Traveler's Notebook passport size of black leather

The Traveler's Notebook in Passport size is a leather cover measuring 13.5 × 10 cm – compact enough for a shirt pocket, yet large enough for tickets, sketches and dense margin notes. The leather is vegetable-tanned and hand-cut in Chiang Mai, Thailand: an open-pore, lively surface that feels slightly rough and cool to the touch at first, then changes with every use. This embodies the true concept – not a notebook that arrives finished, but one that becomes what it's meant to be through use.

Features

• Vegetable-tanned cowhide, hand-cut: No chrome tanning, no lacquer. The surface remains open and breathable – that's why scratches, water marks and pressure marks become part of the leather rather than beading off. That's exactly the idea: every trace of use becomes the notebook's surface.
• Leather fat rather than a flaw: When you first open it, a white powder appears on the surface – natural leather fat that rubs in with a soft cloth and conditions the cover immediately.
• Sealed inner cord with replaceable inserts: The inserts hang from a sealed cord – not glued, not stitched. When a notebook is full, you remove it and replace it with another insert: blank, dot grid, weekly planner, kraft paper or watercolour paper.
• MD Paper in the blank insert (003): The included Japanese MD Paper notebook is fountain pen-proof – ink neither bleeds nor feathers through. Well suited for calligraphy with a stub nib or flex nib.
• Black closure with spare elastic: The tin closure on the elastic band keeps the cover closed and sits securely. A red spare elastic is included.
• Linen storage pouch included: The cover is supplied in a cotton-linen pouch – handy for storage when the notebook isn't in use.

Use & Tips

• Travel diary: The Passport format is roughly the size of an actual passport – tickets, travel cards and boarding passes fit folded directly between the pages or in a supplementary slip pocket.
• Fountain pens and ink: MD Paper works well with fountain pen ink – no bleeding, minimal show-through. For calligraphy with a stub nib, use ink that's not too wet; very fluid inks need slightly more drying time on this paper.
• Combining multiple inserts: Two or more inserts can be held in the cover simultaneously using a connecting elastic – for example, a blank insert for sketches and a weekly planner side by side.
• Leather care: The leather tolerates occasional conditioning with leather fat or leather oil. To make deeper scratches less visible, rub in a little mink oil – this saturates the colour and makes the surface appear more even.
• Personalisation: The elastic band can be enhanced with charms, beads or old stamps. The plain leather surface takes stamps and wax seals well.
• Expansion with accessories: Zip pouches, pen holders and folder inserts in Passport format can be attached via the elastic system – the notebook's capacity grows with your needs.

For Leather Enthusiasts

The leather is vegetable-tanned – without chrome salts, without covering surface treatment. This tanning method produces leather that responds strongly to moisture, light and touch: water initially leaves visible marks that settle into the overall patina over time. Black leather of this type doesn't develop the lightening that occurs with undyed full-grain leather, but the surface densifies and develops a subtle sheen with age. Those who want to keep the leather fresh and even will condition it with a colourless leather balm; those who prefer rapid character development simply let it work. The leather covers are made in Chiang Mai, Thailand, through individual craftwork – thickness, texture and colour depth therefore vary slightly from piece to piece.

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