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

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