Handmade Leather Journal | Writing Diary | Bound Daily Notepad For Men & Women Unlined Paper Medium, writing pad gift for artist, sketch

This is a really nice blank book. I like the thickness and texture of the paper as well as the leather cover.

This was a really nice journal. I bought it as a father's day gift for my partner and was able to use my laser to engrave a personal message on it. He is using it as both a journal and a sketch pad. High quality paper and leather. I will definitely purchase from this seller again.

Excellent, excellent gift. I bought this for my 15-year-old granddaughter who loves to sketch, and just plain doodle. She was touched Beyond words. Perfect gift for anyone. I seldom buy anything online that is actually nicer than advertised. This was great! No disappointments.

Beautiful white paper is perfect for sketching

There are so many leather journals available on Amazon and this is one of the cheapest (lowest in price) in this B6 size. I kept thinking I should buy one of the 30+ dollar ones to make sure the quality was nice. But the quality on this one is great! It smells like new shoes, which doesn't make me mad. The leather is pliable and soft but not floppy-- not too thick or thin. I was worried it would be stiff and cardboardy-- not at all. It doesn't pull up, wrinkle, or change color when you roll it and I scratched it with my fingernail and it was very hard to leave a scuff mark.The paper is thick and just what I expected for this kind of journal. I tugged on the signatures and they seem sturdy. There is some slight staining on the pages where the signatures are tied in the middle, but it doesn't bother me as I expect that sort of quirk/imperfection in a handmade good.I opted for this one over another even lower priced one because the signatures are sewn in with what looks to be waxed linen and I thought that would hold up better than leather straps that could become brittle. I like the wraparound cover, it's a nice way to get yourself psyched up to write. This was 16.99 when I bought it and I think it's good enough to give as a gift, but it doesn't come in any kind of gift packaging like some of the other notebooks available on Zon. Still, I would rather pay so much less for such a nice journal and wrap it myself.Would buy again for sure.

The journal is beautiful, no question about that. However I feel the description needed to be more inclusive. First of all no where in the description is the page count. The page count is about 200 pages or 100 sheets. The pages are also a bit thin. I use markers in my journals and I feel this one would not be for me. I also felt the journal to be quite thin, also probably due to less pages and they are quite thin. If you are looking to do a scrap booking type journal with a lot of items being incorperated into the journal, then this one is for you. There is quite a bit of expansion available. The pages were also not semetrical, with the outer signitures (pages) sticking out further than the inner pages.

I love my leather journal. It was exactly as presented. Nice leather. High quality paper.

I have purchased several similar journals, and decided to try this one. It was the only one that came with a note and contact information for any concerns I might have, which of course, there were none. The cuts are made more carefully than the others I’ve bought, and the strap is cut with precision, straight and even, rather than being made from scrap with an edge of varying width, as the others have. It is also slightly longer, which I prefer.It is handmade paper, so expect what comes with that. In all the journals I get with handmade paper, there may be one or two pages that have a fleck of something other than white, and there may have an occasional, ever-so-slightly thicker or thinner spot. Not enough to leave a lump, and not enough to have a thin spot. Just for those people that are used to machine-made paper, it isn’t machine-made paper. That is what gives it its lovely appearance and writing experience.If you don’t want the qualities and the inherent nature of handmade paper, don’t buy handmade journals. If you enjoy the qualities, then they are for you. The other journals I bought used leather strips to lash the paper in. This journal uses waxed cord, which keeps it more pliable and more durable over time. The leather strips would be hard to keep conditioned, it would be quite a meticulous task, and one still wouldn’t be able to get to every bit of them, and over time, they could dry out and crack and break, whereas the waxed string won’t do that. Leathers strips also add to the thickness, because of the knots to tie them in between each section of pages, so this one isn’t as thick as the others, because it doesn’t have the bulky knots between each section of pages.It’s obvious that much care is going in to the making of these journals, and I’m quite happy with mine. You won’t find anyone else as concerned with the quality and with your satisfaction. Of that, I’m sure.