Comments on: The Perfect Moleskine (And you can’t have it)

By: Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:01:38 +0000

Any chance of the Stifflexible being available in the UK?

By: Notebook Reviews at Deeplinking

Notebook Reviews at Deeplinking — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:12:33 +0000

[...] Only available in Japan. Stifflexible by MazzuoliPhoto by Black Cover Hailed by some as the perfect notebook, the Stifflexible was the inspiration behind the Black Cover [...]

By: The Rhodia Webnotebook: Bad Name, Great Journal

The Rhodia Webnotebook: Bad Name, Great Journal — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:51:36 +0000

[...] webnotebook is definitely worth a test run, and it’s the second notebook after the original Stifflexible that’s made me realize there’s more than one way to skine, er, skin a cat (sorry for [...]

By: The Poor Man’s Moleskine: The Colored Edge Notebook

The Poor Man’s Moleskine: The Colored Edge Notebook — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:03:09 +0000

[...] that makes this sort of notebook special. Mazzuoli found a brilliant middleground in their perfect Stifflexibles line, but until that rises from the grave, we’re stuck looking for [...]

By: Will the Stifflexible Rise From The Grave?

Will the Stifflexible Rise From The Grave? — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:01:01 +0000

[...] I reviewed what I consider to be the absolute best little black notebook I’ve come across: Mazzuoli’s Stifflexible journal. The Moleskine-esque cover has two creases that allow it to be folded back, giving the notebook all [...]

By: Happy Holidays from the new Stifflexible!

Happy Holidays from the new Stifflexible! — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:59:39 +0000

[...] Mazzuoli company in Italy, the manufacturers of the Stifflexible line of notebooks I continually rave about. Over the past several months, there have been rumors that their line was going back into [...]

By: The Stifflexible…Resurrected!

The Stifflexible…Resurrected! — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:58:19 +0000

[...] finding the perfect black notebook. I related the story of how I had, in fact, already found the perfect black notebook, but that it wasn’t being produced anymore. The Italian company behind it, Mazzuoli, had come [...]

By: The Stifflexible…Resurrected! « Black Cover

The Stifflexible…Resurrected! « Black Cover — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:53:48 +0000

By: Happy Holidays from the new Stifflexible! « Black Cover

Happy Holidays from the new Stifflexible! « Black Cover — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:53:17 +0000

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:33:16 +0000

I’ve recently obtained one of Mazzuoli’s tarted-up Stiffies, one with a banana on its cover, and I just wanted to record here a brief description. The paper is not creamy, as Nick described the old black-cover to contain, but a very ordinary white. Thicker paper, though, than the Moley, and no bleedthrough with a very wet pen. Not spectacular to write on, I’d say, to be honest, but okay. The cover on this book is more a very dark grey, and the texture seems different to that in Nick’s photos. Finally, the overall look is not, to my mind, as pleasing as the Moleskine’s, and I would even say that the cover seems less sturdy (because the textured layer is glued onto the cardboard and doesn’t wrap around to the inside cover like the M. does). However, time might prove me way out on this durability aspect. That’s it. Just a few odd observations which may or may not confirm Nick’s thought that the quality MAY be different on these new books.