The Erasable Podcast

Tim, Johnny and Andy

From literature to carpentry, accounting to space travel, the wooden pencil and its ancestors have undeniably been at the center of creation and innovation for centuries. Join Johnny, Tim and Andy on the Erasable Podcast as they discuss and pay homage to these seemingly simple tools of human expression. Hosted by Johnny Gamber, Tim Wasem and Andy Welfle.

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Episode 173: Unconvincing Wigs

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11/17/21 • 53 min

This week, we’re looking back on 2021 and talking about what we’re most thankful for — both within the stationery community, and beyond. Plus, we take a look at some of the newest Blackwing X collabs, a few of the new Musgrave stuff, and a discussion around Wes Anderson’s new movie, which might be peak Wes Andserson.

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Erasable Patreon

The French Dispatch

The Searcher

The War on Drugs I Don’t Live Here Anymore

Poems of Gratitude

The Long Call

Dopesick

The Next Thing You Eat

Axiom’s End

Biden and “I, Pencil”

Blackwing x Preservation Hall

Blackwing Composition Book

Rhodia Composition Books at Gentleman Stationer

Pencil Revolution Press Stationery

Musgrave Notebook

Musgrave Factory Seconds

Draplin x Freewaters Slippers

Canon Pixma G6020

Your Hosts

Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution

Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle

Tim Wasem
@TimWasem

Episode 189: Harvesting Fresh Points

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11/10/22 • -1 min

Episode 207: The Old Country Buffet of the Mind

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02/14/24 • 93 min

Andy is back from the other side of the globe, where he visited Japan looking for adventures —and stationery! Tonight, Johnny and Tim team up to grill Andy about his trip, and best yet — they’re in the same room!

If you’re a Patreon member at any level, you can watch video of this episode at patreon.com/erasable.

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Photos from Andy’s trip

Erasable Patreon

Pencil, by Carol Beggy

Shift Happens by Marchin Wichary

Blue Lights

How to ADHD

Your Hosts

Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution@pencilution

Andy Welfle
Woodclinched@awelfle

Tim Wasem
@TimWasem

Episode 56: For Rosie (or, Fresh Points of Bel Aire, Part 5)

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07/15/16 • 69 min

Johnny's not with us today, but he has a good excuse. Instead, we're honored to be joined by Caitlin Elgin, a genuine Pencil Lady from Pencils.com. We're just talking about our Fresh Points, including a discussion about the new Blackwing Volume 56 (for our 56th episode — coincidence?!), Write Notepad's edition, an update to the CW Pencil shop and a shipment of bright, shiny Indian pencils.

Episode 22: I Got One Note in My Pocket

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01/18/15 • 91 min

Tonight Andy, Johnny and Tim venture into Paper Territory. We are proud to present our first Paper Episode, in which we discuss the seemingly ubiquitous softcover pocket notebook. Which have the best paper for graphite? Which have the most durable covers? The best bindings? Listen up to find out. You might find your new favorite pocket paper.

Episode 21: Bullet (Pencil) in the Blue Sky

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01/07/15 • 91 min

In the first episode of 2015, your hosts wax nostalgic about 2014 -- the year of the bullet pencil -- and also look forward to what the new year holds for pencildom. They discuss their holiday hauls, the new Field Notes Roastery edition and more.

Episode 20: The Big Two-Oh

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12/10/14 • 70 min

In this, the twentieth episode of your favorite podcast, Andy, Tim and Johnny give you three weeks of Fresh Points to make up for our short absence. We wax nostalgic at this small milestone in our Collective Podcasting Career, and talk about our Short Lists for the holidays. Don’t miss this one.

Episode 3: Indepen(cil)dance Day

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03/31/14 • 52 min

Happy National Pencil Day! It was this day in, 1858, 156 years ago, that Hyman Lipman patented the first pencil with its own eraser. To celebrate, we’re breaking our usual bi-weekly format to bring you a special “live” episode. (We can’t, of course, really go live, but we can post it right away without editing.) Rather than a “main topic”, we’ll just cover a few pencil points, and then draw winners for our giveaway!

Episode 146: Pencils My Grandmother Had (with special guest Dave T from Pencil Fodder)

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07/30/20 • 89 min

Tonight, we are time traveling: through three times zones and far into the past. Dave T from Pencil Fodder joins us for a discussion of vintage pencils and maybe even how modern pencil manufacturers can learn from what older makers got right.

This episode is sponsored by Notegeist, an online purveyor of fine stationery. Through August 5, use the coupon code ERASABLE146 to save 10% off your order. For your order of $30 or more, you’ll get a free Unemployed Philosopher’s Guild notecard.

Show notes and links

Notegeist Online Stationery Shop

Erasable Patreon

Pencil Fodder

Work Notes - Endless Recorder

Write Notepads Lenore

Tombow Mono 100 ‘fashion’ blue cap model (HB)

Pentel Black Polymer 999 Alpha (HB)

Montblanc Meisterstück Le Petit Prince LeGrand Fountain Pen - Medium nib

Montblanc Royal Blue ink

Dubliners

Anton Chekhov - Five Plays

Broadchurch season 1 (rewatching)

Lenox Hill

1984

Ahmad Jamal Trio (street food, taste the nation)

Blackwing Era

Moleskine Two-Go

The Crown

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

The Poetry Home Repair Manual

Birds, Beasts and Relatives (Corfu trilogy #2)

The English Game

USCO 486 No. 2

Our Guest

Dave T
Pencil Fodder

Your Hosts

Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution

Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle

Tim Wasem
@TimWasem

Episode 169: Bust Out the Bone Folder

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09/09/21 • 69 min

Paper is paper, right? Well, only if you think that pencils are pencils. In this week’s episode, your hosts talk about Unicorn Paper — that special formulation that works well with both pencils and fountain pens. Plus: we discuss our LEAST favorite pencil, and Tim makes us write with them all week to discuss in our next episode.

Show Notes & Links

Only Murders in the Building

Mable John

Franny and Zooey

Musgrave Tennessee Round

Musgrave Greenbelt

Pencil Revolution #20

Plotter system