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Cowrie Notebook
Papersmiths
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Named Cowrie after the tiny shells we collect on the beaches of Uist. In the urban wild, this delicate shade can be found on the metalwork of the Williamsburg Bridge and was the hue of absolutely everything in our beloved Shoreditch shop (RIP). A rough textured emboss adds some grit, just like the grains of sand on those Outer Hebridean shores.
Cowrie is a light pink A5 notebook with 236 pages. Choose dot grid, ruled or plain.
The notebook begins with a simple printed bookplate for dedicating to your pal, or putting your reward and contact information. We've all got to do our bit to help lost notebooks find their way back home.
Two contents pages and numbered pages throughout allow for easy navigation. As you move through the notebook, the page numbers gradually change colour, taking you through the spectrum.
The notebook contains 100gsm smooth, fountain pen friendly paper stock with minimal show through. It's suitable for use with highlighters, rollerballs, markers, brush pens, ballpoints and ink pens, as well as graphite and coloured pencils. We've tested numerous markers including Tombow (Dual Brush, Twin Tone, Fudenosuke), Faber-Castell Pitt, Pentel Sign and Brush Pens, 20+ black brush pens and various drawing pens. We were able to use both sides of every sheet. Tougher alcohol based markers will show through more easily, for example the Windsor and Newton Promarker.
We’ve used lay flat binding so the notebook opens without forcing the spine. This binding method backlines the inner pages within the spine, leaving them free to move. The cover is bound on with front and rear hinges only.
The cover is subtly blind embossed with ‘Papersmiths’ on the back and a satisfying thumb print sized monogram to the front.
Key specs:
- A5 notebook
- 240 FSC certified paper pages
- 2 x contents pages
- 1 x bookplate page
- 236 x A5 pages with 6mm rules, 5mm dot grid or plain pages
- Numbered pages
- Chunky spine at 15mm thick
- 270gsm British made cover, produced in the Lake District
- 100gsm, wood free, fountain pen friendly inner stock
- Printed and bound in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, by a fourth-generation, family-run binder.
- Designed by Papersmiths
Size: A5, 148mm x 205mm
Gifting? We can handwrite a dedication, up to a maximum of twelve words, for you. Just let us know in the message box at check out.
Beautiful book, lovely colour, perfect fountain pen paper that improves the artistic style of my writing. It smells great as well.
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from 73 reviewsmy go to every year!
Have used these diaries for several years and love them. Prompt delivery and packaged nicely.
Unique products and amazing online service!
Honestly I have been looking for a hardbound fabric notebook that is lined with 6mm ruling for a long time so I was ecstatic when I found this. The pages lay flat and the notebook is really durable and a pleasure to use.
There is slight bleed through when using larger nib size fountain pens but using a fine nib there is no problem. I only wished the paper was like an off white/cream colour rather than the bright white paper colour but that's just my preference.
Cartridges for my much-loved Kaweco Sport fountain pen in black and orange (my favourite of the Kaweco ink colours) arrived very quickly, as always, thank you!
After a birthday trip to Brighton my wife and I stumbled upon paoersmiths. They are and continue to be her preferred stationery of choice. Great colours, finishes and writes. Whenever she starts a new project it'll be a new book and a new pen. Anything that pleases my wife this much deserves a review.
My notebook arrived in perfect condition, wrapped in tissue paper, a papersmiths sticker and a lovely personalised note. My first notebook from Papersmiths was given to me as a gift and I've been trying to find another comparable notebook ever since, but you cannot beat the quality 100gsm paper, textured cover (love the forest green I went for this time) and personalisation you receive when you get your order. The cost may seem on the slightly pricier side but as a long time notebook lover, the paper quality in Papersmiths notebooks just feel so premium and is comparable to other notebooks on the market at this price, but more premium in every way. I've found that I get no ink bleed through and it lays pretty flat when you relax the spine. The shipping only took two days and I love to support a sustainable, ethical business. Thank you Papersmiths!
This is definietely going to replace my usual Rotring Isographs, looking forward to trying out the colours next.
I love this pen, I can't stop writing, it's improved my handwriting style too! It's fine and smooth and glides so nicely.
I have bought these purses as a present.A very useful and attractive gift.
I’ve been searching for a diary which is a week to view, in columns!
Space for notes & planning too. It will be my go-to diary every year! Love it!
Love my new diary and it came so beautifully rapped I feel like I want to receive it all over again!
Such a lovely diary - light enough to keep in your bag, really smooth paper., works well with a fountain pen. Makes me want to book appointments just so that I have more to write in it. Arrived very quickly.
Great product, so fantastic and flexible. Worth noting, you can only reuse the backside of the notes which are white. The coloured side is not reusable. Still handy though!
I bought one of these for my partner last year and I was so jealous of how aesthetic and beautiful his was that I got mine for this year! I love the right-hand page with lots of spaces for to-dos and notes as this is often what I’m riffling through post-its and notebooks for.