Field Notes - Acid-free and Round Corners

More than a year ago I contacted Field Notes for wholesale pricing so that I could start selling them in our stores.  Somehow communication broke down and I never received a sample.  There are a lot of good reviews out there but without being able to touch and test it I refrained from selling it in our stores on blind faith.  Finally I re-established contact and got a pack of 3 notebooks from their wholesale program.

It looks great but honestly I think it is a bit expensive.  US$9.95 for a total of 144 pages, comparing to Moleskine's square notebook at US$10.95 for 192 pages.  It looks like there is only a US$0.012 price difference per page but look at what else Moleskine put into its notebook: hard cover, bookmark and back pocket.  Of course you can't compare Field Notes, as a new brand, with Moleskine which has a huge running production, naturally leads to lower cost per page with extra features.  Well, they are both not cheap.  So what more Field Notes is offering?
Simply, 3 things I like about Field Notes.  The first two has a lot to do with how it looks.
  1. front cover Futura typeface, black ink on Durotone "packing brown wrap" French paper
  2. perfectly cut round corners.  If you look closely, many notebooks have ugly round corners
  3. I tested the paper and cover for acidity.  Their PH values are nearly 9, which means slightly alkaline.  Perhaps they added alkaline buffer to make it last longer intentionally or is it just my imagination?  At least it is acid-free.
  4. I prefer roller ball, ink doesn't bleed through Field Notes' pages.  I have to use Moleskine's sketch book instead of plain notebook to prevent bleeding, when you count this in, the price per page of Field Notes becomes cheaper.
  5. It fits perfectly on my pocket size Moleskine.  Now I clip Field Notes on top of my Moleskine both as a handsome cover and my favorite to-do list
  6. soy-based ink printing is environmental friendly
Did I say 3 things?

Just the alkaline paper plus its durable cover are good enough to fit Field Notes' outspoken "practical applications #30" - Last Will/Testament.  Well, on second thought, I think the cover can be more durable and the price can be cheaper :)

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Saint Jay
I really like the Field Notes pencils. It's a damned fine pencil.
Lila
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Nice review Patrick :-) I've been thinking of getting the Field Notes little notebooks for a while, but the price put me off a bit. I might reconsider once I know what I wanna do with them as I like their look slightly better than the Doane Paper notebooks. The Doane notebooks have a totally different types of paper though, so I guess we can't really compare them.
Patrick Ng
saint, the pencil is great looking too.
Lila, yeah the price is tough. Doane Paper's price is sort of in the same range right?
Lila
It's $9.50 for a pack of 3 utility notebooks (similar size to the Field Notes notebooks) before shipping & taxes.

http://doanepaper.bigcartel.com/



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