Moleskine newbie
fairydustwings
moleskines. I was so disappointed to discover my mistake. I have a few
general questions and cahiers and moleskines. Does the cahier have the
same paper in it as a moleskine? Has anyone tried to rebind or recover
a cahier. And which type of moleskin has the thickest unlined paper
that is not perforated? Also I saw a picture of one that fold out into
one long sheet of paper. What is this called. Thank you so much!!
Keiko Yoshimi
the one you saw is called the Japanese notebook.
Cahiers have the second half of the notebook perforated, so if you
want the one without perforated pages, you may just want to get a
regular plain Moleskine.
good luck :>
Evan Edwards
> Does the cahier have the
> same paper in it as a moleskine?
Depends on the model of Moleskine you get. In general, it is similar to
the lined, plain and squared. The paper varies according to what the model
of Moleskine needs. They are generally the same off-white color and silky
smooth surface except as noted below.
> Has anyone tried to rebind or recover
> a cahier.
Yes, it's pretty typical; it's just paper. I've resewn half sized volumes
using Cahiers.
> And which type of moleskin has the thickest unlined paper
> that is not perforated?
Either the watercolor or sketchbook. They both have much thicker paper
than the plain book. The plain book has thin paper similar to the Cahiers.
The watercolor has rougher nap, thicker paper, and the sketchbook has a
similar smooth texture to the plain, but has much thicker paper. Of course,
the plain has a much larger pagecount because of the thinner paper, so it's
good if you want to journal, but sketching or painting in the pages can show
through to the other side. The paper might be thin, but it is surprisingly
tough. I'm not sure if the sketchbook or watercolor model has thicker paper.
If I recall correctly, the watercolor has a few perforated pages at the end,
but I might be incorrect (they redesigned the watercolor model slightly
awhile back and they may have dropped that feature).
> Also I saw a picture of one that fold out into
> one long sheet of paper.
That's the Japanese sketchbook. There are several models that are harder
to find in bookstores, like the storyboard books and the music staff books.
If you can't find the Japanese model at your local store, you're likely going
to have to order it online. ShipTheWeb.com has them at good rates for those
in the United States and Amazon.co.uk is good for those in the UK. There are
plenty of other online retailers.
--
Evan "JabberWokky" Edwards
http://www.cheshirehall.org/
leslie...@gmail.com
The major worry that I have is that ripping the covers off the cahiers
will damage the stitches. Since they are pre-stitched you could use a
hedgehog stitch slightly modified to sew them into a book.
Instructions are here:
http://www.tjbookarts.com/documents/hedgehog.pdf
THat is a PDF link.
Instead of punching your sewing stations you'll just choose them from
the stitches already on the books. Using the instructions above you can
also rip all the stitches out a still get a nice sturdy book. You'll
need pliers to get the needle and thread through your holes.
HOpe that helps!
Best,
Leslie