FIELD NOTES ARTS & SCIENCES EDITION
Over and over again, I buy Field Notes brand Memo Books. I’m
not sure why . . . the paper quality of most editions I’ve seen is Just Not
That Good and not very suitable for fountain pen use.
(Un)fortunately, they get it just right sometimes. And
that’s enough to keep me coming back for more. You know what I’m saying? It’s like pizza
delivery – they get the order right just often enough to make me try again
another day.
And that brings us to the 64-Page Note Book from Field
Notes. The Arts & Sciences limited edition. The big one.
Some things about the note book. . .
measures 4.75” x 7.5”
110 lb cover stock
50 lb bright white paper paper with silver ink
printed with light gray lines on right side of book – blank
on left
staple bound (also called saddle stitching)
rounded corners
made in the US
Two more things about this note book . . .
- It’s not fountain pen friendly
- I’m going to use the hello out of this book
Annnnnd this is why I keep coming back to Field Notes: despite
the fact that this book is comprised of average components with a standard
design, I adore it.
Field Notes: they’re easy.
Enough pages to fill with good information, not so many that
the book is even a little bulky. The front covers are iconic in
their simplistic design. (This one has a deeply debossed logo on the front
cover.) The inside covers are filled with interesting little tidbits, and at the
end of the day, It Just Works.
So. Like so many before it, I won’t be using my fountain
pens with this edition of Field Notes, but I will be carrying it with me for
list making and planning purposes. And by
the time I’m finished filling the note book, it will probably be a bit tattered
and worn (thank goodness for those rounded corners), and it may even be stained
with pizza.
There are other great little notebooks out there. I've been loving Curnow Bookbinding & Leatherwork and Yellow Paper House (a new shop on Etsy), and they are definitely fountain pen friendly.
And what about you, dear reader? Which little notebooks do you love? Or love to hate ;)
I am exactly the same way. I keep buying FN even though they have such awful paper. At least I don't feel bad about scribbling all over the pages and being a bit wasteful... :-P
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