Editing The Pen Addict 134/transcript (section)

== Draplin Ted Talk ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, by the way, whilst we're talking about this, I watched the Draplin Ted talk. Yeah. That we spoke about last week. Sure. Loved. I loved it. Have you seen it? Yeah. Making it in the little leagues. I'll put it back in the show notes again in case anybody missed it, but, oh, really, really loved it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. He, it's, he does a really good job. And the whole video is just really cool. Very cool. Number 17 in the field notes top 25 is packet of sunshine.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This was, I don't know if it was the first, but it, it, it really stepped the game up on what they included with the colors additions. So this was almost known for the sunflower seeds packet that they sent with the notebooks more so than the notebooks. And that's kind of the case because all the notebooks are very similar. All the color, they have, the yellow color cover is the same. And then they have different ink colors printing on the outside, green, orange, and red, I believe. I'm not staring right at them, but it ended up being just kind of a blah addition as far as usefulness goes. I mean, it's just kind of there. I mean, it's cool how they did the, the sunflower seed packs and actually have that pack still sitting in there in my, in my storage of my field notes. But the, the packet of sunshine book itself has never been all that useful to me. Number 16 is the arts and sciences edition.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What is wrong with you?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What is wrong with me is there are lots of awesome field notes editions.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Weren't we talking about how awesome these were like two weeks ago?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So when you start to put together a list, then you start to realize there's only so far it can move up the list. It's a pain. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you should, you should see some of the ones that don't even crack the top 10, Myke. It's amazing. It's that's like as far up as I could put it just because there's other editions that are that good. I mean, the middle range of this top 25 list is loaded with just epic releases that are just great. But that's just, that's a testament to field notes. They make so many awesome editions that that's what happens. Arts and sciences is 16th out of 25 and it's one of the coolest editions yet. I love the, a lot of people didn't like the, the larger size. I think it's a great size. It, it would have ranked higher if we didn't, for me, if it didn't have the line version, if they were both graph or grid or some other thing like that, because I don't use the line version. I actually traded my line versions, my arts versions for more science versions. So yeah, it's, that's exactly. The great thing about the art. You hit the nail on the head, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The arts one has the plain paper too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, they both have plain left hand side. Yeah. Yeah. And they have.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm sorry. I'm literally using one right now. That's an art.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What a great, what a great addition that is. And that's, I mean, you hit the nail on the head. That's how hard it is to, to rank these things because you look at that addition and I could go use that addition right now and just love every second of it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I will be so sad when I run out of these. It's on my list to buy more because I, I've said this before that I, they are the books that I use to take notes when I'm recording because they're big and they open flat and they're just perfect. I love the arts and sciences. It would go very high up my list. This is top five.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think. Yeah. This edition is tracking towards a stock edition, in my opinion.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I really hope just any, any book of that size. I think the Starbucks thing shows that they're interested in making more of this size. I really, really hope they do.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep, exactly. I couldn't agree more. Number 15. And this is sure to draw some ire. Unexposed. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't know what's going on with you anymore. You are like a weird human. Again. I love this. Again. We were talking about how much we love these editions. Did you say something about the covers though? You didn't?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, I like the covers. I think some people were complaining that they crack a little more and a little bit less durable. I haven't had that problem.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, I'm good. I'm good with the cover breakdown. And actually, I'm good with any of these if they cover rips or anything like that because, I mean, they're getting, they're getting carried in rough places, you know, like a back pocket or just getting, you know, thrown around a desk and carried. So, yeah, I'm good with that. Throw some duct tape on it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I always believe that field notes are more beautiful when they're used. Totally. When they don't shut properly and the covers are worn and they're cracking and they've got pages ripped out. That is, yeah, they are more beautiful when used, I think, by far. I can't think of any edition that has looked worse as it's been used. It's actually one, like, even though I don't like the paper of the Cold Horizon, it ages the best. Like, it cracks and you see the white through it and a lot of people don't like that. But I love that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep, I do too. And the Expedition edition, for those that use it, actually wears really well because it doesn't break or crack. Like, it just kind of slowly fades off the front cover just from, like, a rub fade. Like, if you can, and the white comes through from the plastic covers, it actually looks pretty good.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Let me tell you, that's one of the great things about Shelterwood. It doesn't really, you don't really age it, but you can manipulate it. Yes. You can bend it and it stays. Yeah. That's a really nice one to use. Although it can be a little bit frustrating sometimes because it refuses to close, but I think I, you know, why should I put something on top of it? Job done.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. So this is, maybe when we do the top 50 list, you know, four, five years from now, Shelterwood will continue to climb up the charts for me. I hope so. But yeah, are you mad because Unexposed isn't a rank high enough?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I am mad. I think it's a fantastic edition because it has the soft touch covers, which is one of mine and yours' favorite things. And they're these super bright colors and it had a real nice gimmick to it. And I love the little envelopes that they come in.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. So, yeah, that's, yeah, like I said, it's a testament to Field Notes how good all these editions are. It's number four.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, I'm not letting you off. Do you have a reason for why it ranks lower than some of the others?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, just wait till I say these. I mean, it's unbelievable. The ones, this, like I said, this is, if I had to compare them side by side, which one would I pick up first? And then that's kind of how I thought out these rankings. It's super hard. I mean, just, yeah, just wait till these, I mean, all the names that we haven't gotten to, I would use before I use Unexposed Edition.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But what I would say is as well, like if, hopefully you have already by now, but in the show notes, there's a Field Notes, Carlos Limited Edition Memo Books is one of the links. The show notes are at relay.fm slash penaddict slash 134. So you'd be looking at that, looking at what they look like in case you've never seen some of these before. Yeah, for sure. They're all listed on one page. Yeah, so you can just scroll up and down the page. I've got that link in the show notes. Right, it looks like we're about to turn a corner. So before we do, let's take a quick break and thank our friends over at Pen Chalet. Pen Chalet sell authentic, amazing rollables, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils, and so much more. They have all of your favorite brands like Pelican, Lamy, Pilot, Namiki, Sailor, and Kaweco. They're an authorized dealer of all of them. They give you very fast and super reliable customer service. They've always got great discounts going on. They have closeout specials as well where you can get some great deals. They're always adding new stuff all the time, new pens every single month. Over the time that we've known them, you can kind of just see how that catalog is growing and they became like a Kaweco dealer. Oh, it's fantastic. As I mentioned earlier, they have all these great brands and they have all these great pens, but they also have loads of accessories too, like carrying cases, pen holders, refills, fountain pen converters, and so much more. They will give you free shipping on orders of over 50 bucks in the United States, but they also sell internationally as well with very reasonable shipping rates. Pen Chalet has low prices on high quality pens and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So go to penchalet.com and use the code penaddict to save 10% off your order and click the podcast link at the top of the website and enter the password penaddict for even more savings as well as your 10% off. And this week's deals are fantastic. There's more than one this time. We have some fantastic deals on the Conklin Stylograph. We have the Platinum 3776 Century Fountain Pens. Kaweco Classic. You can get it for $16.88 after the coupon. The Kaweco Dyer 2 is also in there. There's some fantastic deals this week with pens that are 25% to 50% off. So make sure that you go to penchalet.com and enter the penaddict code when you click the podcast link at the top. You're going to find some fantastic deals you should be going to check out. There's a bunch this week for penaddict listeners.