Forest Nine
Personalized Leather Journal - Black with wrap closure
Personalized Leather Journal - Black with wrap closure
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Capture your thoughts, dreams, and memories with the A5 Black Personalized Leather Journal, perfect for journaling, sketching, goal setting, or documenting your travels. Handmade from premium full-grain leather, this durable and timeless journal makes an ideal gift for any occasion—whether it's a birthday, graduation, anniversary, or wedding. Thoughtfully designed for artists, writers, travelers, and stationery lovers, it’s a gift that’s both practical and meaningful.
Key Features:
- Premium Full-Grain Leather: Crafted from Horween vegetable-tanned cowhide leather that will age beautifully, gaining a unique patina with time and use.
- Handbound and Durable: Sewn using the medieval long stitch method with waxed thread for long-lasting durability.
- Personalization: Customizable with initials, names, or dates, debossed by hand using heat and pressure for a lasting and elegant imprint.
- High-Quality Paper: Features 180 pages of acid-free, archival-quality 80lb paper available in narrow lined, blank, or dot grid options.
- Flat Lay Design: Lays flat when open for easy writing, sketching, or note-taking.
- Multiple Sizes: Available in 3.5x5”, 4x6”, 5x7”, 6x8.5”, and 8x10”.
- Leather Wrap Closure: Secured with a thick leather wrap to keep your journal protected and tightly closed.
Personalization Information:
- Hand Debossing: Personalization is done by hand, with each brass letter individually placed and pressed with heat for a high-quality finish.
- Times New Roman Font: Your custom text will be in Times New Roman, with uppercase for initials and sentence case for names, dates, or phrases.
- Front Cover Only: Personalization is available only on the front cover.
Leather Details:
- Horween Leather: Made from some of the finest full-grain leather, treated with natural materials such as bark, wax, and oil for a rustic yet luxurious feel.
- Unique Markings: Expect natural variations like scars, wrinkles, and texture differences—signs of the leather’s authenticity.
- Pull-Up Effect: The tan and dark brown options have a "pull-up" effect, which creates beautiful dual tones with use.
Additional Paper Details:
- Fountain Pen Friendly: Smooth 80lb paper designed to handle fountain pens without bleed-through.
- Watercolor Friendly: Light washes can be applied without bleeding or warping.
- Scrapbook Ready: Can withstand glue and added thickness for scrapbooking or creative journaling.
- Archival Quality: Acid-free paper for long-lasting preservation of your work.
How to Order:
- Choose your preferred size, paper type, leather color, and number of characters for embossing from the dropdown menus.
- In the personalization box or notes to the seller section, include your custom text.
- Add the journal to your cart.
- Select your preferred shipping method at checkout.
Optional Add-Ons:
- Extra Pages: Need more pages? Add up to 1,280 total, front and back, by selecting the appropriate add-on from our shop.
- Custom Title Page: Add a personalized title page to your journal for an extra touch.
- Custom Designs: Logos or custom images can be added using a custom metal stamp. Contact us for details.
This A5 Black Personalized Leather Journal is built to be your companion for years, growing in beauty and character as it’s used. Whether it's for yourself or a special gift, this journal is a timeless keepsake.
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from 5471 reviewsMy Forest Nine journal is more beautiful than I ever imagined. The owner, Alyssia, was very patient with me when I had trouble checking out and immediately responded to my email and sent me a custom link (since my old brain just didn’t get it). Her responsiveness and kindness made the actual purchase feel so good and so right. Before sending it, she checked in with me to make sure everything was done as I wanted. I already knew it would be something great, but it was even better! The leather is soft and supple and feels like a cloud in my hands…and it smells AMAZING! My Forest Nine journal is enchanting! I have many (too many) leather journals and 3 that are my favorite, but this new one holds a completely separate place in my heart. Thank you, Alyssia, for making this wonderful piece of art that is priceless to me. I highly recommend Forest Nine if you appreciate something that is hand made, with integrity and intention, just for you.
What a beautiful journal cover! I am so happy that I splurged on this!
Very satisfied with the journal. It is of high quality, beautifully and carefully made and makes me smile every time I use it. Thank you Alyssia.
Trifold with full back pocket, secretarial pocket + small pocket
I am in love with my journal cover. I chose the violet colour and it is aging so beautifully. I have 3 notebooks inside it and I could definitely squeeze in another if I wanted to. Alyssia was so wonderful to work with and her craftmanship is fantastic.
This is actually my second purchase. My first was an oxblood in A5 and I fell so in love with it I needed an A6 immediately.
I got the red with silver elastic. I purchased a small star for the side and a black and silver geode for the clasp. The leather is beautiful and soft but firm enough to feel sturdy. It comes with 4 elastic already and they also include extra bands in your color and in black.
Stunned as always by the quality for the price, even the box and bag it comes in feels luxury. I just know I'll be making another purchase soon as I'm slowly replacing the journals I have with these 😄
This is now my second time ordering from forest nine and as expected the quality is amazing! An issue had come up with my order but Alyssia was extremely fast to resolve it. I now have 3 leather journal covers and I couldn't recommend this business enough ☺️
The most stunning leather journal I am absolutely blown away!!!!
The quality on this journal cover is unreal!
My second journal and I wish I had a purpose for a third one just because I love them so much!
Love my new journal cover! It took a bit longer than expected to arrive but once delivered, I could not be happier!
I am delighted with my journal cover, the craftsmanship is of superior quality, I actually cried when I received it, I was so happy! Alyssia is a lovely person to communicate with and the personalisation and charm look beautiful. Also the packaging is incredible and it’s telling that a lot of love and care went into making and sending my cover. Thank you so much Alyssia! I will definitely be ordering again 😊
Absolutely beautiful books, arrived quickly, and the personalization came out perfect!
I ordered the B5 trifold cover and it's gorgeous. It's very difficult to find leather covers this size, so this is a true gem! I really appreciated all the little details that came with the cover: the handwritten note, extra elastics in different colours that match the cover, the dust bag, etc. And the customer service is above expectations. Very happy with this product and I highly recommend it!
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