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I want to find a nice hard cover leather notebook.

 

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Hard cover leather

A4 or Letter ideally but something in between A4 and A5 would be fine too.

Lined

90 pages or less (180 if count both sides)

$70 USD max

 

I have been using these slim green leather notebooks from Pineider that I purchased from their shop in Florence several years ago. Looking on their site I cannot find any hard cover leather notebooks. I emailed them but they are closed due to the health crisis.

 

If anyone has recommendations please let me know. Does Montblanc make hardcover notebooks or are they all soft?

 

 

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For writing on one side yes as there is some bleed through. For writing on both front and back I would not recommend it.

It handles Montblanc and Pelikan inks fine for casual writing, no problem with smudging, or of the ink laying on the paper and the smoothness level is good, not too smooth, but also definitely not rough and unpleasant.

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Great info. I also love leather bound notebooks.

If you are to be ephemeral, leave a good scent.

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jnnibick.com, good people, nice selection.

I ride a recumbent, I play go, I use Macintosh so of course I use a fountain pen.

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For writing on one side yes as there is some bleed through. For writing on both front and back I would not recommend it.

It handles Montblanc and Pelikan inks fine for casual writing, no problem with smudging, or of the ink laying on the paper and the smoothness level is good, not too smooth, but also definitely not rough and unpleasant.

I got the Gallery Leather Hardcover Journal today and I am very happy with it. The paper is good quality. I've been using my Aurora Optima with Richard Binder 0.7mm CI nib and MB JFK Navy Blue Ink without any bleed. Can easily write on both sides. Very good quality for the price in my opinion.

 

jnnibick.com, good people, nice selection.

The Jenni Bick Journals (hard cover ones anyway) seem to be made by Graphic Image. They look exactly the same and have the same specs but are cheaper from Graphic Image. I would like to try the traditional leather model as it does seem to be more refined than the Gallery Leather one but even with $25% off they are still $70.

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These look nice. I wish the cover didn't say journal on it but the price is very good. Is the paper fountain pen friendly?

It's been a while but I recall (IIRC) that Barnes and Noble had some very similar notebooks B-C(ovid) on their shelves. I did buy one long ago (5-7 years) and it worked quite nicely with my pens. Even recently the price I remember was in the $15-25.00 range.

 

Oh, just thought of it... have you checked out Levenger.com. They have some nice stuff too. And some of it it noted, by them, as being fountain pen friendly.

 

Good luck. No affiliation of course.

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I got the Gallery Leather Hardcover Journal today and I am very happy with it. The paper is good quality. I've been using my Aurora Optima with Richard Binder 0.7mm CI nib and MB JFK Navy Blue Ink without any bleed. Can easily write on both sides. Very good quality for the price in my opinion.

 

Thank you for indicating how the paper fares with a different ink than what I have used. I do not have the ink you indicated, but I have many others, so I will test them with it rather than using Mysterious Black and I will try a fine or narrower nib.

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I can highly recommend one made by GATZBCN. I have now purchased a book for each member of my family. We love them.

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These look nice. I wish the cover didn't say journal on it but the price is very good. Is the paper fountain pen friendly?

I was looking at them today and saw that you can personalize the notebooks, choosing the engraving, so, I suppose you may as well ask them not to put any on the covers (and get rid of the "Journal").

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