay seller has been loading a bunch of really old versions like Just Below Zero and Mackinac Autumn, and they're still in the – still sealed up in the wrappers and everything. And I got tweets because the prices on these went – they just – they closed out yesterday or today or something. They both – each of those three packs went for $127.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep, both bought by the same person.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Both bought by the same person. So a three-pack of Just Below Zero and a three-pack of Mackinac Autumn, both of them sealed, went for $127.53 each.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Did you put any bids in?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Hell no. I did. That's insane. I mean, there's no way. I put some bids in. Oh, yeah? On both of those? On both of them, yeah. Yeah. I mean, like I said, I'm comfortable around for ones that I need that are old, especially those are really old ones. I mean, those are some of the, what, first four, first five editions released. So they're very low print and it's hard to come by. But I still can't imagine paying more than $50 or $60. I mean, that's, you know, $250. I mean, that's some pretty sweet pins I could buy with that money. Totally. I mean, but I'm also speaking from the aspect where I have both of those, right? So, I mean, I don't have a sealed three-pack of Mackinac Autumn. Mine aren't loose, but I do have a sealed pack of Just Below Zero. But that's crazy. And it seemed to be my followers on Twitter felt that that was pretty crazy, too.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I put in a bit of $50 for the Just Below Zero and $70 for Mackinac Autumn, bearing in mind that, you know, with exchange rates, I actually come out much better than that, you know? Sure. Sure. But I gave it a go. They were my maximums. And after that, I was not going to put a penny more.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Would you even consider going, like, $127.53?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I mean, I assume this person's got that money, right? So. Sure, sure. Yeah, I mean, that's fair. You know, if I was sitting on a massive cash pile, then, yeah, sure I would, you know? It's all relative to a point, I guess. Yeah, that's true. It would have restricted me from buying anything else. So I've got another couple of packs, so I've got my first pack of American Tradesmen. Nice. And do you remember the Balsam Fur pack that got lost in the post? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Turns out they were craft green, but such is life. I got them for very cheap, and we did kind of expect that, didn't we?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, yeah. It wasn't adding up at the time, so.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. But at least I've got that pack, which I'm happy with. Yep. Cool. And hopefully I'm going to be coming into quite a haul of books soon, so I'll talk about that in a few weeks' time. Nice. I've got something interesting happening.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Very cool. Very cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Very cool. So that concludes our field notes segment of the podcast. You can unmute us now.