Possibly the biggest disappointment in my review of notebooks over the last couple years has been the Piccadilly Essential Notebook. Piccadilly’s Essential line of notebooks is almost indistinguishable from the Moleskine, but at a third to one-half the price. When I say indistinguishable, I mean in nearly every detail. The oilskin cover looks like the Moleskine, the paper is the same cream color with the same 6mm ruling, there’s an elastic enclosure and a pocket in the back. … Read the rest
I was excited to see Gallery Leather’s entry into the journal/notebook realm for a couple reasons. First, it’s a handsome notebook of a reasonable size for carrying, and second, Gallery Leather does a lot of business creating and customizing handcrafted products directly from Maine. In other words, I was hoping to find some good old fashioned American craftsmanship.
The notebook’s cover is indeed well-crafted and the paper is of excellent quality (more on this in a moment) but the … Read the rest
First my apologies for a late post. It’s already Monday on the East Coast and it wouldn’t take much more delay for this to become The Monday Papers even here in California.
This week’s notebook is the Canteo, from Swiss maker Biella. The Swiss have spared no expense in putting together an elegant and full-featured notebook, and for those who keep their notebooks at their desks the Canteo may be ideal. If you want a notebook that is portable and … Read the rest
Of all the notebooks on the market, none is so celebrated or debated as the Moleskine. Loved by many, there are at least a half dozen websites devoted solely to the iconic notebook, and a Google search on the keyword «moleskine» produces (at this writing) over four and a half million results. No other brand of notebook has achieved the same level of repute or notoriety.
I’m not here to say that Moleskines are the best notebooks, but they are … Read the rest