A5 Eccolo Journal Review

[LWB]

Eccolo Lined Journal (A5) Review

 

 

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Name: Eccolo Lined Journal

 

Paper: average thickness and feel at first look. Creamy white lined paper.

 

Lined: Yes, 9/32” (1/4” +) spacing (7 mm) Seems reasonable for the size of this journal

 

Size: A5 – 4 ½” w x 6 ½” tall x ¾” thick (11.7 x 16.4 x 2.0 cm)

 

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Cost: 35 USD

 

Place of Purchase: Rustin’s Dept Store, Ayala Mall, Makati, Metro Manila

 

Website: www.eccololtd.com (at the time of writing this I still haven’t looked at the website)

 

Description:

 

The cover is a flexible, cardboard like, re-cycled leather. It comes with an elastic band sewn into the back cover. The band is unique as there is a leather bar sewn into the band, a nice touch. Orange in color, with other colors available.

 

 

Ink Test:

 

This is where this notebook fails miserably, as there is so much ‘see-through’ and some bleeding that you don’t even want to try to write on the back of the page. To use this journal I would have to use my Sailor Nano inks, with the MontBlanc blue as a possibility as well. Past experience has found that I can usually find another combination of ink that will work on papers like this…such as Waterman Havana brown using a fine nib (as an untried example).

 

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Comments:

 

The size of this ‘journal’ being A5 in my books is actually a notebook and not a journal, but that is neither here nor there.

 

Well made, looks great, and eco friendly according to their advertising about using recycled leather cover and only paper from ‘managed’ forests (or something like that) but fountain pen use is limited to few inks. My guess is that the price reflects its eco friendliness. After having success with the other Eccolo Journal (see earlier review) I was sad to learn that they switched paper for the A5 version. Sounds like an echo of another journal/notebook that I know.

 

It is a good looking notebook based on eco friendliness. I picked up this A5 hoping that it was fountain pen friendly; one that I could put in my back pocket. If they improve the paper before ‘the other guys do’ they will almost corner the market.

 

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[Ed Ronax]

Great review of a nice looking journal.

[thecla]

Nice review.

I like the look of the journal. Too bad it's not fountain pen friendly.

About the size: A5 is 14.8cm x 21cm, the measurements you gave are closer to A6, 10.5cm x 14.8cm (though not exactly that either).

[LWB]

I think you are correct...it is in between an A5 and A6....I stand corrected. Good catch.