730: Yummy Go Bananas

Brad is back from Japan and has so much to shape we couldn’t fit it into one episode! He goes over many parts of his trip, including an interesting visit to Itoya that still has him thinking.

It’s the episode before Japan! Brad leaves next week for Tokyo and shares some of his plans. What stationery will be involved? Tune in to hear all of the details!

With stationery prices rising, what products are backfilling the price point gaps? Brad and Myke also break down a Wirecutter list, and ask for your input on Brad’s Japan trip.

Brad and Myke are back from the Podcastathon in Memphis and catch up on all the latest and greatest pen releases. Plus, LAMY rumor mill!

Brad is joined this week by St. Jude Fundraiser extraordinaire Robb Knight to discuss our ongoing campaigns, the art of finishing a notebook, and our updated Analog(ue) Defaults.

There’s a new Kuru Toga Dive in town, and Brad is here to tell you all about it. He and Myke cover that, an interesting new Kickstarter, and are asked to give advice on the various stages of the stationery hobby.

Listen up LAMY! You can just drop neonorange in some mid-level ballpoint pen and not in the Safari lineup. We expected this to be corrected, with haste. Brad and Myke also discuss what they are using, and some journaling conundrums each are having.

The real uniball undercover agent appears on this episode, and for once it’s not Brad! Myke has new pens, and Brad has thoughts on the current state of the fountain pen market.

There are new pens and products to be seen and discussed this week, but will you see any of them at your local Pelikan Hub? Who can say.

The Endless Maze Fountain Pen arrived on Brad’s desk, it’s Hobonichi SZN, and Myke enjoys fruit. There’s a lot of great stationery chat this week - come join us!