Writer Bruce Chatwin recommended numbering each page for use as a reference guide, as described in the Chatwin Insert which can be found inside all new Moleskines.
via 43 Folders wiki
I decided to give it a try – and bought myself one of those numbering stamp-thingies and came up with this:
I decided to redo my Moleskine pen holder hack this time with black duct tape – which I mentioned would probably look better. Sure enough, I was able to go from this:
To this:
NOTICE
This “hack” has been improved/superseded by a [cosmetically] better one that can be found here. Otherwise, feel free to read on about the “concept” and methodology behind it.
One of the problems a notebook owner will face is the fact that they will not only have to lug notebook all around, all the time; but that they would need their writing materials handy as well.
Moleskine owners often tend to take their writing materials just as seriously as the notebook they write on – just like me. I only want(ed) to use a [mechanical] pencil with the notebook, and that I like to have a “pen-eraser” (for lack of a better term) for mistakes I make (because mechanical pencil built-in erasers, if present at all, suck).
There have been a lot of “hacks” done with Moleskines in the internet that address just that: trying to integrate your writing materials into your notebook to make it easier to transport. We have hacks such as the Moleskine pen-hack, pencil holder hack, quiver hack, duct-tape pen hack, among others – feel free to post a comment if you know of another hack, I’m trying to check all options to see what might be the most effective (and cheap) implementation.
And so in this post, I present my own pen-holder hack, sort of a tutorial (actually more of a commentary) on the reasoning behind the materials used, and construction “decisions.” Read More
I was able to buy Moleskine notebooks for me and my girlfriend. These notebooks are awesome, and would make perfect gifts if only they weren’t so damn expensive. The pocket versions cost PhP 900 locally (I got the regular/large sizes, which set you back PhP 1,250 each).
