Editing The Pen Addict 42/transcript (section)

== Blackwing Pencil ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' He even threw in a Blackwing pencil and a Sarasa clip in my package.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, same here. Same here. I got that too. I forgot about that. I love those pencils. I mean, I'm not a pencil guy at all. And I've talked to some of my pencil friends. And that's another episode down the line that we've talked about doing a woodcase pencil. That is an awesome pencil.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't want to ever use it. I think it looks stunning. I don't want to ever use it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' If you took that to work one day and committed to that and not using any of your other pens or fountain pens, just use that pencil all day, you would be very happy. I promise you. Really? It's really good. It's a good pencil.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's very interesting to say that. That's a very – yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's got a very different feel to it. And I enjoyed writing with it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't want to use it. This is something about it. It just looks fantastic.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. So thank you, Topher. That was great. I know we both really appreciate that. And I'm sure the other people that you sent some out to greatly appreciate it as well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Indeed. Indeed. So shall we talk about Squarespace and come back? Do you know we're already half an hour in? Good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. We probably got another half an hour of just rambling. So yeah, let's do it.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, I'm completely jacked about this product. You know, we've talked for a long time about, you know, me getting into the pen business and things like that. And, you know, let's just say, you know, I'm never going to be a full-on store, at least not anytime soon. But I've always wanted to get into a few things, and this definitely has the wheels turning. Let's just say many emails have been sent and many sketches have been done. And it's all because Squarespace launched this product. And I didn't see it coming. And I knew there was something coming, an announcement coming. And when it came, I was really taken aback by it. I was like, oh, my God, this is perfect.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I didn't see this coming. This is incredible.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't have it turned on or active yet. But give me a few months, and we'll see. I'm pretty excited about it.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so we're going to continue on the Field Notes bandwagon, and we're going to do a live package opening here. Because I've got – I made another trade with the same lady I made a trade with a few weeks back where I got that purple XOXO edition. And that orange DDC design factory floor and the Renegade Pencils one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All the ones that we were very jealous about.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so I talked to her, and I had a couple more editions she wanted. I had the Balsam Fur, the original Colors Edition Balsam Fur. And I want to circle back on that, Myke, so don't let me forget that I need to make a comment on that, and I will. And the Threadless – there was a – the T-shirt company Threadless did a special edition where they had grids, and they kind of overlaid like a little T-shirt logo. So you could do your T-shirt designs on there. So I had a pack of that. She wanted both of those. So I traded her. She sent me – I know I've got – I'm trying to remember what I traded her, which is why I just got this out the mailbox before the episode, literally five minutes. I said, well, I'll just wait and hold this and open it on there because there's something in here that I hope is in here that I'm going to be pretty excited about if it's in here. So hang on. I'm literally cutting open the envelope as we speak. I'm pretty sure there's some Mackinac Autumn in here, which I'm happy about. But there's something else that I hope I'm going to find.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Let's see here. Anticipation.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know. Sorry. It's very excellent packaging here. Let's see.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm getting there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This is exciting radio. I'm very excited, actually.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is the most elaborate packaging system of all time.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, there we go. I got it. So what I have in my grubby little hands, aside from the Mackinac Autumn, I have a single Butcher Orange and a single Butcher Blue Field Notes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Wow. These are pretty cool. Wow. These are pretty cool. That's awesome. So they're the first two, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. 2009 Field Notes brand special Butcher Extra Blue edition of 1500.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' 1500? And the orange is a Butcher Orange limited retail edition of 3000. So that's pretty awesome.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You got the original of the blue and the retail edition of the orange. Yep. That's awesome, man.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's awesome. And she also sent me a Raven's Wing, which we didn't even discuss, which, you know what? Mr. Hackett, if you're listening to this podcast, I will send that to you, sir.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, look at you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Because I did not know that was coming, did not expect it. And I know he would like one of these, so I will send that to him. Well, cool. That's awesome. She said she was going to surprise me, and I kind of knew what was coming, and she generally told me. But, you know, since I've never seen them, I've never had one in my hands, so I'm pretty happy with this. So thank you, Pauline. That's pretty cool. So will you use those? I will not use those. No. For sure. I will for sure not use those.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I've been thinking about, like, as I collect my free packs, just to at least keep one of each. I'll use. And I wish I would have done that, because I have some Norvalese, and I think that you sent me, and I've used them both, and I wish I wouldn't have done that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I kind of came to that realization late in the game, where I never ordered less than two, three packs. So, I mean, you know, the idea behind these is to use them to write things down.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, but if you've got a couple, like, you sent me two of them, and I used them both first, because I loved the way that they looked. But now, I wish I would have at least kept one of them. And then, you know, so I just will always have one of each edition as just part of, to build my own personal collection. Yep. Because I now have, I have stacks of these books all over my desk now. Exactly. Exactly. I shot a little Vine video, which I'll put in the show notes, too, of my collection. But this was before I got the Raven's Wing, so.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so should I do Vine? I've been avoiding it for, like, I just don't need another time suck. But, like, for things like showing off a new pen or a notebook, it's awfully dang convenient.

'''Myke Hurley:''' For that, yes, there could be some benefit to it. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know. I've been avoiding it on purpose. I mean, it's not. I don't have time for lots of things, and that's probably one of them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's nothing sort of crazy, to be honest. It's a bit like, you know, whatever.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, maybe I'll give it a shot. We'll see. Maybe I'll do something with these new field notes. Yes. So I said, let me get back to the balsam fir.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And this isn't specifically for the balsam fir, but it's something I've been tracking over the last few weeks. Ever since we first started talking about the field notes special editions, I guess back in December, we did our field notes episode. And then field notes themselves came out a few weeks back, you know, with their own videos going through each different release over the years since they first started doing the color subscriptions. In the past, I'd say the past three or four weeks, maybe even longer, I've been tracking the eBay auctions for field notes. You know, and back in December, there was nothing coming up. None of the out-of-print editions, none of the rare editions, anything. You know, there might be something once in a blue moon, you know, like a packet of sunshine will show up and, you know, we'd get a few bids and it would sell. And then, you know, a northerly edition might pop up. I mean, this is like once every two or three weeks, something might show up. Now, all of a sudden, it's full bore, out-of-print editions left and right, and they're going for pretty good money. I mean, there's hardly one that goes by that's not going for $50 for a three-pack.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I've just gone on eBay here, ebay.co.uk. And the Neon ones?