Do you prefer to cover your journals with an external case? I’m torn… While I like the idea of having a custom cover, I need to make sure that it doesn’t in any way restrict the way I use the journal. Which many of you may know is balanced on my leg while sitting in a chair. (Flat table space is a scarcity in my home.)
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No, I don’t like to cover my journals. For me, it makes them too…clunky? Or maybe the word is formal. And, I rather like the life-character most of mine seem to take on as they get knocked from bag to bag, taken out in strange places, stuffed back in, etc. I wouldn’t buy one at the outset that couldn’t take my less than tender treatment… I figure if the pages are sewn and the binding sound, what’s the need?
That said, I have seen some really cool covers and have appreciated them! Just doesn’t fit with me.
I like the cover on my No 13 Rhodia pad. Helps keep it from becoming a disaster case in my ever changing bag.
The only other cover I can think of that I have is on the Levengers Notabilia (composition) books. They have pretty thin covers and can become a wreck rather quickly. But since I have discovered Rhodia, I rarely use the Notabilia anymore.
No cover. The webbies provide all the backing I need.
I have travelled down the path of using a cover (from Oberon Designs….WOW, check them out, free plug). Also as I live in Australia I have started using Clairfontaine books as we did not have the fountain pen friendly paper in the Rhodia webbies available at the time of purchase (dammit).
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No. I don’t like journal covers then again most of my journals have a hard cover. Can someone answer me a stupid question. I love the idea of the dot pad,but how do you write on the reverse side tering out the sheet? Do you have to stand the pad on end place the sheet on a flat surface? Never seen a Rhodia pad before and all the pads I previously used were wire bound. Be kind now I know it’s probably a stupid question.
This editorial strikes a chord with me. I like covers. I buy covers. I like the organizational aspect of covers, and I like leather, and I like craftsmanship. However, when I add a cover to a notebook, it becomes a death sentence for the notebook. For some reason I stop using the newly dressed notebook. The cover effectively becomes its shroud or coffin. I don’t know why. For some reason I tend to only use de-shrouded or naked notebooks, journals, et al.
No such thing as a stupid question. I believe the dotPads & all of the other top stapled Rhodia pads are often used as tablets – writing on top, tearing off a sheet as you need it. Perhaps there will be a spiral or bound version one day. :o)
Jack Webster: The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask when you don’t know or don’t understand. That’s what I was taught. How can one learn if the unknown isn’t answered.
As for the Rhodia pads in general, as I don’t have a dot pad, yet. . . I don’t always use the back side of the pads, but when I do, I lay the page as closely lined up with it’s original place on the pad and just keep writing. Sometimes the top edge of the paper will slip under the staple binding to help hold it in place. This doesn’t work so well with pencil as there will be track marks on the clean sheet if you apply too much pressure or are using a softer lead.
When I’m sitting at a desk or table I will lay the paper on the solid surface as necessary. You need to do what makes you feel comfortable, that’s the most important part. Now if I MUST use ball point (dread the thought) I will leave the paper on the pad as I prefer to have a soft backing to help the BP ink to flow a little better.
Hope this helps.
Thank you very much for your input, I’ve decided that a pad is not for me. I wonder if a dot webbie is somewhere in the future????
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