The Erasable Podcast

From literature to carpentry, accounting to space travel, the wood-cased 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.

The Erasable Podcast is a games podcast hosted by Tim, Johnny and Andy, with 242 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Tim, Johnny and Andy hosts The Erasable Podcast, a games show with 242 episodes published.

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  Episode #242

  Episode 242: Ren Faire LARPing (Pencil Primer, Part 3)

  Sep 20, 202653 min

  The Pencil Primer returns with part three: the other end of the pencil. We trace the eraser from stale bread crumbs to Goodyear's vulcanized rubber to Hymen Lipman's well-timed patent sale, then get into ferrules — wartime plastic ones, the Blackwing's famous clip, and why American pencils wear erasers while Japanese and German ones mostly don't. But first: Andy falls down a Carter Family rabbit hole, Johnny finds a forest green ink and an all-black Musgrave Ceres, and Tim awaits Blackwing's new Telecaster pencil. Show Notes & Links Show notes Erasable episode 237: Pencil Primer, Part 1 Erasable episode 240: Pencil Primer, Part 2 Lost Weekend by Phoebe Bridgers Trio by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris Trio II The Johnny Cash Show The Carter Family Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns Birthplace of Country Music Museum Field Notes Explore America: Northern California Penco Bullet Ballpoint Pen Light The Gentlemen (series) The Gentlemen (film) Grantchester The Vicar of Dibley The Art of the Fold by Hedi Kyle and Ulla Warchol Asvine C80 Jacques Herbin Vert Forêt ink General's Cedar Pointe Paper Mate EarthWrite John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger Tires Pilot Metropolitan Pilot Plumix Diamine Aurora Borealis ink Nahvalur Nautilus Against Convenience by Gabe Bullard Enshittification by Cory Doctorow Musgrave Ceres 909 Midnight Musgrave America250 Ceres 909 Red, White, & Blue Set Justin Ostrander on YouTube Blackwing Volume 33 1/3 Tombow 2558 Mitsubishi 9852 Blackwing x Fender Butterscotch Blonde Telecaster pencils Blackwing x Fender Butterscotch Blonde Telecaster notebook Blackwing x Fender Stratocaster pencils Blackwing Volume 725 Edward Nairne Charles Goodyear Vulcanization Kneaded eraser Will It Blend? iPhone Hymen Lipman The brief and fascinating history of WWII-era pencil ferrules Bic Evolution Uni-ball Air Tombow Mono eraser Mitsubishi 9852EW Staedtler Noris Telephone pencils in action — pencils with a tip for dialing rotary phones Supreme Court gift shop gavel pencils Hemingway Home & Museum store Sprout plantable pencils Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil The Blackwing pencil: a history Eberhard Faber Mongol Mirado Golden Bear Richard Best Futura Venus Velvet Craft Design Technology pencils Camel pencils and the integrated eraser Itoya Helvetica pencil Erasable Patreon Erasable Podcast Discord invite Your Hosts Johnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilution Andy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfle Tim Wasem @TimWasem

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  Episode #241

  Episode 241: Disney Meth

  Aug 27, 20261h 4m

  No Pencil Primer this time (part three is coming, promise) — instead, a Fresh Points extravaganza to say bye-bye to summer. Blackwing goes big with a Mickey and Friends collection and the gorgeous Frida Kahlo Volume 143, Andy's wristwatch rabbit hole deepens into designing the perfect podcaster's watch, Johnny hand-binds his kids' planners and stocks up on pastel Musgrave Ceres, and Tim shows off Sharpie Harpy art and a compendium of delightfully weird writing prompts. Plus: Hobonichi szn is upon us, the SF Pen Show, Ian Schon's new dip nib, and a tall stack of books. Patreon subscribers at any level can watch the video version. Show Notes St. Denis Medical — season 1 on Netflix, season 2 on Peacock Against Convenience by Gabe Bullard — out September 15 from Hanover Square Press; preorder it! (More at gabebullard.com ) Tom's Studio refillable fineliner pen Paper Mate InkJoy multi-pen — surprisingly good company swag The Land and Its People by David Sedaris — recorded live at his readings Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt — the octopus book, now a Netflix movie three six five: prompts, acts, divinations by Lucy Ives (Siglio Press) — Tim's beautiful, backordered book of writing exercises (three ribbons!) Field Notes: Is a River Alive? — Tim's favorite Field Notes ever, with art by Stanley Donwood for Robert Macfarlane's book Uni-ball Air Micro — Tim's pocket pen Musgrave Ceres — America 250 blue for Johnny, pastels by the gross for back to school Levenger True Writer in Sea Glass with Levenger Empyrean bottled ink ("navy blue and teal had a very beautiful baby") Hamilton Khaki Field Murph — the Interstellar watch, plus Andy's musings on military field watch dials and podcaster's-watch design Hobonichi Techo season — Weeks, Cousin, and the V&A collabs; see Yoseka Stationery's big walkthrough video San Francisco Pen Show — this weekend, bring your elbows Schon DSGN — Ian Schon's new $68 titanium dip nib, debuting at the show Blackwing x Disney Mickey and Friends collection — soft graphite, $40 a dozen Blackwing Volume 143 — the Frida Kahlo edition: saturated florals, pink metallic ferrule, teal eraser, and the best QC in years Blackwing One-Step sharpener — a big responsibility, bud Sharpie Harpy — Em Varian's Sharpie art on Etsy (you can even license a tattoo) Leuchtturm1917 — Tim's new default notebook gift for normal people Pencil Revolution Press — Johnny's handmade planners and '90s diskette journals Musgrave Test Scoring 100 — now with that sweet new ferrule Musgrave Tennessee Red pencils and the Songbird edition — remembering Dolly Parton Support the show and get video episodes: patreon.com/erasable Your Hosts Johnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilution Andy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfle Tim Wasem @TimWasem

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  Episode #240

  Episode 240: Synchronized Head Molts (Pencil Primer, Part 2)

  Aug 5, 202649 min

  The Pencil Primer returns with part two: the case of yonder pencil. We trace the wood itself — from Conté's badass eyepatch to eastern red cedar, California incense cedar, and the creeping basswood era — plus why pencils are yellow (blame a Siberian graphite strike and some questionable 19th-century marketing) and why triangular pencils are weird. But first, the summer releases: Blackwing's birding-themed Volume 458 and Field Notes' melty, paleta-inspired Paletas edition get the full review. Next time: ferrules and erasers. Patreon subscribers at any level can watch the video version. For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you’re a patron, head over to see our faces and visual examples of many of the things we discuss. And if you’re not a patron, join us at any level and you can see this and other supplemental content at any time! Show Notes & Links Blackwing Volume 458 — a tribute to birding: Clark's Grebe, Mallard, Green Jay, and Black Rail gradients ( Behind the Design ) How Blackwing Pencils Are Made — the making-of video we kept mentioning ( also on YouTube ) Field Notes Paletas — nine popsicle notebooks inspired by Paletería Los Magos in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood Field Notes: The Founding Documents Outshine popsicles — the official popsicle-flavor icebreaker Nahvalur Original Plus — new sparkly colors (plus mystery jewel-tone demonstrators spotted at the NYC stationery festival) Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-gaki ink — Andy's persimmon-orange favorite Stationery Day recaps from Brad Dowdy and friends Musgrave Tennessee Red — eastern red cedar, clear lacquer, glorious smell Musgrave Single Barrel 106 — named for Erasable episode 106 with Henry Hulan of Musgrave Pencils Past and Present — the YouTube channel reviewing the Single Barrel 106 (and lots of vintage pencils) ForestChoice — the FSC-certified incense cedar standard-bearer General's Cedar Pointe — naked cedar, as God intended Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth — where the yellow pencil (and its complicated marketing history) began Caran d'Ache Swiss Wood 348 — reportedly discontinued; pour one out (Pen Addict review; Well-Appointed Desk review ) Dixon Tri-Conderoga — Andy's triangular gateway pencil Ticonderoga Laddie — the bigger, soft-triangle one Faber-Castell Grip 2001 — triangular, six design awards, formerly bubbly grip dots

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  Episode #238

  Episode 238: No Playing Lawyer Ball

  Jun 10, 202642 min

  Andy's out this week for the best possible reason — he got married! (Congratulations, Andy and Erica! 🎉) So Johnny and Tim keep it short and sweet with a catch-up and some fresh points: Tim falls down a Blaze Foley rabbit hole and digs into a new book on heartland rock, Johnny can't stop playing No Man's Sky, and both Henries pick up guitars. Plus: Field Notes' new Explore America memo books, Musgrave's America 250 collection, a pencil-powered fire-starting experiment, and a look at this year's (sadly slim) crop of Pride stationery. We'll be back next time, Andy in tow, with Pencil Primer, Part 2. For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you’re a patron, head over to see our faces and visual examples of many of the things we discuss. And if you’re not a patron, join us at any level and you can see this and other supplemental content at any time! Show Notes & Links Erasable Patreon Erasable Podcast Discord invite Blaze Foley — Live at the Austin Outhouse Blaze (2018), Ethan Hawke's film about Blaze Foley Won't Back Down: Heartland Rock and the Fight for America by Erin Osmon Andor King of the Hill No Man's Sky A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 by Bill Bryson A Perfect Circle — "Starless" (new single) Arab Strap — "You You You" (new single + video) Field Notes Explore America memo books Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery Pencil graphite lighter video Musgrave America 250 collection Fisher Space Pen — America 250 AG7 Astronaut Pen Nahvalur Horizon Pride 2026 fountain pen The Trevor Project War by Sebastian Junger Your Hosts Johnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilution Andy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfle Tim Wasem @TimWasem

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  Episode #237

  Episode 237: Pencil Primer, Part 1

  May 11, 202659 min

  We kick off the Pencil Primer — a new series for anyone who wants to start at the beginning of pencildom. This installment traces graphite from the legendary Borrowdale lightning strike of 1564 to Nicolas-Jacques Conté's clay-and-graphite breakthrough during the Napoleonic Wars, plus the Thoreau family's role in standardizing the American pencil grade scale and a tour through HB-to-9B. Plus, Tim's into a Bill Frisell biography, Johnny's writing with a sparkly Narwhal "raspberry cheesecake" pen that looks like, uh, something else, and Andy debuts booklet.lol — a vibe-coded book tracker. Patreon subscribers can watch the video version. For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you’re a patron, head over to see our faces and visual examples of many of the things we discuss. And if you’re not a patron, join us at any level and you can see this and other supplemental content at any time! Show Notes & Links Erasable Read a transcript of this episode at Erasable Scribe Erasable Patreon Erasable Facebook group Erasable Discord invite Episode references Episode 57: “The F Bomb” Podcasts / media Drug Story r/pencils Letterkenny Books Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Pencil / stationery / book arts Cumberland Pencil Museum Nicolas-Jacques Conté (Britannica) Henry David Thoreau (Britannica) Guild of Book Workers General’s Layout Pencil STAEDTLER WOPEX Derwent Photography / camera stuff Micro Four Nerds PetaPixel Apps / sites / companies booklet.lol People / artists / companies Willie Nelson Charlie Crockett Bill Frisell JHS Pedals Your Hosts Johnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilution Andy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfle Tim Wasem @TimWasem

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