Moleskine claims a long and storied history, naming such creatives par excellence as Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh amongst their users. As a modern brand, Moleskine was founded in 1997 and immediately became a cult hit. Their offerings now include bags, books, travel and digital device accessories and writing tools as well as the classic notebook.
Quick Stats
Brand: Moleskine
Model: Classic Hardcover Large
Sizes:
- Extra-small (A7)
- Pocket (A6-B7)
- Extra-large (B5)
- A4 (Professional range)
- A3 (Folio Art range)
Page styles:
- 5mm dot grid
- 5mm squared grid
- Ruled
- Blank
- Specialty
RRP: AUD $34.95
Origin: Italian design, made in China
Features:
- Elastic closure
- Page marker ribbon
- Inner pocket (back cover)
- Unique ID number
- Title page for contact info
Colours:
- Black
- White
- Oxide green
- Orange
- Red
- Magenta
- Sapphire blue
- Willow green
- Citron yellow
- Violet
- Yellow
- Limited editions
Pages: 240 pages, rounded corners
Cost per page: 15c per page
Cover type: Hard leather-look
Dimensions: A5 size (210mm x 133mm x 15mm)
Binding/lay flat: Thread-bound, lays mostly flat
Environmental footprint: According to Moleskine Srl: environmentally-friendly acid-free paper. Their website states that they create and sell FSC-certified products, but in a really ambiguous way that makes one wonder which of their products this applies to.
The Paper
- 240 pages of 70gsm cream paper vellum.
- 5mm dot grid in grey. 40 cells vertically, 24 cells horizontally.
- Quite smooth, feels really nice to write on with a rollerball.
- A fair bit ghosting; heavy pens show through horribly but even lighter, finer pens do as well. (The page here has been imaged on a flatbed scanner, which exaggerates the amount of show-through).
- Very, very slight ink feathering with fountain pens on some pages, massive ink feathering on others. Consistency seems to vary from notebook to notebook.
