A hard cover notebook 21 x 30cm, effectively A4, ruled at 7mm, in Pine Needle. The cover reads as a dark muted green, closer to a forest floor than to a lawn. Inside are 80 sheets of 140gsm acid free paper, roughly double the weight of ordinary notebook stock, which is the reason your pen stays on the page it started on. This is a desk and studio size. It will go in a bag, but it is not pretending to be pocketable, and the trade is that you get a full page to think on.

★ ART SHED STAFF TIP

Number your pages as you go and keep the first spread blank for a contents list. It turns a pile of notebooks into something you can actually find things in later.

Perfect for

DraftingLists and planningLanguage studyHandwriting practiceStudio and deskFull page thinking

The colour: Pine Needle

Matsuba-iro is named directly for pine needles, and pine in Japan carries the idea of something that stays green while everything around it gives up for the winter. It is a green with almost no sweetness in it.

Traditional Japanese colour name: matsuba-iro (松葉色)

What 7mm ruling actually gives you

Line spacing is the thing nobody checks and everybody notices later. At 7mm there is enough clearance that the tails of one line do not tangle with the tops of the next, so a page of fast handwriting still reads back cleanly a month later.

Lines are the right call when the content is words and the order matters. Meeting notes, journals, lecture notes, drafts, lists that have to stay lists. At 21 x 30cm you get a diagram and its notes side by side, which is the part people forget to think about until they are living with the book.

What you are actually getting

Paper

140gsm acid free FSC certified stock, 80 sheets giving 160 usable sides, in a warm cream white rather than a harsh bright white

Ruling

7mm ruled lines, printed edge to edge with no pre-printed margin

Cover

Pine Needle hard cover, rounded at every corner so nothing curls or catches

Fittings

elastic closure band, bound-in bookmark ribbon and an expandable pocket in the back for loose notes

Questions about the ruled Pine Needle notebook in 21 x 30cm

Is 7mm wide ruled or college ruled?

It sits between the two. American college ruled is about 7.1mm and wide ruled about 8.7mm, so 7mm is effectively college ruled, and noticeably roomier than the 6mm a lot of everyday notebooks use.

How wide is the ruling?

Seven millimetres between lines, which is the classic wide-ish rule. Comfortable for adult handwriting, and enough clearance for a broad nib or a brush pen without letters from neighbouring lines tangling.

Is this actually A4?

Effectively yes, at 21 x 30cm against a true A4 of 21 x 29.7cm. It will sit in an A4 sleeve or folder without trouble.

Does it come shrink wrapped?

It ships as open stock, so there is no plastic wrap around the individual notebook. The elastic band holds it shut in transit.

Will pencil smudge on this paper?

Less than on a coated or very smooth stock. The surface has a slight tooth, which is what lets graphite grip rather than sit on top, so it holds a line better than glossy paper does.

Where can I buy Sakura notebooks in Australia?

Right here. Art Shed is an Australian family owned art supplies retailer shipping Sakura notebooks Australia wide from local stock, so you are not waiting on an overseas parcel or paying international freight. You can also buy over the counter at our Melbourne store in Moorabbin or our Brisbane store in West End.

(NU94146905)

SKU NU94146905
Barcode # 8712079544300
Brand Sakura
Shipping Weight 0.9000kg
Shipping Width 0.050m
Shipping Height 0.050m
Shipping Length 0.050m

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