Leuchtturm1917Notebook Medium (A5), Hardcover, 251 numbered pages Navy, Dotted

I repeatedly buy these journals - partly because i like a catalogue of equally sized journals but also because they are so reliable!Once you open your journal, you’re greeted with useful stickers and information about the journal. The journal will also LAY FLAT on a table (that’s quite important for me).It is key to note that the pages aren’t very thick - if you’re planning to use ink pens and alcohol markers - you’re going to get a lot of shadowing and a bit of bleeding. But a papermate inkjoy doesn’t do any harm!The squares are very nicely spaced - not too small but not too large. and the pages are also a cream colour rather than bright white! The lines are there, but not screaming in your face.

I'm a huge fan of this notebook. Buying something that you want to be a constant and useful companion is tricky on the internet- you want to be able to feel the pages, admire the details and picture it in your life- but after many evenings spent reading reviews and comments, I settled here. I'm glad I did.Here are some of my favourite features.-THE LOOK - Sturdy, smooth and with just that right bit of sheen to show quality. Looks good.-THE INDEX AND PAGE NUMBERS - This is genius. The first three pages of the book are used to write the contents of your notebook, with space to include the page numbers. Such a simple thing, but nothing has made a notebook more indispensable for me than this addition. I use my notebook to record anything that needs recording, but that could be a notes about an article, a meeting, my holiday plans or a to-do list, and they are rarely in a sensible order. If I wrote them so I can access them in the future, then it's really essential that I can find them again quickly. I no longer leave a pile of blank pages to allow me to come back to a project, because I know I will be able to pick up where I left off wherever I am in the book without fear of getting lost.-THE TWO BOOKMARK RIBBONS- One is handy to find my next blank page quickly, the other keeps a hold of whatever I am currently using. Again, it's a simple addition that makes this notebook twice as easy to use.-TITLE PAGES- This really adds to the usefulness of the index, but I like a reminder to set down the date and the expected contents before I start.-THE GRIDLINES - Everyone has their preference, but I like these. It keeps me neat(ish) but they are faint enough that I can ignore them if I choose, and they add a wee help if I am trying to illustrate something. I also use them to make nice checkboxes if it's a list.-THE FLAT OPENING- If you want to use your notebook to actually read back and refer to, it's great to have your hands free and not need a paperweight to hold it open.-THE BACK POCKET- This has become a must for any notebook. I don't actually use it much because I don't want it overstuffed, but I like that I can use it as a temporary dropbox for papers that need some kind of action.-THE PAPER- It feels good, it's easy to look at and it doesn't bleed much. I have to say that some of the inkier pens I use are visible on the following page, but not so much that it renders anything difficult to read.I've also bought a pen loop for the Leuchturm1917, which fit easily but is too narrow to hold my favourite pens. Next time I will probably buy a different one, but it does okay for now.Bottom line- I honestly can't imagine returning to another notebook.

For all today’s gadgets, there’s a great deal still to be said for pen and paper. It’s cheap, reliable and you don’t need to worry about the battery life. Setting those practicalities aside, I find great pleasure in a beautiful notebook and a fine fountain pen, though my handwriting still leaves much to be desired. I’m not a alone in this pleasure with a resurgence in paper notebooks and the legendary Moleskine has pushed to the fore. Is it the best? Here we have two lined notebooks, one from Leuchtturm1917 and the other from Moleskine – let’s take a look and find out.Both Moleskine and Leuchtturm draw on their heritage. Moleskine’s dates back into the early 20th Century name-checking Picasso, van Gogh and Hemingway. Although originally French, it died out in the 1980s, only to be resurrected in the late 90s by an Italian publisher. On the other hand, Leuchtturm goes back to 1917 (hence Leuchtturm1917) with roots in Hamburg, Germany and a reputation for stamp collecting albums, which continues today. These stories are laid out by both companies in small cream folded inserts that accompany each book. The message is clear; you aren’t buying only a notebook, you are continuing the traditions of culture, history and travel.Physically both notebooks are very similar but there are subtle and useful differences. I’d call them medium or A5-sized notebooks though strictly the Moleskine isn’t wide enough for A5. Both are 21 cm tall with hardcovers but the Moleskine is only 13 cm compared with the the Leuchtturm‘s 14.5 cm. Each has an elastic enclosure band, page marker and an expandable pocket inside the back cover. They also come in wide range of colours and pair well with 7″ tablets, such as the Nexus 7.Opening the notebooks shows that both have lined pages with the same line spacing, but with the Moleskine, that’s about it. Although both have an Owner page at the front, the Leuchtturm goes further with three Contents pages and each page is numbered for easy reference. In addition, there are eight perforated pages towards the back that can be removed, along with some stickers to assist with archiving once the notebook is full. The Leuchtturm1917 is for those who want to be organised! “Datum / Date” is printed at the top of each page too, which may put people off but suits me fine.Both notebooks have lovely paper which is a joy to write on with pencil and ballpoint. However, the Moleskine has a problem with pen ink bleeding from one side to the other, particularly with black ink, which makes the Leuchtturm a better choice for fountain pen writers.Overall, both the Moleskine and the Leuchtturm are stylish notebooks with a great feel both in the hand and under the pen. For me as a fountain pen owner, the Leuchtterm wins out by default, but the contents pages and page numbering make it my choice for those reasons too. Pencil owners and people looking for something a little neater may prefer the Moleskine. Whichever you choose, you’ll never go back.

pretty colors. this is my third one of this journal. nice soft pages that hold ink really well. 10/10 would recommend will only be using this brand in the future.

The media could not be loaded.  So i first started off with a moleskin, and i sketched and took notes in it every day. They don’t have as cute of colors, their pages are thinner, they’re more expensive, i could go on.I’m in architecture and i use this every single day. I wanted one that could serve as both a note taking and sketchbook, with as smooth of a page as moleskins because nothing compared to that when i would write. I came across this and i am never going back. The pages are just as smooth if not smoother, moleskin is 70g and this is 80 so it’s slightly thicker. Pages are NUMBERED which serves us well, there are two bookmarks and a folder in the back. This is my second one, you can see in the pictures that you can see the words through the other side of the page but it doesn’t ever bleed through. I actually like the transparency, i couldn’t tell you why. I hate writing on thick sketch pages, if you can’t handle the slight transparency I’d go for the 120g version of this!!For reference i use sharpie fine pens (like the ones i have in the pictures) for the most part, as well as paper mate inkjoy sometimes. Zebra Mildliner for highlighting.I LOVE the fact that it’s dotted. I will never go back, i am the kind of person that cannot write straight for the life of me. The dots really help not only my writing but my sketches also come out straighter because i have something to follow. I didn’t really care about the color but for those of you that do, it’s not red red, it’s more towards toe orange family, but it’s not orange at all, it’s almost like a warm bright red. I don’t mind it, i didn’t care about the color when i bought it, but it is very bright if you care about that.Absolutely in love with it, get it if you’re thinking about it!

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Love the colour, the pocket at the end, simple design, it's perfect!

Un cuaderno muy práctico y útil para el trabajo!