This large 6x9 inch journal is entirely handmade. The cover is hand cut from a smoothly textured super soft distressed oil tanned chocolate brown colored sheep hide. The subtle pattern on this leather is fantastic and requires a long gaze. The leather is so soft, smooth and subtly textured that youll be pulling this journal out of your bag just to feel its silky soft covers. The spine of this journal is 2.5 inches thick.

The leather is adhered to sky blue Lama Li paper. I love the color blue with this shade of brown its a wonderful match..

The inside pages are 400 unlined 24lb, 25% cotton pages. The color of these pages is a warm Ivory color. The texture of the pages is perfect for writing and sketching. The paper is acid free. The paper is made by Southworth. Its a wonderful thick paper perfect for writing with a heavy fountain pen, no feathering or bleed through in my experience. Its a completely lovely paper.

The pages are hand sewn to the cover with unbleached naturally colored Irish linen thread. Its been lightly waxed to prevent fraying and tangling during sewing. The sewing style on this journal is a variation of the long stitch. The length of the stitches has been varied to create a pattern along the spine in this case a circle.

The back cover folds over the front to form an envelope style flap. This protects the inner pages from damage but also holds everything secure. It expands allowing you to stuff as much onto these pages as possible. From the flap emerges a long matching leather strap that ties around the journal and to itself to hold everything inside securely. With 400 pages to glue or stuff into this could end up being a very thick journal.

Each picture is of the actual item as I do not use stock photography. If you would like to see more pictures of the item please contact me and Ill be happy to email you more!

These journals are not refillable but make beautiful keepsakes and are designed to last through time and will become a family heirloom your family will cherish.