CIAK Large (A5) Black Leather Notebook/Journal with Plain Cream Paper

The superb CIAK notebook. Black leather with acid free archival quality cream plain paper. 15x21cm (A5). Patented horizontal elastic band secures any pen tightly against your notebook. CIAK journals and notebooks are made in Italy.

Italian Bonded Leather

Made from smooth soft Italian bonded leather, the CIAK's cover is firm yet flexible, which makes it an excellent alternative to a hardback cover. The use of bonded leather also makes CIAK notebooks very durable - ideal for everyday use.

Archival Quality, Acid Free Paper

There are 140 pages of permanently bound, plain cream paper that is perfect for sketching, fountain pen ink and ballpoints. The paper is archival quality and acid free and takes ink with no feathering or showthrough.

A Unique Leather Notebook

But that's where the conventional notebook ends.

Handmade in Florence, Italy, the CIAK notebook is a leather journal with a difference. CIAK features a patent protected horizontal elastic band, one major advantage of which is that a pen can be securely fastened to the notebook without fear of loss or damage. We've tried this with a variety of pens of different sizes ranging from a Pilot G2 to a Mont Blanc and the CIAK secured each one perfectly.

This is something that is simply impossible with any other notebook, due to their conventional vertical elastic bands. A quick look at the various Moleskine hacks on the Internet demonstrates the usefulness and value of having a pen attached to the notebook in this way.

The CIAK Range

The CIAK range is comprehensive and provides for user choice in virtually all elements of the notebook:

Sizes: 9x13cm, 12x17cm, 15x21cm (A5)
Colours: Black, red, blue, burnt orange, yellow.
Paper types: Ruled cream paper, plain cream paper, squared cream paper, plain white paper, multicolour ruled paper, address book, daily and weekly diary.

As well as the classic range of notebooks, the CIAK range also includes the CIAK Golf notebook, CIAK Travel notebook, CIAK Pocket slim notebook and CIAK Design themed notebook, which are all also available from The Journal Shop.

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Customer Reviews

  CIAK convert  Bought this as a present having bought myself a CIAK notebook a while ago. I think these journals are great quality. Leather is lovely. Horizontal band is handy for sticking things in the journal as well as holding onto a pen. Highly recommended.    -

  Fantastic Notebook.   Looked around for a while, until i found this notebook. It has plenty of pages and good size. The backing is firm but not rigid, so it bends but won't curl at the corners. Covered in a lovely leather. Novel little chord to hold closed comes from the spine. Perfect for ones thoughts and great ideas.   reece - kent, england

  Exceptional  These products are fantastic. Superb quality, very well made and stylish. A great present for someone or to own yourself. The service I received was exceptional; excellent product knowledge, polite and professional. I would certainly buy here again. Thank you.   Marc Stringer - Nuneaton

  A Lovely Journal!  I loved this. The leather, together with the lovely cream paper (that i chose) makes it look very expensive. The paper is lovely to write on and being plain means you can doodle as well as write! I also love the horizantal band, which as advised keeps a pen really snug!   Emma - Haslemere, Surrey

  very nice quality but a bit big for a pocket!  Nice quality product and well bound though a bit big for a pocket, Moleskines have better size proportions (easier to put in a pocket)    -

  Excellent but not completely perfect  Much lovelier texture than the equivalent Moleskine, and the horizontal elastic is brilliantly useful. The paper quality may also be a little richer than the Moleskine. On the downside (perhaps because of the all three of those positives), it's a little stiffer, so it doesn't open as flat.   Dylan Cotter - Dublin

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