Rustico Traveler's Journal

To ease the pain of Manic Mondays, I received from Isaac Childs, the founder and designer of Rustico a beautifully hand written note and the Traveller’s Journal! The book arrived in shrink wrap to protect the leather. I will have to photograph and post . There are 5 signatures of hand torn deckle edge papers. The deckle edges alternate between signatures in a little dance to create a fluffy feeling when one ruffles through the pages, and the little bits of torn paper floats down like the clouds of a dream. A signature is a stack of paper folded in half. There are eight pages folded in-half to make a signature. There are 80 pages in 5 signatures making it a total of 160 pages per journal. On the spine one can see the threads (more like sinews) that binds, sews these signatures together. Because of the flexible but sturdy spine, writing on the (VERSO) left hand side of the book is pleasant. It can be laid flat, unlike the stiff bindings of thick books. There is not a drop of glue. This is a unique feature, as most books hide the way it is bound. It is like looking into the workings of a transparent clock. You can also request your name or logo to be laser engraved any where you want.

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