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== Field Notes Editions ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, what a great edition. It's like everything that I kind of wanted it to be, I think.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's beautiful, isn't it?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I love the, uh, the stuff inside the covers. Mm-hmm. You know, like the descriptions of coffee and all that sort of stuff. That's really nice.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, um, Field Notes does a really good job. They, um, they know their market well, and they, um, they jump all over it and, um, do awesome things like this, this roastery edition. It's really, really beautiful. And, uh, thank you to our, uh, our lovely friends who, uh, picked up some of those and, uh, and sent us some. So you guys, you guys pretty much rule. So...

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I mean, what, I mean, I really, like, the wood feels good on these, right? Um, and I, I like the kind of, is it like a brass foil, isn't it? Uh, copper. That's what I meant to say. Yeah, copper. Yeah, I think... Copper kettle. Really nice inside. I like all the... The interesting pairings information of different coffee with different activities. And, yeah, really... Yeah, really nice. I like the orange on the inside, and then the orange, like, dot grid.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They're making it really hard for me to pick out the next edition I'm going to use. Because I haven't... I started using the day game edition, and I haven't finished that one yet. But I want to use one of the new factory floor editions that came out, you know, right before Christmas. I haven't used one of those yet. Now I've got this roastery edition that I want to use that. So, it's, uh... I need to get writing so I can just plow through some of these editions and enjoy them for their intended use.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I might just hang on to these roaster editions for a while.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, they're pretty.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Pretty, pretty. You could frame those. They look good.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, they would, actually. Like, one on the front, one on the back, you know? Mm-hmm.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm. Well, I'm going to talk about some more field notes, just with some listeners' top five lists from my top 25 list that we did last week. Just a little bit of follow-up and some comments I had on that. But why don't you talk about one of our good friends and sponsors this week?

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I've got two top five lists from follow-up from the Field Notes ranking episode, and they show two things. One, that how everyone has just a wild variance in how much they enjoy certain editions. And two, how wrong you are about the Traveling Salesman edition. Because both of these top five contain the Traveling Salesman edition that you really dislike. And, you know, that's, you know, that's your right. You know, that's why these Field Notes are so much fun and why we talk about them so much, because there's so much to talk about. I mean, it's not just a single plain notebook, you know, that we all have the same one. You know, we all have different styles, different favorites, different ways to use them. So this list from Francis, number five, Shelterwood. You know, like I said, that doesn't surprise me if that's number one on a lot of people.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Number four, National Crops. Number three, County Fair. Number two, Night Sky. So that's another one that's in both of these top five, so you can appreciate that. Number one, Myke, Traveling Salesman. Love the paper, love the ledger, and where's the best in the pocket? Man. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And then we have a list from Nathan. Number five, Traveling Salesman. See? I mean, that's a popular edition. Number four, Night Sky. Number three, Day Game, especially the white red. I think that book makes that set. The other two, the green and the brown ones are good. That white one is exceptional. And if it wasn't for that, that white one, that three-pack would rank a lot lower. But a lot of people, including myself, rave about that white-red edition.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, I love it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' As just being one of the single best editions that they've ever made. Single best covers.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think the other colors are pretty much throwaway. Like, they're not really that interesting.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, they don't really get you going like the white and red. And then number two, Drink Local, which I'm all behind that. And number one, Ambition. So, you know, that's another really solid list. I mean, what do you have to say about these people who love the Traveling Salesman? Do they have problems? Who's right, you or them?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, no, I'm definitely right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' See, we're all right in Field Notes. That's what makes it fun. So, we're all right. And now we got a new user of the Field Notes that just tweeted me. And I want you to look at this picture from Morgan on Twitter. I'm not going to attempt to pronounce his Twitter handle. Look at the destruction. He says, first Field Notes down. Hopefully, the next one holds up better. We'll have this in the show notes. I've never seen this one. I've never seen a Field Notes this destroyed that didn't have duct tape on it. I've seen tons with duct tape on them, right? Because the covers, I mean, this is what they're for. They're going to break down. They're going to wear. They're going to come off the staples. They're going to rip. And I've seen all kinds with duct tape, you know, binding. Morgan didn't go that route. He just sucked it up and just kept plugging away and kept using it. This is the single most destroyed Field Notes I've ever seen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. It's impressive. Yeah. Morgan's got some skills.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. You don't get that out of normal use, but you get that out of hardcore usage. And I like it. Well, I mean, his Twitter icon is Dave Mustaine. So hardcore appears to be up Morgan's alley. So I thought that was a great picture. So the Twitter was all abuzz the past two days, maybe. Maybe three days. I really don't know what day it is when you have that holiday and days off and weekends. I'm really like at a complete loss for really what day it is. But in the past several days, I've had two things pop up in my Twitter feed and my Instagram feed that are like of the Oh Baby variety. The first one is the Lamy AL Star, the 2015 special edition. So for the Safari and the AL Star and even the studio, they make a special color every year, usually. And last year was that bluish green AL Star that I never really got into. I didn't even bother ordering one. This year, it's the AL Star Copper Orange. It looks like this is going to be the year of the orange pen, Myke. So not only is the AL Star Copper Orange, it looks like the TWSBI 580 Aluminum Orange, to be honest.

'''Myke Hurley:''' If you look, this is a... A matching ink.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's what I was about to say. This is something that they've never done. This link's on Fanta Plumo. It's a Dutch pen site, and that's where all the links I got, everyone was sending me this weekend. So not only do they have this AL Star pen, they have a Copper Orange Special Edition with matching ink color, and they show these little orange Lamy cartridges. That's super interesting. They've never done that before. And they don't have an orange ink in their standard ink lineup. They don't have a wide range of inks anyway. I think maybe six colors if you're lucky. So that's kind of neat. It'd be interesting to see if they're going to come out with this orange ink as a standard thing, or you're only going to be able to get these orange ink cartridges during the time that the AL Star is available. So, you know, when they do the limited editions, they make X amount, and when they sell them out, they're gone. I mean, it's a huge, huge amount. You don't have to rush out and get them. They'll be available probably all through the next year, and you can still get last year's edition, I'm sure, at some places. So, you know, it's not like a super limited edition. But when they sell out, they are gone. So what do you think about that color?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's a nice color. I like my orange is a bit brighter.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Same.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But it looks good, though.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I think it does look really good. It looks good with the black section. And, you know, as good as it looks, it doesn't look good as this next pen mic. And I can't repeat on air what I wrote in the document for this. I have a little header listed above this. I love this link, above this link. If you're into the internet meme thing, just picture... Oh, I just went blank.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Jonah Hill. Jonah Hill. Picture Jonah Hill in Superbad. And he has a very famous phrase in that. And you can picture where I wrote in the document on this. Have you clicked this link, Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I saw it when you tweeted about it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So this is a Nibs.com special. It's a Sailor Pro Gear Rialo Red and Black Limited Edition. It looks orange, though. It's this orangish red that's a very classic fountain pen color. There's a Parker Duo Fold, which is a pen that I've always enjoyed looking at. Made in the early 1930s, 1940s, when Parker was really getting off the ground. And it's almost this exact same reddish-orange color. This pen is straight up beautiful. I've stared at this for way longer than I should have. I can't pull the trigger on it, though. It's just... It's too much too soon. It's a $500 pen. It's beautiful. It's awesome. I would love to own one. But it's just too much. Too much money right now. I'm trying to... I need to work on... We'll talk about it maybe next week. We'll talk about a few of our stationary resolutions for next year. And one of mine is to refine the fountain pen collection. I just don't need to be adding right now when I'm trying to manage it. You know, maybe I'll regret it in a year. There's only 88 of these models made.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know, but there'll be other pens another day, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Yeah, there will be. I mean, it's very nice. It's not, for me, $495 of nice.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.