Branding David

Recently, I was given a great journal from Kiki James London. It is a black, medium Milano Leather journal and is not only sturdy, nice to touch, and smells great, but it also will be super useful for conferences and events that I attend.

Based on the ever popular Tuscan wrap design but with an elegant magnetic closure, the Milano journal offers an artistic yet practical take on the traditional journal. Handmade in England from the finest Italian bridle leather, this journal has a wonderful soft waxy feel and natural leather aroma. Customers can choose between lined paper for writing or unlined pages for free-spirited thinking and sketching.

While my handwriting has evolved into a set of scribbles that only slightly represent the letters that they come from, between the leather journal and my iPod Touch, I can create a conference blogging set up that doesn’t require me to lug around a heavy laptop, or worry too much about battery life.

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The journal is well put together, and is hand-made. The magnetic clasp holds the book closed firmly, and the pages are of a nice stock of paper. While having a yellowish tinge, and no lines on the one I received, I have no real complaints.

Because of the lack of lines, I have a feeling I will be diagraming and jotting notes rather than writing out lines and lines of text, but that is fine, since I can barely read my own handwriting.

Holding it in my hands, I feel like I am a business man with good tastes, rather than just an Internet savvy geek.

While I couldn’t see myself spending around $80 Canadian on a journal every quarter, I am absolutely thrilled to have one, and would recommend those interested in journal products to check out Kiki James London. If you can afford their products, you’ll enjoy them.