LEUCHTTURM1917 Notebook Hardcover Master Classic A4+

Papier 100g couché qui permet à l’encre d’un stylo-plume généreux de ne pas s’étaler comme sur un buvard. Le 90g de Clairefontaine est un poil meilleur.
L’encre ne blanchit pas ni ne traverse la page comme sur le papier Moleskine, ou le Quo Vadis 70g.
Le cahier contient 120 pages, soit 240 faces recto-verso.
Deux faces sont réservées pour un index.
235 faces sont numérotées.
Deux marque-pages différent et solides, contre une seule tresse lache chez les concurrents.
Une pochette en 3eme de couverture, comme les autres
La couverture n’est pas plastifiée, comme chez ses principaux concurrents.
Tous les détails sont très soignés. Pas de bavures de colle entre les coutures des cahiers, par exemple. Il y a même un jeu d’étiquettes (couverture + bordure) pour le référencèrent au moment de le ranger dans sa bibliothèque , quand on l’a rempli.
Le tout est complété – dans le modèle à pages en blanc, par une page guide lignée recto, et à petits carreaux verso, des fois qu’on en ait envie ou besoin.
C’est dans les prix des Quo-Vadis de taille équivalente.
Dernier point, la version « A4 » dont je dispose mesure 22,5 x 31,2 cm, un peu plus d’un centimètre par côté que la norme A4.
J’écris gros, avec une plume Pelikan M1000 « médium » qui vaut une plume B chez Lamy, ou Mont-blanc, mais bien plus « mouillée ». Je suis très content du résultat ! 🙂

I am a long time Moleskine user. I’ve used the large notebooks (I even have a cool Gfeller leather cover), the A4, and the cahiers. Like many Moleskine fans, I have noticed a decline in quality over the past few years, and like many who think an expensive notebook should be made well and built to last, I looked for replacement options.

The master size notebook is very large – you can glue an entire 8.5″ x 11″ or A4 sheet on one of the notebook pages. This is a really cool feature for things like travel, because you can print out a map of a city or neighborhood, glue it into the notebook, and jot down notes on the map. But even for general note taking, if you like to leave a lot of white space on the page, then this notebook definitely fits the bill.

The built in table of contents, page numbers, and date fields are very nice organizational touches. If you use note organizing systems like bullet notes or the highfive method ([…]), this notebook’s built in features enhance your ability to keep track of your notes.

The quality of the notebook paper is very good. I use a fountain pen with a broad nib, which tends to write pretty wet, but the paper in the notebook handles it pretty well. I get very little bleedthrough, and the ink dries down in a few seconds. The print quality of the lines in the notebook is great, and the binding is done so the lines match from page to page. Compared to my last few Moleskines, which had waxy paper that didn’t handle fountain pen ink very well, and printed lines that were much darker and wider than older versions (I pulled some old notebooks and compared – the difference is visible), and poor binding so the lines don’t match up from page to page, it’s no contest.

Go read about Leuchtturm 1917 – read the other reviews here on Amazon, and read reviews elsewhere. If there’s a store near you that carries these notebooks, definitely check them out.

I started a daily journal using a spiral notebook. I quickly realized having a journal that you enjoy writing in makes all the difference.

As for this style;
I’m sure you realized how hard it is finding a “letter” sized journal. Especially hard bound with this many pages. If you haven’t been looking long trust me on this. I spent weeks searching for the perfect letter sized journal. This one was the closest I came to fit my needs. Which are;
Durable
Large
Thick paper (none roller ball pen will be seen on other side of paper but will not “bleed” through)
Versatile, the dotted pages are awesome making it great for writing time stamped notes, adding photos, charts, stickers, drawing pictures, etc…
Simple
Elegant… as for me I just cover that damn thing in stickers.

I have so much info in this thing. From my daily personal time stamped notes to glued in building reports, photos and of course stickers. It works for everything I need.

Extras;
The front has a table of contents page which turns out to be really handy.

There are some blank pages in the front and back. I used these to put important information like phone numbers, table conversions, business cards, etc.

The pages are pretty think. Great for whatever. Gluing stuff in, drawing, etc. You can see I glue whole reports in the pages, add stickers, highlight, etc.

I will note that I went to using a ball point so I wouldn’t see the writting through the pages. You can use other pens and the ink doesn’t “bleed” but you can see it.

Pocket in back will hold full letter size pages.

Stickers are handy for labeling but I’ll be using that more when I’m done with it and it goes on a shelf.

I added the pen holders. I bought the off brand. Better deal.

There you have it. I highly suggest this for anyone that keeps a daily journal and likes to stay organized.

aspects of this high quality journal appear to be changing. Apparently the red version of this notebook may becoming unavailable. Maybe just in Canada. Also the price of this journal in its other colors then black has started to increase dramatically. Maybe just in Canada.