Before we get to the review of Scotland’s Alwych Book…
…I’d like to quote something from the Moleskine insert:
“Moleskine is the heir of the legendary notebook used for the past two centuries by great artists and thinkers, including Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, and Bruce Chatwin. This trusty, pocket-sized travel companion held their sketches, notes, stories, and ideas before they became famous images or beloved books. The little black notebook, with its typical rounded corners, elastic closure, and expandable inner pocket, was originally a nameless object. It was produced by a small French bookbinder, that supplied Parisian stationery shops frequented by the international literary and artistic avant-garde for more than a century.”
OK. Let’s calm down and take a deep breath.
This above paragraph is probably one of the most clever marketing gimmicks of all time. Even I have to admit that the idea of using the same extraordinarily simple tool as such luminaries as Hemingway and Picasso makes me believe that, to some extent, I’m halfway toward achieving some sort of artistic greatness myself.
This idea of a perfect notebook – the tool that could help you produce your very own For Whom The Bell Tolls!! – is very romantic. But it’s also extremely pretentious. I almost feel like it makes you hesitant to use the Moleskine as what it should be – a place to scribble just about anything that comes to mind. Instead, it challenges you to write something that someone like Hemingway or Picasso would put down – no crossing out anything, no second drafts, perfect organization, great penmanship. I’ve seen ludicrous websites where people post pictures of their Moleskines, which look like each page, each word, each line or letter, has been carefully planned out before being put on the page.
To me, using a notebook in this way is about the most useless thing I can imagine. My thoughts are never perfect the first time, my penmanship is atrocious, I don’t use one type of pen, my notebooks get beat up pretty quickly, and the last thing I want to think of is Hemingway glaring down at me from the heavens for not treating the Moleskine with utter reverence.
Here’s the insert you get with the Alwych Book, and I think you’ll see why I’ve been looking forward to reviewing it since I started this blog almost a year ago.
“This special Alwych book with its all-weather cover has been carefully manufactured for lasting indoor and outdoor use. Alwych books are widely used by: transport and delivery people, surveyors, architects, engineers, archaeologists, paleontologists, botanists, ornithologists, fishermen, gardeners, sports people, etc.”
Now that appeals to me infinitely more than the Moleskine insert. A notebook that is first and foremost utilitarian. None of this romantic nonsense of being used primarily by guys who are essentially gods in their respective fields (a fact that’s insanely untrue…but we’ll get into that another day). The type of notebook used by such non-luminary types as delivery guys and surveyors, yet also by archaeologists and engineers. Basically, the notebook for anyone and everyone. And an “All Weather” cover that can stand up to the elements? Could this be the perfect little black notebook??
OK, enough of that. Let’s check it out.
The Alwych Book is made in Scotland, and seems to have been around since at least 1932, when MacNiven and Cameron of Edinburgh began manufacturing a range stationery items that included “Greenback” ledgers and “Denbigh” cash books. In fact, they have even supplied past British expeditions to the Antarctic with notebooks. Not that I’m heading down south anytime soon, but it’s nice to know that if I do, I’m using the notebook of choice. The company was bought in the mid-90s by John Reid, who now sells their products primarily through the internet and direct sales, as the world of independent stationers has drastically diminished. BC Reader Steve points out that Monty Pythonite/travel writer Michael Palin swears by the Alwych, and always takes one when he travels.
The notebook measures in at 5.25″ x 3.25″ – about a third of an inch smaller than the standard Moleskine, and just slightly smaller than the old Stifflexible book. This is an excellent size. Not too small to be useless, like the miniature Miquelrius, and not too big that you can’t fit it in your pocket.
Speaking of fitting it in your pocket, this baby is a soft cover, but it’s also very firm – meaning it’ll bend, but it’s also stiff enough that you feel like it’s got some strength to it. Check it out in comparison to the larger soft cover Miquelrius:
Very cool. One of my complaints about the Miquerius is that it’s too bendable. The Alwych is the first notebook I’ve seen to successfully pull off the soft cover with a real sense of firmness.
The cover claims to be “all-weather,” and has been manufactured for lasting indoor and outdoor use. It feels very similar in texture to the Colored Edge notebook, a sort of faux-leather, but has a much thinner cardboard backing. Not sure how much of a beating it can actually take, but it seems very durable.
As you’ve probably noticed, the cover is emblazoned with the words “The Alwych Book,” and “With the all weather cover.” Normally, this would be a near deal breaker. If the Moleskine actually said “Moleskine” on the front in gold foil lettering, it’d totally change the notebook. But I’m letting this one go, as it feels like it blends in with the feel of the notebook. For example, “with the All Weather cover” sounds like an advertisement from the 1950s, not from a modern notebook trying to get buyers with snappy catchphrases. And at the moment, it’s just unknown enough so that “The Alwych Book” pretty much means nothing in the United States, though this might be different in other countries. And I’m a huge fan of colored page edges – in this case, the Alwych line has a standard blue. So extra points there.
One complaint about the overall shape: pointy corners. I have a feeling these things are going to get quite bent over repeated use, and that’s something that could easily be fixed with rounded edges.
Now for the innards. The book is just under half an inch thick and comes with 80 leaves (160 pages), which is a perfect amount. It keeps the notebook thin enough to bend, yet should last long enough. The pages are printed on a light cream paper, which is section-sewn, then, according to the insert, “welded” into the cover. I’m not sure about this welding process, but it seems to be well enough attached.
The inner cover is interesting:
But then, it seems to go along with their UK-a-tad-outdated-advertising scheme. Again, how many decades ago does the tagline “with the ALL WEATHER cover” seem relevant to? If it was more modern, or hipper or something, it’d detract substantially. But as it stands, I very much dig the retro feel of it. Almost similar to the increasingly popular Field Notes notebooks (side note: I’m hoping to someday review a black cover Field Notes notebook).
First page is white, then the lined pages:
Basically, an off white color with green lines (a great choice, and much more interesting than gray lines). The binding is pretty thick, preventing it from lying completely flat. But as I’ve said before, I’m not the type of person for whom this matters. I have to point out that the lines do not go to the top of the page, which seems like a bad decision to me, resulting in wasted space. The pages are about as heavy as Moleskine paper, meaning a heavy pen would probably do a bit of bleeding.
What about a bookmark, elastic, or back pocket? Nope, nope and nope. The major thing this notebook could use is an elastic. The very nature of it being a soft cover means that, over time, it’s going to get bent open. However, I rarely use the Moleskine bookmark (how hard is it to find a page, honestly?), and though I think the back pocket is a very cool addition, I have, to date, never actually put anything in it (and in the case of the Alwych, it would substantially restrict its flexibility). You can also get an alternate version of the Alwych, with lettered page tabs, as well as numerous different sizes.
I love the Alwych book. I love its simplicity, I love the colored page edges, the somewhat retro feel to it, the size, the colored page edges, and the perfect amount of flexibility. I think I’m going to use it as my main notebook, which means an update in a few months regarding its wear and tear.
I was hesitant to buy it, as it’s only available through the Alwych online store based in the UK, but the ordering process turned out to be very easy. In the US, prices are as follows for the 3.25″ x 5.25″ edition:
1 notebook, with shipping: £7.70 (approximately $15.25)
3 notebooks, with shipping: £17.51 (approximately $35, or $12 each)
So clearly, buying one is way more expensive than the Moleskine, but three is closer to home. So purchase wisely! I wish I had bought the three when I made my order. To purchase in the US, send an email to Margo Fyfe at mfyfe@wishawprinting.co.uk with your order and address. She’ll send you back a Paypal link to pay for it, then sit back and wait. I placed my order on a Monday, and it arrived in New York the following Tuesday. And I believe the notebooks get cheaper as the quantity increases, so be sure to ask in your email if you want more.
For you UK readers, simply go to the order page and place an order.
And for anyone else, just send an email to Margo at the above email address and she’ll send you the price+shipping.
Some time ago, the Alwych posted news that they were designing a “Super Alwych” edition, that never seems to have materialized. At the time, they asked readers for suggestions. I’m not sure if this is still floating around, but I’d make the following changes: slightly rounded page edges, a thin elastic, and lines that go to the top of the page. Possibly decrease the front cover logo. BUT be sure to keep the size, line spacing, number of pages, cover style, and flexibility. If you add a back pocket, make sure it doesn’t take away from the flexibility. And a notebook with twice as many pages would be pretty cool too.
Where to buy: see above, dummy.
Company website: The Alwych Book
If anyone reading lives in the UK, I’d love to know how popular/widespread these are there.
32 responses so far ↓
1 Sam N // Apr 3, 2008 at 4:03 am
The notebook seems great, but the massive gold lettering on the cover would put me off a fair bit…
2 Neil Ford // Apr 3, 2008 at 6:52 am
I have to admit I’ve never seen or heard of these before and I’ve visited a fair number of stationery stores in London over the years.
I’ll see if I stumble across any the next time I’m in town, but wouldn’t actually buy one due to the gold embossing, just not my thing.
- Neil.
3 Steve // Apr 3, 2008 at 8:05 am
Evidently, the Alwych book is a favorite of birders in the UK. In fact, the only other means I know of ordering one is from the Waxwings Natural History Books web site:
http://www.waxwings.co.uk/index.php
The Alwych web site hasn’t been updated in years, it seems to me (nor have the books, which is a good thing). The “Super Alwych” they refer to may be the large-sized, hardcover edition that was released some time ago. It’s about the same dimensions as a U. S. composition book, has 240 pages of the off-white paper, same “all weather cover” and retro graphics (which I love and hope they never do away with). Evidently its purpose is to provide a larger, more permanent home for one’s field notes. I have one (which I got from Waxwings) and think it’s a great general-purpose journal. I want to get my hands on one of these pocket versions though, so thanks for the thorough review.
4 blackcover // Apr 3, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Steve -
Thanks for the info. Good to know that the notebook can stand up to all the rigors of bird watching! I agree with you – there’s something distinctly UK-ish about the notebook, a bit prim and proper, but more retro than snooty. I hope they don’t change it either.
Nick, Black Cover
5 bonaldi // Apr 3, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Had never heard of them, despite living just along the road from the printer’s!
That style of blank space at the top of the page is standard in the UK — it’s used for titles/dates/indexing etc.
6 Speedmaster // Apr 4, 2008 at 8:29 am
Fantastic review and commentary, thanks!!!
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8 James Evans // May 31, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I’ve used Alwych books for about fifteen years now and rate them far better than the Moleskines that I’ve used.
I’m a police officer and have used the varying sized books as rough note books in work and as outdoor/ornithology journals outside work, I even used an Alwych as my rough notebook when we were renovating our house.
During all this rough treatment using a variety of writing media from pencils through to fountain pens and Sharpie’s, the pages have never caused ink to bleed or show through. The covers have always remained intact even in damp conditions. I’m afraid I can’t say the same for the two or three moleskines that I’ve used, two of these split along the spine causing the pages to detach.
All in all I’m a huge fan of the Alwych and wouldn’t want to see them altered much at all. (I usually keep a thick elastic band on mine to hold it shut, maybe this would be a consideration for the future).
9 Martin Williams // Jun 3, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Hiya. Glad you’ve finally reviewed the Alwych, and glad you liked it. My brief comments: Yes, the corners do bend, and the plastic somewhat separates (though minimally) from the card at the corners. And, very quickly, the ‘welding’ of page signatures to the spine breaks. But the book never disintegrates. It sort of becomes slightly used-looking in a rather endearing way.
This would be my favourite notebook but for one thing. And for me, it’s a massive but. For certain people fountain pen ink works very poorly on the paper, seeming to bead on the paper. Eventually I discovered that this was caused by the tendency of this paper to pick up grease from the hand – with the slightest touch. If you use a ‘paper-guard’ as you write, the paper is great with FP ink. This solution is a pain in the arse, but it does work, and this notebook is worth it.
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12 Димон // Aug 31, 2008 at 6:04 am
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13 Travels and Old Notebooks Revisited // Sep 8, 2008 at 11:50 am
[...] looking forward to using the Alwych Notebook. My softcover Moleskine is currently being used as a recipe book, which means its constantly being [...]
14 Bob P // Sep 11, 2008 at 3:32 am
After a lot of searching around and the use of many a notebook, inc. Moleskine, the Alwych to me is ideal, in my job in the oil industry, it survives where many do not, as we work with many different chemicals which eats most notebooks the Alwych is totally the best, although as you say with rounded corners and an elastic enclosure it to me would be superb..
15 The Bible of Notebooks: The Allan’s Journal // Oct 9, 2008 at 1:16 pm
[...] logo that used to adorn the cover. In fact, I sort of liked it, for the same reasons I like the Alwych cover. However, I think that nearly every reader of this blog would agree that having no words or [...]
16 The Cartesio: A Notebook From Florence // Oct 12, 2008 at 11:52 pm
[...] sewn, but not attached directly to the binding. I really wish more notebook would follow the Alwych with this – it really cuts down on broken spines. However, the pages are very closely attached, and [...]
17 Will Forrest // Oct 23, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Just ordered a bunch of these but wondered how you’d go about marking the weather-proof cover/spine. I get through an awful lot of notebooks and keep them all so need to able to ID them without opening each. Would it be possible to stencil tippex on without it coming straight off for example?
18 The Perfect Little Non-Black Book: The Rite in the Rain Notebooks // Nov 4, 2008 at 3:43 pm
[...] at all. Rather than detract from the notebooks, I think it gives them a sense of character like the Alwych, and I think they’d actually lose something if it were taken away (sadly, it sort of renders [...]
19 Futtticubre // Dec 18, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Hi people
As a fresh http://www.blackcover.net user i just want to say hi to everyone else who uses this forum
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27 GMA // Apr 13, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Amazon.com now sells Alwych. No overseas shipping charges.
28 Notizbuchblog.de » Blog Archive » Leserrezension: Alwych Allwetter Notizbücher // May 2, 2010 at 10:02 pm
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29 MuzikManOz // Jul 29, 2010 at 10:43 pm
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30 e.p. // Dec 13, 2010 at 6:47 pm
I’m an artist based in Edinburgh and I’ve never heard of Alwych before. Then again the artist community has never been that interested in the utilitarian, it’s far too unpretentious to be considered. Love the blog, keep it up!
31 jlshall (Joy's Blog) // Feb 2, 2011 at 2:16 pm
My husband bought an Alwych on one of our trips to England back in the ’80s, and used it as his journal for several years. He loved it and would still be using one if they were sold in the US. It was a nice large size (A34/120: 9″x7″) with rounded corners – maybe they’ve decided the rounding was not cost effective or something. However, it was a rigid book and not flexible like the one you show here. Glad to know they’re still available, though a bit pricey.
32 M.M. // Dec 31, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Two problems with the Alwych:
1. The corners away from the binding should be rounded, just to make it a bit easier to slip into a pocket.
2. The cover may be “all-weather”, but the page lines sure aren’t.
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