Photo credit: Robert Occhialini The DDC Stuff Sheath—designed by the fine folks at Draplin Design Co.—is a simple leather sheath that protects your Field Notes notebook and other bits of paper bouncing around in your pocket. As the embossing on the front cover says, the Stuff Sheath is very durable and very, very orange. Sports a single line of stitching along the…
Coal Headwear has teamed up with Draplin Design Co. to produce a special, limited-edition Field Notes set that is timed perfectly for both the 4th of July and the World Cup. This beautiful Americana-inspired 3-pack is of the graph paper variety, and will run you $12 + US-only shipping (which was $5 for me).
This season's entry in the Field Notes COLORS lineup is the new "Arts and Sciences" edition. At 4.75" x 7.5", these notebooks are noticeably larger than the standard 3.5" x 5.5" Field Notes. Rather than shipping as a three-pack of the same notebook, this edition contains two distinct models: the wine-colored "Arts" notebook and the dark slate "Sciences" notebook. Each is respectively…
A simple leather cover for Field Notes notebooks. As my friend Patrick Rhone puts it: “Not only a nice place to keep a Field Notes brand notebook but also a handy place to keep some index cards, business cards, and book of stamps.” Not much more to say than that. $45 at Hellbrand Leatherworks.
The guys at Field Notes have done it again with the latest in their COLORS lineup, the cover of which is actually made of wood. It's called the Shelterwood Edition. As you can watch in their behind-the-scenes video, they've very thinly sliced up some American cherry wood and bonded it with kraft paper to form each cover. Due to the nature of…
Mike Dudek, the guy who writes about pens over at The Clicky Post, also handcrafts some very nice pen-and-notebook holders. My favorite of the bunch is called 'The Display', because it displays your pens nicely (up to 5) and also holds a few Field Notes notebooks. It's obviously a great item to have in your workspace, but I think it works just…
Something I've noticed a lot of in the last few years is a renewed interest in the old-school, ritualistic style of shaving, often referred to as "wet shaving". Guys are tossing out their modern shaving stuff in favor of the kind of gear their grandfather might have used back in the day, and in turn they're getting a much more relaxing and…
The latest edition of the Field Notes COLORS lineup is here just in time for the holidays, and it's called "Cold Horizon". With glossy blue covers whose colors blend into one another across the set when they're arranged side-by-side, these notebooks certainly evoke the winter spirit. The pages of each book – which are tinted light green, light blue, and cool gray,…
In addition to their "Pony Express" leather pouch, the guys at Field Notes have added a beautiful new product to their lineup of leather goods: the "Everyday Carry" Memo Book Cover. Made of soft, vegetable-tanned cowhide leather, this cover sports inner pockets that can hold a Field Notes notebook along with other carryables, such as cash and a couple of credit cards.…
The latest in the Field Notes 'Colors' lineup is the gorgeous Night Sky edition. On the back cover you'll find a set of constellations – including Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Pegasus, Ursa Major/Minor, Draco, Boötes, Cygnus, Lyra, and Aquila – with each cover featuring a different group. These are some of the most attractive Field Notes I've ever seen, but maybe I'm a little…
Look, our love of of Field Notes notebooks is well-documented, but while it may sound familiar, we keep falling in love with the these things. The new “America The Beautiful” series is here, and it's a big departure from previous offerings. The three-set showcases thee different, all-color covers, “Spacious Skies,” “Amber Waves,” and “Mountain Majesty." The paper is ruled (which makes me…
It's that time again: new Field Notes are here. This time around, the small notebooks come wrapped in a “Antarctic Survey Orange” front cover and “Polar Night Black” back cover. The interior, however, is where the magic is: The whole book is printed on Yupo Synthetic paper, an amazing water- and tear-proof paper extruded from polypropylene pellets in Chesapeake, Virginia. Check out…
I've filled up over a dozen Field Notes notebooks over the last year or so. I keep all of them in a Ziploc bag in my desk, with the dates written on the covers for future use. (I also scan them and keep them as PDFs) Admittedly, it's not a great system, but it works. The guys over at Field Notes have…
It's that time again: the Field Notes Colors Fall Edition is here. Dubbed the "Traveling Salesman Edition," these notebooks harken back to door-to-door salesmen who traveled with ledger books, door to door, for much of the last century. Here's how the guys at Field Notes describe the notebook: The covers of this edition are a lovely chocolate brown from The French Paper…