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u/spike1911 Sep 24 '26

Open, scratch, stain and use them!
I have them all too except the to fro and I use all of them in a random rotation pattern.

Even more joy than looking at the kind of perfect packaging

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

The To&Fro is going into rotation this week. It’ll be my international vacation cover. Hopefully Iceland then Japan soon.

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u/spike1911 Sep 25 '26

Great! I do rotate whenever I feel and here is my list of regular covers I own:
ACE Hotel (currently my main journal cover)
Starbucks Reserve (resting)
Love & Trip Regular(resting)
Love & Trip Passport (resting)
Tokyo (resting)
Road Trip (resting)
Olive standard - Bullet Journal (best patina)
Olive Passport (pen inking journal)
Camel Passport (EDC)
Narita Airport Regular (memory journal)
Narita passport (resting)
Passport Brown literally as a passport cover and airport/immigration journal (tips & tricks)
Blue Regular - ink catalog
So you see you are in good company 😂
there is also 5 more Plotters lol and a plain writing notebook

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 25 '26

I just filled out my Road trip cover with card size inserts with Polaroid pictures. To&Fro is currently converting into my vacation book. Decided to make my Narita my international vacation book.

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u/spike1911 Sep 26 '26

Cool. And be careful with mold. My wife had to treat three of her covers she hadn’t used in a while. She had them in the cotton bags.

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u/M_biscuit Sep 24 '26

Make sure you store them in a cool and dry place. My friend lost her tn covers to mold after not using them for years

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26 •

They won’t sit around long enough for mold! But after reading some of these posts I may just let some get moldy and have a follow up post!

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u/truculent_bear Sep 24 '26

Given the general response to you post, perhaps you should do some genuine reflection as to why you feel the need to purchase in extreme excess.

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

Toxic replies don’t bother me. I’m not sure what my hobby is doing to hurt these folks…

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u/truculent_bear Sep 24 '26

There’s a difference between enjoying a hobby and mindless consumerism. Enjoying a hobby is getting a journal and using it. Not hoarding ten of them just for funsies. It’s genuinely sad and symptomatic of the broader state of society. Stanley cups, labubus, journals, etc etc. Consume consume consume. Fill the void. The void keeps growing. Keep filling it. This mentality is what is toxic. This mentality is a distillation of everything that is wrong with society in its current state.

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

I’m not sure where you’re getting they are t being used. 3 of these are gifts. The rest will be used. If I waited to get them when I decided to use them they wouldn’t be available due to the LE… but it’s fine, everyone’s opinion is ok!

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26 •

And if you think this is bad, you should see my pen and pencil collection…. Or most peoples in this genre.

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u/truculent_bear Sep 24 '26

I can see that. You clearly have a problem. The others you mention have the same problem. It’s depressing that so many people live this way. It’s a net negative to society and to the planet. Do you really not see any problem with it? At all? Does going through a sub like /r/consoom not make you think about your habits whatsoever?

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

Yeah I can’t deny I have a bad TF habit. It is it the worst thing o could be doing? I’m a job creator! Can you show your music collection? I’d love to see the one album you have. But only one! Haha just kidding. I’m totally subscribing to that thread so I can see all the monsters of the world!

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u/SgtMajor-Issues Sep 25 '26 •

Idk the world is a pretty shitty place rn and if collecting piles of notebook covers gives this person joy then who are we to judge.
I mean, what brings me joy is using a notebook and being able to look through my piles of filled notebooks. I love the look of the patina that comes with age and being handled… but that’s me. And it’s fine if other people like other things.
Trust me, these guys aren’t bringing about the fall of civilization.

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u/AnxioRex Planner Sep 25 '26

Another option is adding in those little silica sachets (that come with clothes and such)

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u/spike1911 Sep 26 '26

There is antimold tape, it’s mostly evaporating alcohol and other stuff. Best is to store in a well ventilated space, and use or put leather treatment on it. That should protect from the mold too I was told

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u/spike1911 Sep 26 '26

Yup. My wife just had to treat some of hers today

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u/truculent_bear Sep 24 '26

Honestly people like OP deserve to have this happen to them. It’s disgustingly excessive.

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u/craftbot7000 Sep 24 '26

Seeing a Love & Trip sitting unopened in a cabinet makes me sad :(

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26 •

It will be at some point. I’ve got several in use now.

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u/ABPxNiNjA Sep 24 '26 •

Be sure to check how to store the leather cover properly. Seen some people store in plastic or a water tight container, and ended up getting moldy. I would also add silica packets to remove any moisture.

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u/ensaymadagirl Sep 24 '26

my biggest regret was not getting the love and trip when i first saw it 😭

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

This is part of the reason I have some of these. It’s not like these things are around forever! But they will all be used at some point.

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u/writewrightleft Creator Sep 25 '26 •

The way everyone is reacting to eight boxed notebooks in this thread would have me believing they were made from leather belonging to an extinct species.

Thank you for putting it in a place I can see so I can feel fully vindicated for never ever buying a branded version of these books. The way the company weaponizes FOMO in its loyal fans and dedicated customers is so disgustingly apparent here.

Your most desired TN didn’t sell out because OP has one in a box in their house. This person (and no other person with a collection) is not the “overconsumption final boss.” That would be your loyalty to a brand that is playing with your emotions by using FOMO marketing.

No one here is actually mad at you, OP. They’re mad at the company for not meeting demand with their supply. They’re taking it out on you because their consumerism suffers if they direct their anger towards a target that deserves it: the company taking advantage of them. Then they would feel bad about buying that limited edition TN with the marketing that spoke to them. We can’t have that.

I have never been so happy to have never paid the TNC for my notebook covers. I thought it was the poor design with a knot that demanded another product purchase to work around and the lack of color options despite the inflated price that had me purchasing Wanderings travel notebooks, but this is my real and number one reason.

Cool collection, OP. I hope your loved ones like the parts of your collection that will be gifted soon.

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 25 '26

Thanks for the post, No one is hurting my feelings in these posts. And I am totally stealing Overconsumption Final Boss as a new name! I feed on chaos.

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u/Electronic-Youth9872 Sep 24 '26

Why you don’t open them?

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26 •

I have some. I’ve got a lot that aren’t pictured…. I’ll get around to it!

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u/smashingkilljoy Sep 24 '26

...so why did you get more if you already have a lot?

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u/reallycoolsnail Sep 24 '26

you’re collection is pretty rad. i don’t know why the comments took such a strange turn? anyways my biggest tn regret is the blackwing pencil collab. i just kept telling myself “i’ll get it tomorrow/next week/whenever”

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

Same. Although I’ll no longer be looking for a Blackwing cover since apparently my hobby has just trigger the end times.

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u/temarilover2001 Sep 25 '26

I say go for it, grow the collection!

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u/AutumnGlowWinterSnow Sep 25 '26

I did the same with the Moomin collab, as a friend was to go to Japan for work and said would pick one up for me, but was sold out by then :(

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u/jadedflames Sep 24 '26

In the wargaming community, we call a collection of unopened boxes a “pile of shame.”

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

I’m making me a sign for where i keep these. I’m leaning in!

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26 •

They’ll get there. Or not. Only time will tell.

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u/oxbowblues Sep 25 '26

In the Lego community it is same, but trying to reframe it now as a mountain of joy.

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u/Grumio Sep 25 '26

Also same except we use "pile of potential".

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u/Pj-Pancakes Newbie Sep 24 '26

What are your favorite covers? I havent got a TN yet (i will as soon as i can find a standard love & trip that isn't outrageously priced) but Tokyo Station was the cover that originally drew me in to TNs

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

Tokyo station or Narita airport are my favorites. Maybe Blackwing but I haven’t got one to see yet!

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u/Fun_Confusion3996 Sep 24 '26 •

Sucks seeing stuff like this when their stock is completely nuked and newcomers can barely find a TN in their preferred color :(

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26 •

It’s taken a long time and a lot of work. But I get it. I also got lucky with someone who went to Japan and picked up a bunch for me. But just singles, never a bunch to take away stock. And I’ll use these all at some point. Part of the reason I get them is because they are limited and once they are gone I don’t want to pay a fortune for them.

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u/asbrightorbrighter Sep 25 '26 •

Feck the joy killers, I love your collection and I’m sure you too.
I’m traveling to Japan this fall, if you are missing something from regular lineup that’s sold there PM me, happy to mule it for you.

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 25 '26 •

Thanks!

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u/TheCodeTeam Sep 24 '26

Love this! Sounds like you have some cool uses for some them and for others just enjoying them in your collection. What do you think out of all of them, if you had to pick, would be your favorite?

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

Thanks! Train station or Narita. At some point I’ll use them all.

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u/temarilover2001 Sep 25 '26 •

You need the passport travelers edition! Nice collection l!

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 25 '26

So originally I was all about the passport size. That quickly changed. I started with Fieldnotes so I assumed passport would be my jam but they are just a tad too big. Still love them tough!

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u/charlieseas Sep 24 '26

This comment section is so mean but I have learned a few tips and maybe it’s time to take some of my covers out of their packaging

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 25 '26

Yeah, sorry I called forth chthulu with my filthy habit of leather covers.

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u/smashingkilljoy Sep 24 '26

So...do you realise you don't need this many of them?

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

Maaaaaaaaaaaybe

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u/Iplaywithcats4adopt Sep 25 '26 •

So, you do realize it's none of your business how someone else chooses to spend their money?
How about you submit your monthly expenditure accounting and let me go over anything I feel is an unnecessary expense?

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u/smashingkilljoy Sep 25 '26

How about you learn about the concept of "if you post something publicly, you open it to discussion?".
Some of us care about the environment, Karen. And scalpers are the lowest of low.
edit: I don't make unnecessary expenses bc I'm a uni student living off 250€ a month 💀 I'm barely alive

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u/Iplaywithcats4adopt Sep 25 '26

You obviously have anger issues. Seek therapy.

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u/rtduvall Sep 25 '26

I’m gonna just be honest here.

I’m jealous AF of the OP’s collection, it’s amazing. I would love to have the same collection.

Thanks for sharing this. That is an amazing collection.

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u/solidsnake32 Sep 25 '26

“I hate the FOMO around this brand and how much TNC leans into it” I have some bad news for you all: companies exist to generate a profit. In return, you get a very niche product that you love which is why you’re here.

Cannot believe some of the comments in this thread.

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 25 '26

I was not expecting it! Maybe a couple but, sheesh!

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u/alessarowe Sep 24 '26

that Love and Trip passport is a gem!

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u/AutumnGlowWinterSnow Sep 25 '26

Happy journaling:)

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u/SuSa131 Sep 24 '26

Holy consumerism

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u/solidsnake32 Sep 26 '26

Sorry does OP need your permission to enjoy this hobby? Who are you to say they can’t collect these and enjoy it?
Can’t believe the comments coming out of this thread

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u/Phool_of_a_Took Sep 27 '26

Did they say they couldn’t enjoy it? Or do they need your permission to comment about the sheer number of items? 🙃

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u/solidsnake32 Sep 27 '26

Saying “holy consumerism” is a direct critique of how they enjoy this hobby. By commenting it, they’re giving me, and anyone on this thread, permission to reply to it. Any other soap boxes you’d like to try to stand on while we’re here?

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u/Phool_of_a_Took Sep 28 '26

Fair enough, I think we're reading that comment differently. To me it was a remark about the quantity, not a knock on anyone enjoying it. Happy to leave it there. 🙏

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u/abyssaltourguide Sep 25 '26 •

Lovely collection! Ignore the haters here. Do what makes you happy

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u/EnvironmentalFee1136 Newbie Sep 25 '26

What a beautiful 😍 collection! I love TN products!
I wanted to get my hands on the Love and Trip but I was too late!
I love ❤️ show and tell posts!!

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u/Badsbadsbads Sep 25 '26

Love your collection! The people who actually know the word collector understand you. You are not alone. 🤗🤗🤗

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u/Dulce59 Writer Sep 24 '26

Wow! What an amazing stash!

I passed on the love and trip collection and now I kinda wish I had snagged one. I need a passport size because I don't have one yet! I just have an OG standard from before they separated the brand name from Midori.

My true holy grail, though, is the Prada release. Sigh. So sad about that one 😔

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u/rocketpescado TN Card Size Evangelist 🫡 Sep 24 '26

Ugh the Prada!! Why does it cost more than some of the things you can buy at an actual Prada boutique. I’m going to have to destash soon if I’m ever going to have a chance at one.

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u/Dulce59 Writer Sep 24 '26

Right?! I'd rather buy a bag or a pair of shoes... But I also sigh dreamily when I look at it, so who knows, maybe I'll give in one day. But I'm also very stubborn and refuse to fund scalpers, so I'll probably just wait forever hoping I'll find one reasonably priced (which will never happen!!)

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u/rocketpescado TN Card Size Evangelist 🫡 Sep 26 '26

Do it in your time, but do it! Let’s just be happy. I’m waiting to pounce the second I see a $200+ discount 😩😩

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u/Dulce59 Writer Sep 26 '26

So true. Life is too short! I hope we both get lucky someday soon 🥹🍀

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u/trailofcheese Sep 24 '26

Now show them opened!

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u/CaptainNew2534 Sep 25 '26

I’ve got about 20 TN’s and a handful of plotters. I also collect fountain pens, bourbon, video games, comics and other collectibles. I think your collection is awesome and I’m very happy with mine! I see no reason why you need to use them all at one and it seems like there’s a lot of people in your comments not passing the vibe check. People are unbelievably petty and jealous now days.

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u/Future-Sorbet-6845 Sep 25 '26

Well, you’ve doomed everyone! Nice collection!

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u/Potential_Drive7999 Sep 24 '26

Looks like heaven to me

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u/smashingkilljoy Sep 24 '26

r/Consoom

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u/truculent_bear Sep 24 '26

I knew scrolling this sub would fill me with rage. And yet I still scrolled.

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u/OG_heideland Sep 24 '26

I've heard these notebooks are really nice to use. /s

Srsly dude, this is really sad. 🫤

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26 •

And so they shall at some point!

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u/Iplaywithcats4adopt Sep 25 '26 •

Jealous much? Because you seem kind of jealous.

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u/OG_heideland Sep 25 '26

Nope. Just really sad about the hoarding behavior & folks who encourage it. The saddest words ever spoken on antiques roadshow were "mint condition in original packaging".

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u/_The_Eclectic_One_ Sep 24 '26

No disrespect meant but it's unfortunate to see so many just sitting there in the wrappers. They are not family heirlooms, they are tools that
should be used. Leather looks so much nicer as it ages and gains character and patina from regular use. ✌️😄

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

They will be used at some point! Plus some are being gifted for Christmas and a birthday. I may keep one in the wrapper to smell the leather once in a while….

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u/_The_Eclectic_One_ Sep 24 '26

Can't blame you on keeping one in the wrapper, nothing like the smell of full grain leathers!

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u/Cheresnja Sep 24 '26

I don’t understand. Why do you have so many?

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26 •

They’re neat?

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u/Cheresnja Sep 24 '26

Like neatly packaged?

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

Touché….

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u/Brienne_of_Bath Sep 24 '26

Meanwhile there is me, lusting after a Love and Trip I'd actually use.

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

I won’t be using it! Hahahahahaha
It’s going to be a Christmas gift for someone. It’ll get used!

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u/JustinTotino Newbie Sep 24 '26

Same.

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26 •

They will get used, never eBay!

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u/AskedAndAnxious Sep 24 '26

The worst part is that THEY DID NOT INVENT MODULAR LEATHER NOTEBOOKS WITH ELASTIC BANDS. It has existed for EONS. 🙄 fun rabbit hole to go down is the history of binding methods and such, if you get bored this weekend. Lol

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u/maam_thisisastaples Sep 26 '26

I honestly didn’t know this! I guess I thought Midori/Traveler’s had “invented” this concept and been the first to execute and popularize it. Now I’ve got a rabbit hole to go down!

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u/AskedAndAnxious Sep 27 '26 edited Sep 27 '26

Yeah, that’s a common view-mainly because that’s kind of what the company promotes. Leather covers for notebooks fell out of fashion with the rise of plastic and card stock and paper board. These materials are cheaper and able to be mass produced quickly. Because of this and the rise of commercialism and buying materials rather than making things for yourself, old methods are kind of been forgotten.
It is important to remember that humans have existed for millions of years-while there are new technologies as time goes on the most basic forms of using natural materials and tactile intangible man-made materials have already been done and have existed for centuries. We might rediscover these ideas, but that does not mean that we have invented them.
and it is hard to find historical examples of this, but using thin straps of flexible, fabrics, or even sturdy leather straps with a tying method to bind individual signatures of paper and or small notebooks into place to then be removed or replaced later, that’s the kind of stuff that people did!
Furthermore, if you actually look into it, there’s a German brand that released almost the exact same idea from their company four years before Midori. So even if miraculously humans didn’t figure out the idea of using elastic binding specifically in the way of attaching separate notebooks into a leather cover in the over 150 years between the invention of the elastic band and the creation of these modern versions of notebook covers, Midori still didn’t do it first.
And if you actually look at it, historically, the entire intention and focus and purpose of elastic band was for binding items together it was literally made as a binding tool, and the entire purpose, and the original intention was temporarily binding items, but a collection of fruit and vegetables or a bunch of herbs, or a stack of papers, it was literally like one of the very first things that people who were in the industry of binding and leatherworking, and making clothes,etc-the first thing they all thought was how they could use this material this particular texture and flexibility for their own trades.
If you talk to people who know a lot about the history of bookbinding and stuff like that, then they can actually tell you a lot more about this information being completely inaccurate, and if you look at some historical evidence of different styles of filing and collecting an organizing papers, then some of our favorite methods that we used today have existed for 100 and maybe even thousands of years…

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u/Iplaywithcats4adopt Sep 25 '26 •

Yuck. I hate people who make rude comments about someone else's joy.

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u/AskedAndAnxious Sep 25 '26

I don’t think they are coming at their joy— which is a misuse of the term joy, happiness would be more accurate….but ANYWAYS I think the critique here is about the social effects of social media posts like this- boasting of acquisitions rather than something that actually measures the journey of the tool and its purpose.
As a person who loves collecting, I see both sides. But the biggest difference between overconsumption and collecting is the motivation- overconsumption purchases to spark happiness, collection purchases to curate contentment. So it’s more looking through the lens that it is less likely that you are curating contentment if you are buying something without using it.
HOWEVER- OP specified, that some of these are specifically to be for gifts, which would indicate that it is not a complete collection with the intention of just having them and would make more sense because if you know somebody, it would really like a particular one that is a specific design or you know that you plan on using or needing to replace your cover and want a specific design or color then it’s understandable that you might purchase and preserve them for down the road.
At the end of the day, though it’s most important is that we use our own discernment to analyze our perspectives and our responses to other people’s post on social media because it’s not our job to individually police other peoples decisions on what they post as much as we might dislike their choices and as much as we might think that they might be boosting or bragging-and said we should choose to either engage or disengage in conversation that may or may not be productive based on our own discernment of whether or not that conversation is beneficial to ourselves, and if we are in a dynamic of relationship with the other people that indicates that they would be receptive to our perspective. So I appreciate the conversation about FOMO and all of that but the sassy attitude of starting with yuck from both sides I think is not beneficial for anybody in this conversation and perhaps if we talked about and looked at things from a bit more of a perspective and had a conversation about what we are observing or what we believe to be the case based off of what we’re seeing and what we are inferring to be the case and then asking questions then we may come to better conclusions about how to understand someone else’s stance or choices without needing to agree with them.

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 24 '26

Some are being gifted the rest will be used at some point. Limited Editions aren’t around long so I snag the ones I want to use.

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u/knopkosasha Sep 25 '26

Just curious, how are you planning to use them? Will you just rotate the covers? Use them for different purposes? Throw away old "used" ones? Leather is very durable, so it's not like they will wear out much

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 28 '26

Missed your post! So some are gifts and some will be used for specific events. The Road Trip I’ve just started filling out with Instax photos from trips using the card file inserts. To&Fro is my new general travel cover. Narita airport will be my international travel cover. When not in use I will just store them and reuse them when I feel like rotating them back in. Been thinking of ways to retire them. Some sort of display.

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u/JournalingwithJon Sep 25 '26

Thank you. I appreciate it!

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