Category: notebook

Word Notebooks Review

23 July 2015 By ian

The Word notebook is a 48 page pocket notebook (3.5″ by 5.5”) available with a range of different colours in packs of three. This one was sent to me by Pocket Notebooks. Pocket Notebooks is a new company selling a good range of notebooks that also offers a subscription based notebook service in the UK. […]

Chroma Nebraska Notebook Review

2 July 2015 By ian

Chroma Stationery make a selection of A5 notebooks, perfect bound (like this one – glued) or spiral bound. The one I’m reviewing is the Nebraska: 50 pages of uncoated 80gsm paper (plain or lined) and thick card cover, for £8.50. The paper is quite good. There’s virtually no feathering. In my tests, the broad Vanishing […]

Leuchtturm1917 Whitelines Notebook Review

4 June 2015 By ian

The Leuchtturm1917 Whitelines notebook is a hardbacked A5 sized notebook with 250 pages. It costs about £11 in the UK and about $20 in the USA. I was sent this notebook by a new UK based company called StudioAlt. StudioAlt aim to bring analogue tools to the digital world and the Whitelines notebook couldn’t be […]

Minimal Sketchkit

27 May 2015 By ian

Here’s what I carry with me in my pockets wherever I go, so I can take any opportunity there is to draw. It’s a Calepino notebook in a Davis Leatherworks cover, with a Kaweco Liliput (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-Same) and a Kaweco Brass Sketch Up clutch pencil. The notebook suits me because it handles […]

Furrow Book Notebook Review

21 May 2015 By ian

The Furrow Book is made by the Zeller Writing Co. and available direct from them. It’s available in two sizes – roughly A5 and A6 (Field Notes size) and two colours: “Great Plains” (white) and “Founding Supporter” (blackish). The A5/large size is available in a two-pack for $11.99 and the pocket size is available in […]