Hand Stitched Leather Moleskine Journal Cover: Update On My Latest Addiction

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I wrote about my most recent addiction recently. For some reason, I just can’t get enough of hand stitched leather stationary accessories.

It’s a weird obsession. But then I have a thing for luggage as well…

In the end, I went with design superiority and ordered the  leather journal cover made by Gfeller Casemakers.

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I’m very happy with it. And it fits with the new (for me) aesthetic that I’ve been mulling over since reading Anti-Fragile by Nassim Taleb.

  • This is that it’s a piece of gear that wears in, not out. I want more stuff in my life like that.

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And it has a place for my pen. This has been a big deal… how to attach a pen to my notebook.

I might be the only one that obsesses over little details like this. But I just love the fact that the pen holder also functions as the mechanism that holds the cover closed as well.

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The leather will darken up over time as it absorbs oils from my skin, UV light, and coffee stains.

And with so much of my life now digital, I really enjoy the analogue experience of scribbling notes and drawings in my notebook.

It’s a literacy thing I think. There’s probably some science behind it. But it works for me and that’s enough.

Author: Graeme Smith

Education, technology, design. Also making cool stuff...

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