#284 - Scott Johnson of Musgrave Pencil
Modern Craftsman
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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Musgrave Pencil is a 100-year-old American-made pencil company out of Shelbyville, Tennessee. We learn about the craftsmanship and entrepreneurship behind their custom pencil business. We also gain insight into the 3 billion dollar pencil industry that is actually growing.
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| 0:00.0 | Tyler, we have a new product on our website and we have the guy that's in charge of making them on the |
| 0:11.1 | website. Is it on our website? Yeah, it is. Are you sure? Yes. Tyler, don't ruin the fact that I'm |
| 0:18.3 | saying this ahead of it being on our website. Oh, okay, that makes more sense because I've |
| 0:25.3 | ruined it, but it's on our website now. Guys, six years of doing this and he still doesn't realize |
| 0:30.7 | that this isn't live because I was looking it up today and I was like, damn, they're not on the |
| 0:37.2 | website yet. I was talking about it during my other podcast and I was like, no, they're not up yet |
| 0:41.9 | because I was excited to speak with Scott and I was like, we're recording a podcast later today |
| 0:47.4 | with Scott from Musgrave, a pencil company and I was like, yeah, I think we're going to have him |
| 0:52.4 | on our website soon. I pulled it out and was like, damn, they're not up there yet. But they will be |
| 1:01.0 | so we brought Scott on, you know, high quality American made pencil company in Tennessee. |
| 1:08.7 | And we talked right to the point. A lot of dad jokes in this one. But I think what is the most |
| 1:17.8 | interesting and I think relatable part of this conversation is the balance between creating |
| 1:23.9 | efficiency and production and, you know, celebrating the romanticism of handmade. And I think that's |
| 1:33.5 | something that we all face as a challenge in a business, especially a small business that is |
| 1:40.6 | service oriented. So I enjoy the conversation and if you guys want pencils, make sure you head |
| 1:45.5 | over to the website because they are up there and we have a limited amount and we will expect to |
| 1:50.8 | sell them out. Yeah, we better sell them out and then we'll order more. Tyler, you got to create |
| 1:58.7 | demand. You got to tell me that they're never going to be ordered again. They're never going |
| 2:03.3 | to be ordered. Well, listen, we're going to make carpenter pencils next time. Well, now you bet, |
| 2:08.3 | now you got that was the punch line. Oh, sorry. I'm very, listen, I'm going to be completely |
| 2:16.7 | honest with you right now. I'm extremely preoccupied. You'll hear about this all, all podcasts, |
| 2:23.5 | but I'm still on their website and I'm looking at all these products. So you're speaking to me and |
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