Editing The Pen Addict 121/transcript (section)

== Field Notes ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, Mr. Roan, you are also a Field Notes, uh, customer, correct?

'''Patrick Rhone:''' Yep, I am. I, I can't, I can't help myself. I, every, every time, like, the kind of pre-announcement or tease for the next one comes out, they usually do it about a week beforehand. On Wednesday, they'll say, you know, oh, you know, you better sign up for a color subscription because this next one's going to be, oh, it's great. This fan, you're going to want this one. And I'm like, ah, well, you know, I got, I got, like, I got so many Field Notes, like, completely unopened packages. And I usually, like, order, I usually order two or three. And, and here's my deal.

'''Patrick Rhone:''' So, if I, I order one for myself and one for my dad, because my dad actually uses them. And so, I always send a package out to him. Um, but, um, sometimes I'll order three. So, I have, like, an extra pack that I don't mind, like, opening and checking out. And maybe even, like, giving a couple away because I have been known to, I don't know. I feel like if I'm going to use a stamp, I want to get as much out of that stamp as possible. Mm-hmm. So, like, if I'm going to, like, send, say, a thank you card to somebody or some sort of greeting card, you know, I don't know, happy birthday, you know, just to say hi, that sort of thing. I like to throw Field Notes in with it. I know, it's crazy. Or I like to at least put enough in it that, like, I don't know, I maximize what I can send for a first class stamp. Does that make sense?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That makes total sense. And that's why I buy several extras as well, just to be able to just, you know, shuttle some off here and there, you know, as you see fit. I mean, it's a great thing to do.

'''Patrick Rhone:''' Right. And then, you know, and then I have a completely unopened package for myself. And just turning around and looking at my bookshelf here, I've got, I mean, at least a foot worth of Field Notes just sitting there.

'''Patrick Rhone:''' Yeah, that's a lot. That's a lot of Field Notes. Yeah, I do. I mean, I know you guys go on and on about this stuff, so I won't belabor the point, but I can just pull one out at random. There's Day Game. Let's pull out another one. That's Shelterwood. Hold on. Let me see. Another one. Oh, what was this one? The first, like, the one they sent that had, like, pine? Balsam fir. In the pack? Balsam fir. That's it. Yeah. Mm-hmm. I mean, I just pulled three out at random.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There you go. So, yeah, I think you said it right. I can't help myself is the way I kind of feel about Field Notes, too. I mean, you just can't. I mean, it's like I've got this problem, and I'm going to stop any day now. And then they come out with something new, and I can't help myself. And the next thing you know, I have four three-packs landing in my mailbox. Mm-hmm. So, all right. So, let's talk about this edition specifically. It's fall 2014. It's called Unexposed. I thought they did a really, really good job, like, building this up. It was good. The video, my God. I mean, their videos are great. This was one of my favorite ones ever. If you haven't seen the video, do yourself. Even if you're not a Field Notes customer, just go watch this video. It's a minute and a half of your life, and it will put a smile on your face. And stay for the end. That's the important part. What did you think, Patrick, of this edition?

'''Patrick Rhone:''' Well, I'm going to put you on the spot first. That big bang was me reaching behind. I've got the apothecary bookshelf, so it's got doors that open. Yeah. Glass doors that open. Because I wanted to grab them and actually kind of open them up. Now, I feel bad even talking about these, because the whole, like, the fun of it was, the secret part of it, right? Right. You didn't know what they were going to look like. You didn't, you knew very little as far as details about them. And even after people, like, received theirs and were, like, posting pictures and stuff like that, it's still tempting not to open the package because, what are there, something like 36 different ones? Or, I forget what the number is, but there's, like, a whole bunch of different combinations. And you're not sure, unless you open it, which ones are going to be inside. So I've only opened two of the three that I left one unopened for that very reason. Yeah. Um, I really like the, once again, I feel like I, so the whole point of that whole thing was, I feel like I'm spoiling it for some people.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah.

'''Patrick Rhone:''' Yeah. Even talking about them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I thought everyone, I thought everyone did a really good job when they started arriving early. Mm-hmm. Of not going berserk and just, like, throwing it all out there. People were, in the places that I read, you know, like the Field Nuts Facebook group and Twitter and everything, people were actually cognizant of the fact that not everyone has gotten these yet. And, you know, if you want to see them here, you know, look behind the jump or, you know, or close your eyes or whatever. But I think the kind of the, the cat's pretty much out of the bag now. Right, Myke? You don't even have yours, but you, you know, essentially what you're getting. So I think, I think we're okay with, with spoilers in, in this episode. But let's, let's say that right now, though. Spoiler alert. If, if you do not want to know what's in the unexposed and you have not received yours yet, you may want to jump ahead a few minutes. Exactly.

'''Patrick Rhone:''' So I'm going to first talk about kind of the paper and how it, and the kind of feel of it and whatnot, before I even get into colors. All right. So, um, first off, the, the covers have this kind of, I don't know, rubbery sort of feel to them. And you know how like the, um, the, uh, which were the expedition ones, um, you know, had the kind of right on rain plasticky paper or whatnot. Right. Um, and the cover was even kind of, you know, kind of tear resistant or whatever. These feel even more like, I don't know, thick and durable and kind of rubbery. Mm-hmm. Um, the paper inside, I guess, is the same as the Night Sky edition. Is that correct?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's correct. It's the, uh, it's got the reticle grid. Is that the right way to say it? That's one of my least favorite words in the English language. Yeah.

'''Patrick Rhone:''' Well, it's, it's just, it's a bunch of pluses. Yeah. It's a bunch of pluses. But, uh. Which really screws up my dash plus system. I'm just saying it doesn't quite work on this paper.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But yeah, same paper weight, same paper color, same reticle grid pattern, and same reticle grid color. So, yes, identical, I think.

'''Patrick Rhone:''' Mm-hmm. And, I mean, from a, you know, usage perspective, you know, it takes fountain pen fairly well. And, you know, with not too much bleed through, you're not going to be using like a Sharpie on this or anything like that. But, you know, I mean, you know, it's, it's, it's all right. Um, but you can't ignore the colors of these things.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You definitely can't ignore the colors of these things. Myke could probably see them from the beach in Italy when I opened my package here in the U.S. It's like this beacon went out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Let's just. You had to put more sunscreen on, right, Myke? I did.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I did wonder what that was.

'''Patrick Rhone:''' I was going to say that if he had opened up this pack before he left, he wouldn't have gone with pasty white legs.

'''Patrick Rhone:''' That's the truth. Uh, these, they are, um, very bright, uh, saturated, sort of neon-ish colors. Um, uh, with a, um, the text in a very kind of sharp contrast to whatever the body is. So, like, the ones I'm holding in my hands right now happen to be like a, ooh, I don't know, uh, kind of like a, a bright blue, uh, with hot pink, uh, lettering.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We chose the same edition to use first.

'''Patrick Rhone:''' Oh, wow. That's the one I'm using. Well, I, I'm not using it yet. Okay. Well, that's the one I'm using. That's the first one I grabbed out of the package. Um, then I have, uh, the, the, uh, Minnesota Vikings favorite, uh, gold. Um, kind of a very, I don't know, almost goldenrod sort of yellow, uh, with a purple, uh, lettering. A nice kind of royal purple. Um, and then there is this orange that borders on red, or is it red that borders on orange? I can't decide. With, um, kind of a neon blue, uh, sort of lettering. And it is, whatever your color is on the front, the lettering, is reversed on the, on the inside. Um, so that you get, like, when I opened up the orange one with the blue text, it's actually orange text on the blue background on the inside. So, I mean, the, the, what's interesting is, you know, it comes in this very kind of black, austere, minimalist sort of packaging to hide what's inside. But then when you open up, it is just an explosion of color.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. You, you and I, Patrick, are of the age where, um, where it was a high likelihood we had one of those velvet black light posters of a unicorn on our room. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Or Led Zeppelin or something. Yeah. Yeah. It totally reminds me of that.

'''Patrick Rhone:''' Oh, totally. Totally reminds me of that, too. Yeah. Um, and I'm opening up another package. There's the, the, the kind of neon green with the neon orange. There's the hot pink with the yellow. Um, and I also have, um, the, uh, the purple. Um, that I, apparently, amongst all of these, the purple is kind of the hot commodity that people are trying to get.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think, did you just, did you just say all six of them? Did you, out of those two boxes, do you have six different colors?

'''Patrick Rhone:''' Well, yeah. So I have six different colors. Okay. Yeah.