A5 Leather Writing Journal Refillable Travelers Notebook Notepad Diary Sketchbook Vintage Girls Boys Student(Deep Brown)

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I’d looked high and low for a notebook that had inserts that could be torn off and finally found this. Really pleased with the look and quality, really nice! Just wish the supplier also sold the A6 version as I would have bought this too.

I'm very impressed with this A5 leather journal. The smell of leather is still strong even after a month of use.It comes with an attached elastic to keep it shut, this works well and doesn't show any signs of use yet. There's a brass plate where this goes around, keeping the leather edge from getting bent or damaged. It opens like a soft bound book and lies flat easily.Inside is an A5, 6 hole ring binder. It's important to note it is the standard A5 sized hole spacing, not the Filofax personal size. These sizes are different and not interchangeable. I made the mistake of thinking they're the same and bought some inserts that didn't fit, realised my mistake, and reordered the correctly sized ones. It's also worth reading the reviews of hole punches as some are compatible (true A5 ones) and some aren't (personal sized ones).It comes with preprinted, dateless diary pages, and also blank pages. The Chinese origins are a little obvious, I don't really need a bilingual index to my name in English and Chinese!The folder is editable by pressing the top and bottom of the 6 ring metal holders. It's a very nice folder which is nicely finished and looks and smells like it's an expensive product. Very pleased with it and I can highly recommend it.

In Chinese dates

Nice bound note book but it has the Chinese calendar dates so I have taken off the cover page. It would be beneficial to have UK bank holidays etc not Chinese New Year.

Its a great idea, but the binding rings are a bit flimsy and tend to pop open if you're not too careful. Difficult to write when the page is on the thinner side, left obviously at the start of journal, but I'm sure as I get further on it'll thicken up enough to write comfortably

Its very nice material and good quality. However, it had mould on the inside, due to the material of the lining and had obviously been kept somewhere damp. I cleaned it up and am airing it and hopefully it will be fine.

Nothing to dislike. I'm using it to record memories of my late parents' wonderful quips and sayings. As we are all born and raised in Glasgow I add a 'wee translation ' to each record.