Editing The Pen Addict 309/transcript (section)

== Notebook Size ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know what would make me buy one of these? A4.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, yeah. A giant, if I could buy a giant size one, like, they have A6, they have two sizes of A6 and two sizes of A5, which makes no sense to me. But, anyway, they're all different. If they had A4, I might consider buying one of these. Well, maybe, like, sketchbook size. Yeah. Maybe. I have A5 notebooks coming out my ears. So, I'll be interested. If anyone latches onto this campaign, I'd be interested to see how these notebooks are. And maybe it's something, you know, I can just pick up after the campaign's over. So, speaking of notebooks, Myke, did you know that the Kakuyo Sokuro Yacho is the OG field notes?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I didn't know. I do now. But I didn't.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Have you ever seen these? Have you ever seen these before?

'''Myke Hurley:''' No. Well, I wouldn't know because they don't really stand out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They're so plain, right? So, this is an old school. I've seen this notebook several times. I've actually had one. And I've had one sent to me years ago saying, hey, this is what we've used in Japan for years as just a pocket notebook. It's got a hard cover. It's very thin. We use it when we're out and about. You can use it standing up because it's got the cover to, you know, have a good backing when you're writing without a desk. And it's very thin. So, it can fit in any pocket, you know, pants pocket, shirt pocket. It can fit in a purse, a bag, a backpack. It's just super functional. It's got really great paper. And it's rather inexpensive for what it is. And I just thought I'd point this out. So, we did the MyBun collaboration. You know, I was just thinking about this the other day.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I was like, what happened to that? Because the posts are not incredibly frequent, right? But I was happy to see this. One a month. Okay. That must be why it slipped out in my brain. I was like, I feel like I haven't seen a MyBun article in the pen addict in a bit. I love this. I'm so happy that you're all doing this together because it really brings stuff like this to the floor, which is things that we wouldn't see otherwise, right? Because, as I said, me and you don't know to look for them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. So, people have been asking me where to buy these. And the only place I've found them, at least in the U.S. market, is from Nanami Paper. We'll put the link in the show notes. Yep. So, you get a three-pack for $10.50. That's nothing. And they're only like 40-page books or something like that. How much does it say the page number? Yeah, 40 sheets. So, yeah. It's a really tiny, thin book. But it's the same price as, you know, regular Field Notes or a regular NotCo, you know, three-pack of pocket notebooks. So, it's really, really neat. And this is what, you know, was used for not just notes, but this was like the engineering and surveying notebook, you know, back in the day when that was the common task, when all your inputs weren't going right into some digital device. This was the device that captured all these things. And it's good to see this continue the tradition of this very, very interesting book. And I think, if I remember talking to Bruce at one point, I think you can customize these, like if you order enough. So, that might be something I have to do one of these days for the pen addict shop. I don't know how much it would cost or, you know, if I have to order 10,000 of them or something stupid like that. But I think you can get custom stamping because it's just a green cover. You know, it looks like a military notebook with a gold foil stamp on the cover that just says sketchbook. But they have different paper formats on the inside. So, very, very cool product. So, I wanted to make sure to point that out even if you've already read it on the blog. I just wanted to make sure if you hadn't seen this article, go and check it out because it's a part of the stationary history, at least in Japan. That's a great product.

'''Myke Hurley:''' There's so much shade on this NAMI website. It's almost dripping off the page. They're throwing so much. Do you want to hear this line? Why settle for one of those marketing-driven, staple-bound, faux-cool pocket notebooks when you can have the real thing with 60% more paper for your dollar to boot? The shade. Yeah. The shade. Recognize. Wow. Get them, NAMI. Poof. Wrecked. Fight. Street fight in the... That's wild, man. They really got it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I didn't read that. Yeah. I'm going to have to check their math. I'm not sure that math is correct.

'''Myke Hurley:''' 60% is... That is very bold.