leather journals & notebooks
its author.
Journals, notebooks and sketchbooks in real leather, sewn the way books were bound a century ago.
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"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."
400
pages per quintessential
1890s
the sewing method we still use
1
leather company — vereeniging
20,000+
journals written in, and counting
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| Artisan | Heritage | Inspire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| the pieces | quintessential · traveler's · creator's | classic · refillable | the notebook |
| pages | 400, or 112 in the sketchbooks | 234 large / 186 pocket; refills 160 | 240 large / 190 pocket · ruled |
| feel | Smyth-sewn, full-grain leather | soft full grain, ribbon | pebbled hardcover, elastic |
Every color we make
Every hide is cut in Vereeniging and split the way the range is: the heirlooms and refillable covers on one wheel, the everyday classics and companions on the other. Each wheel is arranged like a paint chart — the colors run in order of hue, and the greys and browns form one run of their own, down into black at the bottom and back out through the browns. Point at any wedge to see which book it is.
African full grain
Hides sourced from across Africa and cut in Vereeniging, South Africa, by a company that makes nothing but bookbinding leather — chosen for how it ages, so no two journals are ever alike.
Smyth-sewn, opens flat
Folded signatures sewn with thread, the nineteenth-century technique still prized for outliving its owners.
Numbered, acid-free
Cream paper from 80 to 150 gsm, matched to the collection — the journals numbered with a table of contents, to be referenced rather than merely filled.