Red Embossed Heart Leather Journal - Lined
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Red Embossed Heart Leather Journal - Lined
Customer Review: A well-made simple journal
Summary: 5 Stars
I couldn't find specifications on this journal initially, so I ordered it and came up with the below information:
COVER - The cover is made of red leather with a very simple embossed heart on the front. The actual color is fairly close to the color in Amazon's picture. If the cover appears a little brown on the product picture, the actual color does not look brown at all, but more of a garnet. The cover does not seem to scratch easily or hold marks on it. It should hold up to some abuse.
PAGE LENGTH - 128 pages or 256 leaves if you write on the front and back + 1 blank prelim page at the front, and 1 blank
18 lines per page (not counting writing on the top line)
MATERIAL - The paper is ivory and goes well with the red cover. It is acid-free (meaning it will not deteriorate or turn yellow easily) and made of heavy stock. The paper is not very thick and in my hands it feels about the same weight as standard American 20lb weight copy paper. The lines on the paper are a somewhat light color. They are the perfect shade in my opinion and don't stand out too much, but are dark enough for ease of use. There is some light bleeding through to the pages in areas where I pressed the pen down too hard, or when I've used a heavy fountain pen. It is enough that you can easily read what is written on the back of the page. Unless you have a light hand or are using a light ink, I would probably recommend against using both sides of the page. You could certainly do it without a mess, but it just depends on how clean of a look you want on each page. I cut a piece of a manila envelope to the same size as the journal pages, and put it underneath the piece of paper I'm writing on each time so that it doesn't bleed through to the next page.
SIZE - 4.75" x 6 5/8" (not quite 5x7 as the description says)
Actual writing space (length of the lines inside the margins) = 4.25" x 5.25"
|THIS IS EXACTLY HOW MUCH SPACE U HAVE PER LINE| (if you were to write in 12 point Times New Roman font). So expect not to get any more than 162 words per page unless you handwriting is very small. The margins are the perfect width to ensure you get enough use out of each sheet and no room is wasted.
BINDING/CONSTRUCTION - the binding is sewn in, and separated into 8 sections. This way you don't have to worry about too many pages being held by one thread, and the threads can actually break and only 1/8 of the journal will separate. This method of binding is also very useful because it means you can easily open to any page in the journal and it will naturally separate along one of those sections, so you don't have to break the binding too much to lay the journal flat like you would have to with a paperback book. The binding and threads are also secured on the back with a strip of adhesive. The binding is very well made and the threads seem tight, but strong. I do not have any qualms about the binding breaking and would think this journal should hold up to daily use for awhile and several decades of storage. After heavy use, I do not see any noticeable creases on the spine of the journal where you can tell it has been opened many times. It still appears new. There is no bookmark built into the journal.
I find this to be a very nicely-made and simplistic journal and think it would satisfy the requirements for anyone who wants something small and nice-looking. It is not something I would write my Presidential memoirs in, but satisfies my requirements for regular daily use.
Customer Review: Give it to your girlfriend!
Summary: 5 Stars
I gave this journal to my girlfriend (who is now my wife ^_^v), and she absolutely loved it. I hope she wrote positive things about me.
Very nice quality - seemed better than the products I saw at Barnes and Noble stores.
Customer Review: Great Journal
Summary: 5 Stars
I gave this journal as a gift to my sister in law for her honeymoon to journal they loved it.
Customer Review: Great Little Journal
Summary: 5 Stars
I am very pleased with these journals. They are big enough to write in, but small enough to carry them with you. I bought four as Christmas gifts, so I'm hoping that the recipients will like them as much as I do!Customer Review: Great Quality, a bit small
Summary: 4 Stars
It ended up being a bit smaller than I had expected, but that became a good thing for what I was using it for. Other than that, great quality, cute design, perfect for what I used it for (made a journal full of skype conversations, basically a timeline of my significant other and my relationship for Christmas). He loved it!