Introducing our new leather-bound blank notebook in A5 size, made of Pueblo Carmine red leather. It features the stunning fountain pen-friendly Tomoe River Paper. This blank journal is perfect as a standalone travel notebook for recording all your special memories and ideas, or as a refill for our best-selling Leather Notebook Covers. Our specially crafted A5 size Tomoe River Paper Notebooks are made of Tomoe River 52 gsm white paper, known as the best fountain pen-friendly paper. Each notebook contains 400 pages and is hand-bound with traditional bookbinding techniques. It's available in a variety of colors including this very stylish Crazy Horse Forest Green. Reviews On YouTube Specs Completely flat-lay Comes in a magnetic closure cardboard box. Vegetable-tanned cow leather cover Hand-bound from Tomoe River 52 gsm white paper Blank paper 200 sheets (400 pages) Includes grid and lined guides Includes blotter (also can be used as a writing mat for comfortable writing) 145 x 210 x 20mm (5.70 x 8.26 x 0.8 inches) Tomoe River Paper Many would agree that there are few papers than can even come close to competing with the quality of Tomoe River Paper when it comes to fountain pen-friendly paper. This high quality 52 gsm paper is incredibly thin and shows off the natural sheen and shimmer in fountain pen inks. Our Tomoe River paper is the same Tomoe River paper that's used in the Hobonichi Techo notebooks. Fountain pen enthusiasts who favor shading ink (that is, those that create subtle color gradations as ink is laid on the paper), will appreciate how the paper shows off these subtle color variations. Sheening inks also perform well as pools of color will sit on the surface of the paper and when they fully dry, will create the reflective look so many fountain pen users love. It’s important to be patient and let the paper fully dry to prevent smudging, especially when using sheening or metallic inks. Click here to read our blog post about Tomoe River Paper. Tomoe River Paper Writing Samples For the guide sheets, thanks are given to the Well-Appointed Desk. For the images, we give thanks to @writetomeoften Color/Finish: Pueblo Carmine Red Pueblo is a kind of full-grain veg-tan leather. Leather starts as a smooth classic veg-tan cowhide and then further finished with a buffing process giving it a lightly suede surface. A5 size At half the size of A4, A5 size notebooks are very popular as journals or daily, weekly or monthly diaries. The size makes them easy to carry while still allowing lots of space to write.