A hard cover notebook 9 x 14cm, which is a little narrower than a true A6, ruled at 7mm, in Mulberry. The cover reads as a deep red purple, the colour of the ripe fruit rather than the leaf. 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. It clears a jacket pocket, a back pocket and the side sleeve of almost any bag, which is the whole argument for this size.

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Perfect for

DraftingLists and planningLanguage studyHandwriting practiceQuick capturePocket carry

The colour: Mulberry

Mulberry is one of the oldest dye plants in Asia, grown as much for silkworms as for the fruit, and the ripe berries stain everything they touch a dense red purple. It is a serious colour that still has some blood in it.

What 7mm ruling actually gives you

Plenty of notebooks rule at 6mm, which is why handwriting ends up looking squashed in them. Seven gives it room to breathe without turning the page into mostly empty space, and it is the spacing that suits an italic nib or a brush pen rather than fighting one.

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 9 x 14cm you get about twenty words to a line, 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

Mulberry 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 Mulberry notebook in 9 x 14cm

Is there a margin printed on the page?

No printed margin, just clean full-width ruling edge to edge. If you want a margin you rule your own, which is the flexible way round.

Can I still sketch in a ruled notebook?

You can, and plenty of people do, but if drawing is more than an occasional thing the dot grid version is the better buy. Lines are hard to ignore behind a drawing in a way that dots are not.

Is this the same as A6?

Close but not identical. A true A6 is 10.5 x 14.8cm and this is 9 x 14cm, so it is a little narrower and marginally shorter. Worth knowing if you are matching it to an existing cover or slipcase.

Is there a ribbon bookmark?

Yes, one bound-in bookmark ribbon, along with the elastic closure band and the expandable back pocket. Every size and every ruling in the range gets the same fittings.

Who makes these?

Sakura, the Japanese manufacturer best known for Pigma Micron and Gelly Roll pens, with distribution through Royal Talens. The paper spec is the same across the whole notebook range, only the cover, the size and the ruling change.

Is this stock held in Australia?

Yes. Art Shed holds this range in Australia and ships it Australia wide, so there is no overseas transit and no international shipping to pay. Our Melbourne store is in Moorabbin and our Brisbane store is in West End if you prefer to buy in person.

(NU94146701)

SKU NU94146701
Barcode # 8712079544409
Brand Sakura
Shipping Weight 0.1800kg
Shipping Width 0.050m
Shipping Height 0.050m
Shipping Length 0.050m

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