The superb CIAK notebook. Orange leather with archival quality cream squared paper. 12x17cm. 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, squared cream paper that is perfect for fountain pen ink as well as 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
AN OLD FRIEND I love fountain pen, the paper is fantastic, no bleed through, can feel the quality. Innovative band works well, does not damage spine or cover. Cover is flexible and hard wearing yet soft and pleasurable. Pages well secured. Bends all the way back, nothing breaks or falls out. A real WInner. Mike - Essex
A quality item The leather on this notebook is special and feels robust and its natural pattern still shows. I really like the size and the elastic round the edge is super for holding a pencil in place. One thing to bear in mind is that the book doesn't like staying open flat due to its curved spine profile. AndyR - Exeter
Excellent Notebook This was my first CIAK notebook and I'm very impressed. It easily surpasses the Moleskine and Rhodia notebooks I own. What should be made clear however is that the squares in the squared CIAK notebooks are not 5x5mm. In fact they are 4x4mm and some may find this too small. Carl - Wednesbury
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