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Leather bound journal
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16-06-2011 10:55am#1
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OH MY GOD I WALK PAST THAT SHOP EVERYDAY!
This is THE worst news for me and my stationary addiction!
Also OP, paperblanks and other widely available fancy notebook chaps have notebooks bound in the same traditional way, though I haven't seen them with a classy leather style. Damn... I think I may have to buy one, I can't resist classy stationary. Damn it. I might try do one of my random novels in my to-do list with pen and ink... laptop be damned!
Gosh I'm jonesin' for some stationary now!
I managed to resist the ones in italy despite being drawn to those shops like a moth to flame - I did leave with sealing wax, beautiful glass fountain pen & quill though
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I'm tempted to go to the pen corner soon and get a journal now too though :pac:0 -
I managed to resist the ones in italy despite being drawn to those shops like a moth to flame - I did leave with sealing wax, beautiful glass fountain pen & quill though:o:o
I'm tempted to go to the pen corner soon and get a journal now too though :pac:
Oh wow, sealing wax would be awesome! I've loads of personalised stamps but no sealing wax
A glass fountain pen? That's really cool! My current weapon of choice is these "Online" brand of pens that I can only ever find in Germany. They use cartridge pen ink and write with the same fluidity, but they're more like a ball point so they tend to be more durable. The first one I got was fantastic, I searched all of Munich this year for replacements, but while I found the brand I didn't find the high end stuff, so I got the least silly looking cheaper versions.
Quill eh? That IS pretty rock n roll! How is it to write with?
I wish I needed a new notebook, I currently have: novel related research moleskine, work ideas and ideas/observations moleskine (reporter style), Story ideas from dreams Neues Tag notebook (Suicide Bunnies! Ace), Important events journal Paperchase, Short stories Paperchase, songs & poetry (some Italian yokey), various smaller notebooks for specific album work... and then a load of fecking blank ones for the possibility of getting time to draw a comic. So... I can't think of anything else I need a notebook for, yet I now actually neeeeeed a leather bound one!:( 0 -
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Jaysus. I have plain old notebooks :pac:
But I want a leather one now.
Yes, though I think I may have lost both the seal and the wax by now!!
The quill, I discovered, is pretty much for ornamentation purposes I think - I find it impossible to write with, despite a lovely silver nib. But someone who was righthanded had better luck with it so maybe that's it? It's a gorgeous blue with blue ink though.
The glass pen is definitely useable and I have used it a good bit. Ran out of ink actually must get more :eek:
p.s. I don't know that the pen corner does nice notebooks, so don't blame me if it doesn't...
Some people buy pretty shoes or fancy cars, my vice is stationary.
Oh the quill has a silver nib? Hmm,it's like a hybrid. Cool. Oh it'd suck if it was already bent for a right-handed person, I've lost too many good fountain pens to damn righties!
I do love a good blue ink. I'm currently working with some hybrid colours. Started with a standard blue cartridge, then swapped it out for a pale turqoise, then gonna bust some blue back in there for a few pages, then back out. Then I've got a purple cartridge for my next adventure, can't wait to see how that looks. It's all very exciting I'm sure you'll agree.
I've the horrible feeling that the Pen Corner only do really nice Cross and Mount Blanc pens. Maybe a Parker or two. But damn, I'm going to march in with my best suit and see
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I managed to resist the ones in italy despite being drawn to those shops like a moth to flame - I did leave with sealing wax, beautiful glass fountain pen & quill though:o:o
I'm tempted to go to the pen corner soon and get a journal now too though :pac:
The shops in italy are AMAZING, i too got a glass pen (I think I have 3 of them now. they were cheap enough and got them on different trips), it's a fountain pen that i dont really use but it looks awesome. I also have a fountain feather pen with a purple plume, don't use that either as it is also a fountain pen, I have inks (cool looking ink bottles) but I havnt really sat down to use them properly in a while. I do have a metal feather pen with ballpoint cartridge in it but my hand is too big and the metal digs into me :mad:
also got sealing wax/stamps/a page blotter. I was basically going from thing to thing saying "oh i need this and this and this and this and this ooooohhh three of these" "will you ever use these?" "....yes..."0 -
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The shops in italy are AMAZING, i too got a glass pen (I think I have 3 of them now. they were cheap enough and got them on different trips), it's a fountain pen that i dont really use but it looks awesome. I also have a fountain feather pen with a purple plume, don't use that either as it is also a fountain pen, I have inks (cool looking ink bottles) but I havnt really sat down to use them properly in a while. I do have a metal feather pen with ballpoint cartridge in it but my hand is too big and the metal digs into me :mad:
also got sealing wax/stamps/a page blotter. I was basically going from thing to thing saying "oh i need this and this and this and this and this ooooohhh three of these" "will you ever use these?" "....yes..."
Yes, in my defense, I did use the sealing wax! Nice for letters! 0 -
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My notebooks, quill & ink, wax & stamper
I've got some full size journals around here somewhere too but I've no idea where 0 -
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My notebooks, quill & ink, wax & stamper
I've got some full size journals around here somewhere too but I've no idea where
Very shiny leather notebooks there, must say I'd be more into a more natural worn look on the lads.Me too. I know some writers who use pen and paper for everything except the final draft, but I've no idea how they manage it. I use paper for plotting and exploring ideas, and then once I know how the story hangs together, everything is done through the keyboard.
I usually sketch out ideas on paper and do the actual writing on a laptop, but I've found when I'm out and about without a laptop I actually do much better work. If I ever get the dreaded block I simply switch back to paper.0 -
Me too, unfortunately when I've found ones with that look they tend to cost a bunch more. I think those two cost about a fiverVery shiny leather notebooks there, must say I'd be more into a more natural worn look on the lads.
I think the style you're talking about is called "stressed leather"? Definitely you can get much better looking notebooks if you're willing to pay for them or lucky enough to find them cheap
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My notebooks, quill & ink, wax & stamper
I've got some full size journals around here somewhere too but I've no idea where
Shiny! I will share my quill & ink as well then:
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I don't have any fancy notebooks and don't know where the stamper is!
Don't have any picture of the glass pen either0 -
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Shiny! I will share my quill & ink as well then:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/blueywolf/DSC00132.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/blueywolf/DSC00133.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/blueywolf/DSC00134.jpg
I don't have any fancy notebooks and don't know where the stamper is!
Don't have any picture of the glass pen either
I do so love the colour of that quill.
In other news, I actually decided to go to Italy for stationary shopping, so expect me to return in August with too many notebooks and too few euro 0 -
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That is a gorgeous quill. How do you find writing with it?
The pen, I can actually write with and I quite enjoy it. It has a few different nibs but that one is my favourite one. It took a little while to get used to and timing with the ink and everything. I must dig it out again actually to write with 0 -
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TK Maxx. The one in Limerick has tons of (actually nice) leather bound notebooks in a variety of styles (my most recent purchase has a leather flap with a press fastener with a metal clasp - kind of celtic-y design on it - and a stone on the clasp. Very inexpensive too, I think about €12 or €15, A5 size.)
They have them in a number of sizes, both plain and tooled leather, some virtually the same as BoardsRanger's image.
They also had lots of TeNeues magnetic notebooks (like Paperblanks, not necessarily always lined but the unlined ones tend to have a lined under-page) and a variety of other very pretty and affordable notebooks.
I don't know if the ones in Dublin are the same, but the Cork one was, though it's a while since I've been in there. 0 -
TK Maxx. The one in Limerick has tons of (actually nice) leather bound notebooks in a variety of styles (my most recent purchase has a leather flap with a press fastener with a metal clasp - kind of celtic-y design on it - and a stone on the clasp. Very inexpensive too, I think about €12 or €15, A5 size.)
They have them in a number of sizes, both plain and tooled leather, some virtually the same as BoardsRanger's image.
They also had lots of TeNeues magnetic notebooks (like Paperblanks, not necessarily always lined but the unlined ones tend to have a lined under-page) and a variety of other very pretty and affordable notebooks.
I don't know if the ones in Dublin are the same, but the Cork one was, though it's a while since I've been in there.
Oh my god, to TK Maxx! I love those TeNeues ones (that's what I meant when I wrote Tag Neues above ) Must have a look. I'm tempted to leave my laptop at home for my Italian adventure, just so I can have a little book for writing 0 -
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Oh my god, to TK Maxx! I love those TeNeues ones (that's what I meant when I wrote Tag Neues above ) Must have a look. I'm tempted to leave my laptop at home for my Italian adventure, just so I can have a little book for writing
I have many that are too beautiful to write in. And some Caroline Gardiner ones. They're usually around the €6 mark.
I have a pile (about three feet tall) supported by the piles of unread books on either side on my desk at home. They all lean on eachother, I take it they're friends by now, and I'd hate to break up a beautiful friendship. (The excuses come thick and fast these days - like my excuses for not going to bed. Sigh.)
[Edited to say - my mother has threatened to disown me if I buy more without actually using some of the ones I already have. So I've started a little collection in Cork now too. Not a mad fan of ringbound notebooks, but some of the Paperchase ones are a nice size so the binding doesn't bother me as much. Still prefer hardback or leather though!
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