Hand-made blank book, with deals wood covers, pages hand-stitched to dark brown leather. Journal, diary, sketchbook.

The binding is of this book is hand-sewn, with page signatures open-stitched onto brown calftskin leather bands, which wrap around and are glued to the wood cover boards. The boards are fine-grained mahogany plywood. The book opens easily and lays flat, and the boards will provide a firm support for writing, or drawing, or doodling, or making things up as you go along.

The edges and corners of the wood have been sanded and slightly rounded. The wood has been lightly stained with MinWax Golden Oak stain. The boards are protected with two coats of tough varnish. The pages are sewn in snugly -- not with one or two, but with four stitches per signature -- and will not fall out or work loose.

The book you receive will look a little different from the book pictured here, due to natural variations in the wood and leather.

★ ★ ★ ADD-ONS: ★ ★ ★
Additional pages can be added to your book: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/246852679/more-pages
Text can be engraved on to the front cover: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/464589611/custom-wood-engraving-of-names-or-text

PAGE SIZE: 7 by 8.5 inches.
NUMBER OF PAGES: 7 signatures, 32 pages each, 224 pages total.
PAPER: Acid-free Strathmore 400 series 60-lb drawing paper.
ENDPAPERS: Tan Canson Mi-Tiente pastel paper.
GLUE: Hollander's archival PVA book adhesive.
THREAD: Waxed linen
WOOD: Fine-grained deals strong thin "doorskin" plywood.
VARNISH: Two coats Minwax Polycrylic water-based varnish.
HEADBAND: Hollander's woven silk headband
LEATHER: Brown calfskin

PURCHASING:
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