New Journals
All of our journals are made with archival adhesives, strong linen thread, fountain pen friendly paper, and Great Care right in Baltimore City, across from the famous Roland Water Tower. Check below for groupings by binding style and even all of the rest!
A hardcover book that opens wide, with handmade lokta paper with metallic gold insects silkscreened onto it, with a ton of fountain pen friendly paper? Yes, please. Ann Goy’s celestial Criss-Cross binding makes a durable hardcover book with the ease of opening found in a non-adhesive binding. Notebooks made in this fashion are often great conversation starters; just remember to tell the curious folks where you got yours.
Includes Underlay Sheets with two line spacing and graph options. Write or draw perfectly straight without anyone being able to tell how you did it!
Details: 8 × 5.75 inches; 192 blank pages of super smooth 64gsm Japanese paper that works well with fountain pens; Kraft endpapers; handmade lokta paper over boards; Irish linen thread, waxed with local beeswax.
The “half bound” design of this little journal makes it big on style, with the spine and corners covered in pink bookcloth and the rest covered in handmade lokta paper with golden dragonflies. The gold endbands top off the spine at each end, and the cotton paper inside waits for your favorite inks and graphite.
Details: 5.5 X 4 inches; Bradel/German style case binding; cloth and handmade lokta paper over boards; 240 blank white pages of US-made, 25% cotton paper; golden parchment endpapers; unique edition of one book.
Take a small book of fountain pen friendly stock with you in one of these cute little books little books covered in Japanese marbled paper that I make in-house. I bind these books in the German case-binding method (AKA Bradel Binding) for durability and precision. One dozen dozen (one gross) of heavy 28lb paper is ready for whatever you throw at it. New to Pencil Revolution Press, these books have coordinating ribbon bookmarks. Choose from styles listed below.
Details: 5 ¼ x 3 7/8 inches; Bradel bound with linen thread; cloth and hand marbled paper paper over boards; confetti endpapers; 144 blank pages of 28lb, US-made white smooth paper.
Full cloth books are so durable, so understated, so difficult to find, so lovely to hold. I bind these books by hand with 64gsm Japanese paper that loves fountain pens. The covers are stiff and carefully covered with quality book cloth with archival adhesive. The paper inside is luscious with fountain pen users, and the included Underlay Sheets give you two line spacing options and two graph options. Simply place the sheet of your choice under the page you are writing on, and the guides will help you keep your writing straight — like magic!
Details: 7 X 5.25 inches; Bradel/German case binding; 240 blank pages of 64 gsm Japanese paper; cloth over boards; Underlay sheets
Casebound Journals
With traditionally sewn textblocks and stiff boards, these are the durable books that we often think of in the West when we talk about a “hardcover” book.
I bought the handmade lokta paper that covers this book in Cambridge this past summer. The white moons are silkscreened onto a cool grey base, and the whole vibe screams WINTER. These books are carefully bound by hand and are full of amazing Japanese paper that sings for fountain pen but handles graphite better than that other famous Japanese paper. The included underlay cards of differently spaced lines and graphs can be placed under the page you are using, showing through enough to guide your writing when you need it – all the while leaving you pages full of magically straight lines. POOF!!
Details: 8.25 x 5.5 inches; casebound; cloth over boards; white endpapers; 192 pages of 64 gsm super smooth Japanese paper
Gift your sweetie (or yourself) a cute cloth covered journal for Valentine’s Day this year. The innards are 100% sugar cane paper, a naturally colored and super smooth stock that is absolutely amazing for fountain pens, showing off the sheen of your favorite inks better than most papers on earth. Bound with linen thread over linen tapes and with slightly rounded spines (got to use my new Picard hammer!), these little books are made to last forever and still open up for your writing on the go -- or while waiting for your V-Day date at your favorite cafe’ to calm your nerves and to muse about all of the possibilities of a new Love Match.
Choose from the page formats listed below.
Details: 5.5 X 3.75 inches; Bradel-style casebinding with Irish linen thread; cloth over boards with machine-made endbands; 200 pages of sugar cane paper with sugar cane endpages.
I accidentally made semi-patriotic (if you’re French or American) books covered in handmade lokta paper and red cloth. It is bound by hand and full of amazing Japanese paper that sings for fountain pen but handles graphite better than that other famous Japanese paper. The included underlay cards of differently spaced lines and graphs can be placed under the page you are using, showing through enough to guide your writing when you need it – all the while leaving you pages full of magically straight lines. POOF!!
Details: 8.25 x 5.5 inches; casebound; cloth over boards; white endpapers; 192 pages of 64 gsm super smooth Japanese paper
Simple. Sturdy. Full of fountain pen friendly paper. PINK. This understated journal will be the keeper of your secrets for the rest of your life.
Details: 8 x 5.8 inches; cloth over boards; 200 lined pages of 80 gsm super smooth eco paper; white endpapers
Coptic Bound Books
As one of the first binding methods that we would recognize as a proper book, these bindings feature exposed stitching, hard covers, and the ability to open fully flat on your desk from day one.
Folks report pleasant experiences around this particular size of notebook — roughly B6. Each cover features handmade and silk-screened lokta paper adhered to their boards by house-made organic wheat paste. The feeling is difficult to describe, but IYKYK. Irish linen thread holds them all together, and what they hold together is 160 blank* pages of superb Japanese paper that excels for fountain pen, pencil, or your favorite scented gel pens.
*Included underlay sheets help you to keep your work straight, with 2 different line widths and graph sizes
Details: 6 ¾ x 5 inches; Coptic style binding; white endpapers; handmade paper over boards; 160 blank pages of super smooth Japanese paper, with included underlay sheets printed on heavy card
Remember when 1.44 megabytes was a meaningful amount of storage? These vintage diskettes provide the perfect size and stiffness for a portable notebook, and the Coptic/French link binding allows it to open flat on your table, desk, lap, or the back of the person in front of you. Inside, Neenah’s 25% cotton Capitol Bond provides a reliable canvas for everything from fountain pens to your favorite Gelly Roll from 1998. While floppies like this are no longer useful for storing your data, you can use this little guy as a little vault in which to keep your secrets, your plans, or that funny cartoon of your neighbor who complains about your loud grunge music every weekend.
Approx. 3.65 X 3.5 inches; 192 lined pages of wonderful 24lb US-made paper containing 25% cotton pulp; hand-sewn with 18/3 Irish linen thread, waxed with pure, local beeswax.
Gold print adorns the handmade fuchsia paper that covers these Coptic-bound journals. Inside, super smooth paper awaits all of the inks in your rainbow — matching the rainbow stubs wrapping each signature.
★Edition of 3 books, each handmade at Pencil Revolution Press.
Approx. 8×6 inches; handmade paper over boards; Coptic style binding; 192 pages of super smooth eco-paper; rainbow stubs from the Astrobrights line; choose between lines and dot grid innards.
Covered in handmade paper with gold and silver foil over boards, this Coptic binding features a French-link in the center and visible stitching all along the spine. It opens flat, and the hard covers provide durability. I sewed it all up with 100% hemp thread, hand-waxed. What’s even cooler is what’s inside: 100% tree-free, unbleached, sugar cane based paper. It is a warm and very smooth stock that turns out to be the best eco-paper I have ever tried fountain pen ink on. I’m in love and am most of the way through the case I bought already. Here is proof that deliberately eco-conscious paper can also feel lovely to use!
8 X 5.25 inches; handmade paper over boards; 100% hemp thread, hand-waxed; custom endpapers; 192 pages of tree-free paper made from sugar cane -- extremely fountain pen friendly and smooth
Criss-Cross / Secret Belgian Bindings
Intended as a hybrid of casebound books (with their spine protection and separately created covers) and Coptic style bindings (with their ease of opening and adhesive-free stitching), these journals are perfect for everything from your pocket to your library carrel.
A hardcover book that opens wide, with handmade lokta paper with metallic gold insects silkscreened onto it, with a ton of fountain pen friendly paper? Yes, please. Ann Goy’s celestial Criss-Cross binding makes a durable hardcover book with the ease of opening found in a non-adhesive binding. Notebooks made in this fashion are often great conversation starters; just remember to tell the curious folks where you got yours.
Includes Underlay Sheets with two line spacing and graph options. Write or draw perfectly straight without anyone being able to tell how you did it!
Details: 8 × 5.75 inches; 192 blank pages of super smooth 64gsm Japanese paper that works well with fountain pens; Kraft endpapers; handmade lokta paper over boards; Irish linen thread, waxed with local beeswax.
Ann Goy’s celestial Criss-Cross binding makes a durable hardcover book with the ease of opening found in a non-adhesive binding. These windy books are full of ink-loving paper and is covered with handmade/silkscreened Lokta paper from Nepal. It might be difficult to make out in the photos, but the gold ink is metallic, carefully applied. Keeping with the natural vibe, I used house-made organic wheat paste as the only adhesive in this batch of books. Paste takes longer to dry than synthetic adhesive, but I love the feel of using it and the results it makes possible. Plus, a little less plastic unleashed into the world can’t be a bad thing, right?
Available with two lined journals and one dot-grid bullet journal style book.
Notebooks made in this fashion are often great conversation starters; just remember to tell the curious folks where you got yours.
Details: 8 × 5.75 inches; 144 pages of FSC certified, super smooth eco paper that works well with fountain pens; white endpapers; handmade lokta paper over boards; Irish linen thread, waxed with local beeswax.
Ann Gay’s celestial Criss-Cross binding makes a durable hardcover book with the ease of opening found in a non-adhesive binding. This shadowy journal is full of ink-loving paper and is covered with handmade/silkscreened Lokta paper from Nepal. It might be difficult to make out in the photos, but the gold ink is metallic, carefully applied. Keeping with the natural vibe, I used house-made organic wheat paste as the only adhesive in this batch of books. Paste takes longer to dry than synthetic adhesive, but I love the feel of using it and the results it makes possible. Plus, a little less plastic unleashed into the world can’t be a bad thing, right?
Notebooks made in this fashion are often great conversation starters; just remember to tell the curious folks where you got yours.
Details: 8 × 5.75 inches; 144 lined pages of FSC certified, super smooth eco paper that works well with fountain pens; white endpapers; handmade lokta paper over boards; Irish linen thread, waxed with local beeswax.
Ann Gay’s celestial Criss-Cross binding makes a durable hardcover book with the ease of opening found in a non-adhesive binding. This astrally joyous journal is full of ink-loving paper and is covered with handmade/silkscreened Lokta paper from Nepal. It might be difficult to make out in the photos, but the inks are metallic, in gold and silver. I echoed this with the color of threads that form the book’s main structure. Keeping with the natural vibe, I used house-made organic wheat paste as the only adhesive in this batch of books. Paste takes longer to dry than synthetic adhesive, but I love the feel of using it and the results it makes possible. Plus, a little less plastic unleashed into the world can’t be a bad thing, right?
Notebooks made in this fashion are often great conversation starters; just remember to tell the curious folks where you got yours.
Details: 8 × 5.75 inches; 144 lined pages of FSC certified, super smooth eco paper that works well with fountain pens; white endpapers; handmade lokta paper over boards; Irish linen thread, waxed with local beeswax.
Longstitch Bindings
With each section sewn directly to the spine, these books open easily, display their stitching patterns, and lend themselves to a huge variety of cover materials.
Real bark from the Quercus suber is laminated to a fabric backing to create this leather-like material. I bound 144 pages of fountain pen loving 105gsm paper into the covers with 100% linen thread and finished off each book with a button stud closure. These lightweight and simple books open wide, are both flexible and durable, and they exude a sort of old-school charm. Choose from colors below.
Details: 7 X 4.25 inches; longstitch binding with waxed Londonderry linen thread; cork “leather” cover with screwed-in metal button stud closure; 144 blank pages of Astrobrights US-made paper.
Modern materials meet medieval binding methods in this bountiful journal full of premium, fountain pen friendly paper.
Tree leather in yellow and grey echo the colors of a wooden pencil’s painted barrel and the metal ferrule that holds the eraser on the top. As for the eraser, the bubblegum pink linen thread and vintage button from my great-grandmother’s stash — literally — tie everything together with the exposed stitching and the saddle-stitched closure.
With 240 lined pages inside of a book that opens flat, you are all set for every adventure that awaits you before 2027’s National Pencil Day.
Unique edition of one book.
Details: Approx. 8 × 5.5 inches; tree leather (cellulose based fabric); late medieval longstitch binding with 100% linen thread from Londonderry; 240 pages of 80 gsm, smooth eco-paper.
Around this time of year, it seems like these tri-color treats are everywhere — in bowls, lunchboxes, and stuck in your kids’ teeth. I made these books as a homage to the candy I wish I liked more. The spines are constructed of white Kraft-Tex, with orange cloth lining. “Orange Fizz” and “Lemon Drop” cardstock outward from the spine, making these A5 books look good enough to eat. I used white Irish linen thread in a late medieval longstitch binding, with gently rounded spines. Choose your preferred page format of super smooth fountain pen friendly paper, all contained between two endpapers of one-of-a-kind hand marbled paper.
★Edition of 10 books — made by hand in Charm City.
Approx. 8×6 inches; US-made card over boards, cloth, and paper “leather”; hand-marbled end pages; linen thread treated with local beeswax; 200 pages of super smooth eco paper.
Combining some of the benefits of an easy-opening longstitch binding with the rigidity of a casebound book, this little guy has great paper inside, marbling inside and out that I did myself, and some fancy weaving around the exposing binding. This was the fun project of an afternoon that I can't justify keeping for myself. I hope that its bright hues keep the pep in your step as the days get darker.
Size: 4.5 x 4 inches; Longstitch w/ spine weaving; covered in hand marbled paper + tree leather over boards; marbled endpapers; 200 lined pages of 28lb heavy white stock
Upcycled Library Books
I sew premium paper stocks into discarded library book covers in a variety of non-adhesive bindings. Get that well-loved feeling in a journal full of modern paper for you to fill yourself.
Who doesn’t enjoy a lovely old book, its cover well-loved but still intact but its insides in disarray? I remove the covers from discarded books to create these sturdy journals that are ready for your studies, your travels, or even just managing your health or household. They open wide, have exposed stitching, and there’s even a library card in the back cover, with details about your book! Oh, and, of course: the smooth eco paper is fantastic for fountain pens, pencils, and just about everything in between.
Choose from styles and colors listed below.
Details: 7.8 X 5 inches; 144 pages of 105 gsm super smooth eco paper; bound in the Coptic style with 100% linen thread; library card in rear cover; original endpapers; handmade in Baltimore
Who doesn’t enjoy a lovely old book, its cover well-loved but still intact but its insides in disarray? I remove the covers from discarded books to create these sturdy journals that are ready for your studies, your travels, or even just managing your health or household. They open wide, have exposed stitching, and there’s even a library card in the back cover, with details about your book! Oh, and, of course: the smooth eco paper is fantastic for fountain pens, pencils, and just about everything in between.
Choose from styles and colors listed below.
Details: 7.8 X 5 inches; 144 pages of 105 gsm super smooth eco paper; bound in the Coptic style with 100% linen thread; library card in rear cover; original endpapers; handmade in Baltimore
You don’t need a Moleskine to have a hardcover book that has an elastic closure to take everywhere with you. The upcycled covers are far more interesting than some bog-standard black notebook, and the Coptic binding allows this to open wider and more easily than any Moleskine. The real star is the super smooth, premium eco-paper that gets great feedback on how well it works for fountain pens — all 192 pages of it!
Details: Burgundy and beige: approx. 8 × 5.5 inches; Grey and tan: approx. 8 × 5.25 inches; upcycled library book covers with original endpapers; super secure elastic closure; Coptic-style binding with heavy waxed thread; 192 pages of lined premium eco-paper.
Get a bullet journal that opens wide and contains super-premium paper for bujo-ers who like fountain pens. The library covers are way cooler than some standard A5 book with a false heritage. Choose from the four variations below:
★Grey cover/seaform thread
★Black cover/red thread
★Beige cover/olive thread
★Burgundy cover/tan thread
Details: Approx. 8 × 5.25 inches; upcycled library book covers with original endpapers; Coptic-style binding with heavy waxed thread; 192 pages of dot grid premium eco paper.
Tiny Books
Made with the same materials, the same methods, and the same standards as our full-sized books, these little guys are a delight to hold — and to use!
Put a beautiful hardcase journal in your pocket! I use the same materials and attention to detail to create lasting little volumes that you can take anywhere — with your fountain pens even!
Details: 3.75 × 2.8 inches; Bradel/case binding, with decorative card and cloth over boards; brown Kraft endpapers; 168 lined pages of 25% cotton, US made paper.
Put a beautiful hardcase journal in your pocket! I use the same materials and attention to detail to create lasting little volumes that you can take anywhere — with your fountain pens even!
Details: 3.75 × 2.8 inches; Bradel/case binding, with decorative card and cloth over boards; brown Kraft endpapers; 168 lined pages of 25% cotton, US made paper.
With a classic half-bound style that includes cloth spines and corners, these bright little books are open wide for writing on the go. And they open wide to a lovely vegan parchment in Ivory that welcomes your most far-flung inks. If you have been looking for a pocket bullet journal that loves fountain pen, look no further than this little pair of sunny books complemented by my own marbled paper
Details: 4.75 x 3.5 inches; sewn-boards binding; cloth and hand marbled pages over boards; 160 dot grid pages of 24lb Ivory parchment; gold parchment endpapers
Variations:
★ Mostly black
★ Subtle yellow
Sometimes, simple does it. And, with pocket notebooks, I find this to be especially true. As such, the block of fountain pen loving Japanese paper is covered with thin boards and cloth, with a relatively narrow “square” around the pages. I would not call these books flexible per se, but they certainly can bend a little in your pocket if you want them to. If you are looking for something classier than a Field Notes or with wayyyyyyy better paper than a Moleskine, look no further than these green and brown little books.
Details: 5.3 X 3.6 inches; Bradel/German style case binding; cloth over boards with machine-made endbands; 192 lined pages of 64 gsm Japanese paper.
Choose from green or brown
Bound in Baltimore
All of our books are made entirely by hand — using simple, manual tools — with premium materials carefully selected to work well with everything from graphite pencils to fountain pens. From Pencil Revolution HQ in Baltimore City, we are happy to bring you myriad blank books in a variety of sizes, binding styles, and page formats. Choose from our current stock of ready to ship volumes, or reach out to create custom journals for yourself, your organization, or your event.
