Review + Give Away: Black Quo Vadis Habana Notebook

[dannzeman]

Click the picture to be taken to the blog post where you can enter the drawing by leaving a comment.

 

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If you want a well constructed, durable, premium notebook with the best paper around then the Habana is for you. Quo Vadis has made a notebook so good that I probably won't even consider using a different one...

[Ghost Plane]

These are definitely writer's nirvana.

 

Bias alert - I have received these from the company in the past and will greedily accept any more I can get in the future! <insert blissful smile here> They lay flat, they bend back on themselves, you can write on your knee, they'll fit in a purse, a briefcase, no bleed through, no feather, my broadest of OBBs are happy and the pocket holds handouts from conferences - YUM!

[Flourish]

The most all around fountain pen friendly notebook that I have encountered to date. Now if only they would consider plain and graph versions.

[orangos]

Those versions are on sale in the UK -- I could ship one on at cost but it would likely be *quite* a cost -- the large sizes weigh in at about £18 plus UK shipping!

 

I think they do ship overseas from this site.

Edited November 11, 2009 by orangos

[motorman]

I have tried the graph paper version from the UK. The paper quality is not nearly the same and the page color is similar to Moleskine

[inkypete]

My fave notebook by a mile as long as you have the US version with Clairefontaine paper. They are now avauilable in Australia too, great for us who live in the lucky country.

[GouletPens]

I agree they are the bomb. Like Ghost Plane, Exaclair sent me one (and some other goodies) a little while back. I was considering selling Moleskines or CF products.....the Habana convinced me Clairefontaine was who I needed to sell (plus, I'm French!!.....Goulet). I love the large Habana, I use it for journaling and note taking. I often just caress the paper until my wife gives me the stink eye, then I stop. The Webbies are great too...I carry a small one of those in my back pocket when I'm out and about!

[withoutink]

Thanks for the contest, that seems to be a rather interesting notebook.

[dannzeman]

...I often just caress the paper until my wife gives me the stink eye, then I stop.

 

Thats freaking awesome!

 

The Webbies are great too...I carry a small one of those in my back pocket when I'm out and about!

I like the Webbies too, but I opted for the large one. I just don't have much use for small pads.

[mvh]

Are these available in Europe or even better Belgium? I can find clairefontaine notebooks, but no hard covers. This looks perfect! I'm using a clothbound clairefontaine at the moment. it's good paper, but I can't write on it if I place it on my knee.

Edited November 30, 2009 by mvh

[Orval]

Habana notebooks are perfect, except the size of the small notebook. A6 format isn't easily pocketable in my jacket or shirt pocket. I need 9x14cm or the jacket and shirtmakers have to make bigger pockets. Why can't the papermills and tailors agree their products?

I use now Clairefontaines notebooks, stapled (96 pages) and clothebound (192 pages I think)but I miss the solid cover of the Habana.

[GouletPens]

Habana notebooks are perfect, except the size of the small notebook. A6 format isn't easily pocketable in my jacket or shirt pocket. I need 9x14cm or the jacket and shirtmakers have to make bigger pockets. Why can't the papermills and tailors agree their products?

I use now Clairefontaines notebooks, stapled (96 pages) and clothebound (192 pages I think)but I miss the solid cover of the Habana.

Grab yourself a pair of scissors and you can fit that Habana in your pocket!! J/k. I'd hate to see that happen...

[Flourish]

Those versions are on sale in the UK -- I could ship one on at cost but it would likely be *quite* a cost -- the large sizes weigh in at about £18 plus UK shipping!

 

I think they do ship overseas from this site.

Thanks for the heads up. I completely forgot about this post until today. I'm only worried that the paper won't be the Clairefontaine paper that we have come to love in our Quo Vadis Habanas here in the states.