Ancicraft Leather Journal Lined Craft Paper A5 Vintage Diary Notebook Planner Refillable 6-ring Binder (Dark brown simple strap A5)

Just got my new journal. It looks and feels amazing. I was worried about the clasp being loose and not holding the covers together, but there's no problems with that happening. It's a tight, snug fit.The leather covers are very floppy, so they don't provide any support if you're wanting to write without a table. It comes with card stock pages at the front/back of the pages. I don't see this solving all support problems, so I can see myself needing to buy heavier card stock or more card stock for the ends to make stronger support.You can flip the front of the book all the way back, but I wouldn't put too much pressure on it. I don't see a problem with the construction and the book falling apart, but the leather would definitely crease.I can't speak to the paper because I'm changing the paper from lined to dotted grid. One thing I could see being annoying is that the lines are wide-ruled. If you hate wide-ruled pages as much as I do, then I'd buy A5 paper from somewhere else. The A5 paper I bought fit perfectly, so you shouldn't have any problems getting a standard A5 size.Overall, I'm incredibly excited to trick this journal out and start writing!

To start off, it's very nice, the leather is nice and soft and the paper seems like a pretty good quality. I liked the feel of the leather and the way it looked, but it's a SOFT leather, meaning that if you're looking for a hard leather covered journal, this is not it. Don't get me wrong, it was very nice, but I was looking for a journal that was leather and was hard covered, when I saw this I thought that's what it was, but when I got it, I was disappointed, because to me it's more like a paper cover than a real journal. It's a piece of leather about 14" long by 6" tall with a binder riveted in the middle and a loop on the over and a piece to go into the loop on the other side. So to me, not really worth the 92 dollars, but if that's what you're looking for, then hey good for you because like I said, it was a pretty nice journal, it just wasn't for me is all.

The notebook looks really nice, but unfortunately bleeds on all my stuff. If I'm taking notes in a meeting and sit the planner on my lap, I can expect to have a brown stain on my clothes where it was resting. When I store it in my bag, I have to make sure not to put any papers or documents in the same pocket or they come out greasy and covered in brown splotches. Not really worth it if I can't carry it or use it without getting stains. Luckily the stains seem to wash out of clothes.I'm disappointed with this purchase, and would not purchase it again.

I ordered this item about 4 months ago. The journal was very nice, cover was smooth leather and I loved the older style paper.

I've had several leather journals in the past. This one was very poor quality. Even the paper inside was bad.

The quality was great

Lovely soft leather cover with a worn look - just perfect as a birthday gift for a journalist friend. The packaging in brown paper and a recycled box was a nice touch. The writing paper, however, is rather too yellowed and coarse for my liking, but the recipient was happy, which is all that matters I suppose.

Looks great