Field Notes Original Kraft Notebook

Description

Specs and info from the Field Notes team:

To make a long story short. When Aaron Draplin made the very first Field Notes by hand, as a holiday gift for friends, they looked pretty muchlike these notebooks. When westarted the company we had only one product, a 3-Pack of Kraft Memo Books with graph paper inside. And we expect, well always have those asthe heart of ourproduct line.

Our original 48-page notebooks are available in three variations graph, ruled, or plain paper or as a mixed 3-pack that includes one of each paper type.Each Original Kraft memo book measures 3-1/2″ wide by 5-1/2″ tall and is bound by a ruggedthree-staple saddle-stitch process.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• 01.

  Proudly printed by the good people of Service Graphics, Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.

• 02.

  Cover: French Dur-O-Tone 80#C “Packing Brown Wrap,” with a thick, brute force, 1-color application of “Dachshund Nose” black soy-based Toyo ink.

• 03.

  Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T “Bright White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Double Knee Duck Canvas” light brown soy-based Toyo ink.

• 04.

  Cover printed on a Mitsubishi Diamond Series 40″ 6-color printing press.

• 05.

  Innards printed on a Miller TP104 28″ 40″ 2-color printing press.

• 06.

  Bound by a Heidelberg ST350 “Stitchmaster” 8-pocket saddle stitcher, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”

• 07.

  Corners precisely rounded to 3/9″ (9.5mm) by a CRC round-corner machine.

• 08.

  Graph grid: 3/16″ 3/16″ (4.7mm 4.7mm). Ruled lines: 1/4″ (6.4mm). Crisp plain paper. 48 Pages.

• 09.

  Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2″ 5-1/2″ (89mm x 140mm).

• 10.

  FIELD NOTESuses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.

• 11.

  AllFIELD NOTESmemo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.