LEATHER VILLAGE Leather Bound Journal - Black, 7"X5", 220 Pages - Vintage Blank Paper Diary for Writing, Drawing, Sketchbook, and Travel Notebook - Ideal for Women and Men

I ordered the smaller one, I'm using it as photo-journal. It fits a 4x6 photo perfectly on the page horizontally and Polaroid pictures as well. The pages are beautifully crafted and the binding is superb. Overall, it's a beautiful journal, and lets not forget the leather, its soft and the green color I bought is eye catching with an old vintage feel to it. Thank you for such a great product!

Excellent for lots of different projects. Great for those who enjoy leather and antiquated things. Faily priced, delivered in perfect condition and on time. Great seller.

Beautiful journal and excellent quality!! Highly recommend!!

Perfect. Smelled awful, but it aired out after a while. The jagged placement and canvas feeling of the paper was felt so natural. Everything about this book inspired the eye with features that took this journal out of the standard modern quality you see in collage ruled note books. It's the perfect amount of messy, leaving plenty of blank pages to let your imagination go wild. I love it. I began writing in it right away.

This journal is a beautiful piece of art. The soft leather and the quality was amazing. I am ordering more so I dont run out.

This is a great journal or sketch book. I purchased the chocolate brown - great price for a real leather bound, hand stitched journal with so many pages - all natural materials, real leather, hand made paper (?) - simple, pleasant design - well finished - paper is slightly aged/darkened to a pleasant off white, but not yellow or orange, still very light to draw, sketch or journal on it - brown leather is well crafted, color as described (some users report a flat or too light color), minor irregularities desired in this kind of antiqued journals. - I ordered this model and the one with a metal clasp. This one doesn't smell like leather as much, but is equally well done and a beautiful item to hold and to watch. One star off because there is a huge difference in paper quality between this journal and the other model offered by the same maker for a little more money. This was not apparent to me in pictures. This paper is thinner, the edges are straight as if cut with by machine, and it doesn't have any texture. It is also not aged the same way, paper is more even all around in color, and lighter, just barely off white with no grain. It will probably buckle/warp with wet media like watercolor or gouache, and not sure how it would respond to ink or alcohol markers, since it is much thinner than the other seemingly handmade paper form the other notebook. Other than this, a very good, attractive journal with a simple design and excellent for notes and dry materials like pencils, charcoal, chalk, regular pens, oil pastels, collages.

Really nice journal, very well crafted. There was a note from the maker in the journal, which was a nice touch. It Really draws attention, and everybody wants to check it out. Only caveat - this is real leather, and it could have breathed a bit longer before shipping. I left it open for a day though, and the smell went from chemical to nice leather. If you're in the market for a very nice journal/log book/spell Tome, this will fill the bill nicely.

This is a 5" x 7" journal which could be used for Journaling, drawing, or as a travel journal. It is made of real leather (and has that wonderful, real leather smell!) and I'd held shut with a leather strap wrapped around it. It has 220 pages. The pages themselves are thick parchment paper which are bound together with thick straps of leather; the straps are as useful as they are decorative. There are many positive things about this journal, the most important being how authentic and historical-looking it is. It truly looks like it was made centuries ago. It is real leather, having that great leather smell to it. The parchment paper is unlined, cream colored, and thick; writing does not seep through, making it possible to write on both sides of the paper. The strip of leather wrapped around it holds it securely closed. It looks like a book that needs important things written in it; it is not for writing your grocery list in. The binding is beautiful: a series of x's on the spine, and, on the inside, the pages are divided into 5 sections which are held together by the leather strips. Though it is the least expensive of this type offered by Amazon, you would never guess it. It is every bit as nice as the more expensive ones. The main downside to it is that it is hard to keep open while writing because of the way it is bound. Also it seems kind of small, though it's size was given in the description. It is perfect to set on your nightstand or in a drawer, but it would be awkward to put standing on a bookshelf with other books. I got it to use in a sacred writing class I was taking, and it is absolutely perfect for it. It's a little awkward to write in, but we'll worth it to give my writing the feel I wanted it to have. It looks like something scribes of old would have used. It looks humble yet important, something I will want to hang onto, not just throw away when I'm done. If you are looking for a modern journal, with bigger, lined paper, and a lack of originality, this is not for you. If you want something which is unique, important, and old fashioned, you will like to get it. The best word I can use is "authentic". It gives a wonderful feel to your writing.

It's perfect

My husband loves this journal it's a little stiff but I'm sure the more he uses it the softer it will become

This note book is an interesting mix of the aesthetic and the practical. The look and construction of the notebook is highly unusual. It is a rustic design and the genuine distressed leather makes it, in my view, quirky and attractive. The buffalo leather covered journal is made in Jaipur, India, and the current price of £17.99 for a genuine leather, clearly hand made, notebook has to be a very good price for such an unusual item. The notebook paper is held in place by leather straps as I will try to illustrate with the attached images. Initially I wondered if it might be possible to replace the paper once used, but I think it would take considerable skill to do so, even though the leather is knotted rather than sewn. So I think this is probably a ‘love it or hate it’ article. I really like it and admire the rustic workmanship that has gone into its production. I will give it 5 stars in part because of its uniqueness

The overall aesthetics is amazing, and i like the way my pen ink looks when i write on the pages

This product is remarkably beautiful and well crafted. They weren’t kidding when they said hand made. We bought this and a traditional quill for my daughter’s birthday and I’m not at all disappointed. It’s always refreshing to find something of quality on Amazon and this book is it.