Handmade Vintage Leather Journal Notebook - Dream Catcher Genuine Leather Bound Daily Notepad Paper For Men & Women

This journal looks exactly like the product images, it’s sturdy and well made and would make a nice gift for the RPG enthusiast wanting an accessory to help them “get into their gaming persona.”Having said that, it’s not very practical. The “locking mechanism” interferes with the ability to fully open it and lay the pages out flat for writing, as it raises the center of the page about 3/8 of an inch, causing the whole thing not to lay flat. This effectively prevents the user from having a solid surface on which to write when using the left hand or back side of the pages. Also, while the paper is nice and thick, preventing bleed-through and ghosting, even with fairly “wet” fountain pens, it lacks a smooth enough finish to keep a fine-bobbed fountain pen from picking up paper fibers and becoming clogged over time.If you use felt tips, roller balls or ball-points it’s probably “good enough” paper. As long as you don’t mind only writing on the front side of each page.

This is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship. I love the latch. It is very solid, sturdy, beautiful. I bought it for my son and he is going to absolutely love it. Very happy

Not as pictured, some of the leather stain got on the “stone” and takes away from the neatness of the journal. Not completely happy with my purchase

Husband loved this

Although this is still a beautiful journal, I am greatly disappointed in the "stone". It looks like a large jelly bean has been melted to my book. The reason I picked this journal, over the others in my wish list, was the fiery orange stone. My heart sank when I saw a cloudy piece of plastic with brown stain flecked on it.The inside seems bound tightly, I haven't tested the paper for bleeding, but the texture and thickness is appropriate. I'm still deciding if I will keep it, or if the contents will be soured by my disappointment of the stone everytime I pick it up.

So if you are looking for some high tech manufactured book to journal from... this ain't it. I personally like this book. It is hand made and for those of you who can make one... you know how much work it requires. The leather is real. The paper is real and recycled which means as long as you take care of this book, it will last a very long time. no bindings to rot. My suggestion... after a while put some mink oil on it and buff it up. Cleans up nicely and will condition the leather. Just like boots or your sofa, condition the leather every once in a while and it will be very nice much longer than the commercial mass produced books you get in book stores AND ITS A FRACTION of the price.

I love everything about it. I would have given it 5 stars but it’s actually smaller than I thought. The pics made it look like it was an 8 1/2 x 11 notebook.

After looking at tons of embossed leather journals on Amazon, and reading reviews of products that looked nothing like the store's provided images, I was worried when I place this order. Even though I knew I didn't want to spend more than $20, I still wanted a quality journal!Upon opening the package, I caught a slight scent of a leather tannery, and as I slid the journal out and saw the deep indentations of the dragon on the leather, my worries faded away! This journal looks just like the pictures, and it feels like a good quality leather, thick and supple!Word of warning though: the handmade paper is very textured, which makes precise sketching difficult. The paper is also deceptively thick, since it depresses easily, I don't think I'll be able to use both sides. Additionally, for the perfectionists out there, there was a leather stain mark on the first page and there are small gaps between the page bindings. To me however, these details were all part of the handmade charm of this item, and altogether, this was exactly what I was looking for!

I purchased several versions of these leather journals and while all of them were very nice, this is my personal favorite. The stones are bright and colourful and really « pop »! This brand takes a bit longer to arrive than some of the others that are available, but if you have time this one is worth the wait.

Great quality for the price and easy to use with quill and ink. Which is perfect for one of my D&D character's spell books. The only issue I have is that one of the closers wasn't finished off properly and need to be ground down to make less rough however it's still functional even if you don't grind it down

Ladies and gents and they/thems, if you are looking for a perfect notebook/book of shadows this is for you. It’s handmade, real leather, pages are amazing quality. Love it so much

Very nicely put together. It has the vintage style with the modern craftsmanship. I was shocked in a good way as to how beautiful this notebook truly is. I recommend this to anyone!!

Leather is very, very thin and there was a scrawled in pen inventory number on the inside of the cover.