[Adilegian]

I have just discovered Moleskin notebooks, and I am in love. I think that my vows to traditional puzzle-pattern Composition notebooks are about to be broken.

I'm working with the breast-pocket sized ones right now. I keep one near my videogame setup, one in the outer pocket of my backpack, and one in transit. This gives me something to write on in the event of an epiphany/revelation/hypographic attack.

But not merely that!

See, the paper's the scribbling equivalent of silk boxers. The covers are comfortably stiff without being so rigid that you need to snap the thing in half to get it into a pocket just slightly smaller than the book's width. And each one of them is bound with string rather than glue.

And there's more!

The pages after the midway mark all have perforated margins near the crack, so you can remove them cleanly in case you need to pass a note or something.

And in the event that you remove one of the perforated sheets but decide you need to keep it, the back cover has a little flap pocket to keep those or any other scraps you deem worth keeping.

Here are some scans of mine (you will see some of my illegible notes on killer7) to show you what I mean.

Numma 1:


Here you can see the sexy binding (and my not-so-sexy reproduction of the killer7 crosshair).


And here you can see two of the perforated sheets. They're awesome because they're perforated just enough to tear only with deliberate force. Meaning, you likely won't accidentally pull out one of the sheets while writing.


Here's the central crack of the notebook. You can see the string, and, in the upper right, you can also see where some Capri Sun ejaculated after I stabbed the straw too hard into the bladder. Importantly, here, the liquid did not soak through the sheet, which means we're dealing with useful, good quality paper.

(Especially for the accident prone.)

(Especially for me.)


And here's the back flap that lets you store your extra crap.

USE THESE.
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[potato]

i recommend the 128pg drawing moleskine if you ever make the leap to a larger size
the unruled writing one has really thin paper imo

i love my moleskines too
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[shrugtheironteacup]

I think I once started a thread about how my fondness for moleskines kind of embarrasses me. Probably in the axe.

I have a few filled standard-sized lined notebooks and one that I'm about fifty pages into. The expense and attendant marketing materials are a bit annoying but as you've said the paper is about perfect, and they're the first hardbound notebooks I've run into that opens comfortably flat and stays that way without being wire-bound and thus prone to having their "binding" crushed.

I've tried a few cheaper knock-offs and there's usually something that annoys me about their construction. I'm ridiculously particular about what I aimlessly scribble in, so I always end up going back to the moleskine.
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[CubaLibre]

I have a moleskine for each class, for notes. Everyone else takes them on their laptop. I guess I feel like a pompous dick sometimes, but man. There really ain't a better notebook.
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[dark steve]

all of you are hipsters hipsters hipsters notebooks are fifty cents you hipsters wah wah wah


okay

Anyone have suggestions for cheap pens that won't bleed through those thin ruled pages? This generally causes me a lot of consternation.

Also, HOT TIP: keep blank index cards in the pocket.

[Mr Mustache]

I use the graph paper version.
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The people are like wool to me

[Mr Mustache]

I use the graph paper version.
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The people are like wool to me

[slipstream]

guide showing how to make a moleskine-style notebook
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[bort]

i own one of these but i dont know how to write

[boojiboy7]

I use a fliptop blank drawing style pages one. I love it. I have a few of the style Adilegain uses as well, and those are damn nice. I use it for everything from grocery lists to notes on books I am reading. It's just nice to have everything in one book.

[Martial Loh]

slipstream have you tried making your own?
looks like a lot of hassle..being a man of convenience i think i'd rather buy one... a 50p notebook that is.

[internisus]

I made half a dozen small hard-bound books in college. I use them as notebooks. Some of them are pretty nice! But they absolutely were a pain in the ass to make, and that was in a setting where I had materials, equipment, and instruction to assist me. I can't see myself doing that again on my own until I'm like in my forties and have my own little basement workshop or something plus highly developed patience.

[slipstream]

[extrabastardformula]

And homemade molskines make great gifts for friends
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[Martial Loh]

[gooktime]

your handwriting is dreadful jesus

[Adilegian]

And now that I’ve got a moment to respond....

[CubaLibre]

[internisus]

[boojiboy7]

When I was a TA, they bought me a bunch of books and such so that was nice. But yeah, in the writing center I think I cleared only like 7 an hour, but we could requisition stuff for the writing center and use it ourselves, so that helped.

[Martial Loh]

Im proud to say I bought a ring bound 75p sketchpad instead..
I think if i spent so much (£6.50) on a moleskine, I'd treat it too preciously and would end up not drawing/writing anything in it... This is a problem and is exactly why my office desk is covered with lots of loose A4 sheets, containing sketches or notes...

[Adilegian]

[boojiboy7]

[Ebrey]

I know a lot of people who live in LOS ANGELES off graduate student stipends - shouldn't it be easy to live in Cleveland?

Though they have regular TA jobs, not "assistantships."

[boojiboy7]

yeah see my total income for a semester from my job was around 3000 bucks. which is not good to live on.

[Ratoslov]

Moleskines aren't the best lecture notebooks for me, since my handwriting is bad enough on spiral-bound notebook paper, but I find them to be absolutely essential for hastily-scribbled poems, sketches, notes, or phone numbers. Always keep one on me.

[chriservin22]

I also love me some moleskin notebooks.

I have two pocket sized moleskins, one filled with graph paper, the other music staffs. The latter is epically nice -- when a melody pops into my head, it's much easier to jot it down in proper musical notation instead of my incomprehensible shorthand.

The best part, though is the "history of a legendary notebook" card that comes with them. All the greats used it! Hemmingway! Picasso!
...and you?

[shnozlak]

with my hand writing I dont feel I deserve such an object. Maybe a moleskin laptop case instead...
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[shrugtheironteacup]

I believe in your handwriting, shnolzak.

Like I believe in America.
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[Wilkes]

moleskines are for people who use less than one notebook a week

[shrugtheironteacup]

Wilkes they can also be for people who want to exchange all of their disposable income for blank paper.
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[Wilkes]

people who spend all their disposable income on blank paper have nothing to write about

[wasted potential]

if you think these are awesome, wait til you discover moleskin condoms!
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[SplashBeats]