The Life's Way: MIDORI

Monday, 14 April 2025

Stationery Review 182 - The Great Break - A5 Leather Journal Cover - Adventure Range

Hi Friends,

I bought this one after waiting and drooling over all the products from The Great Break. I think the A5 size and this leather design convinced me to do so, and I wanted to compare it against the TRC (Midori) Journal covers as well. The quality is really good on this one as well, with leather a little bit thicker and metal loops for the string, whereas in TRC, the holes are directly in the leather cover. I totally love the personalization on this one, though the string is thicker on the same. It comes with a leather bookmark and an extra string to get more notebooks inside the leather cover. I missed the new notebooks to go with the same that comes along with the Midori (TRC) range. The Great Break team is really helpful and updates you during the whole journey after ordering, till it's couriered to your address.

Stationery Review 182 - The Great Break - A5 Leather Journal Cover - Adventure Range

The same is around ZAR 895, and there a courier fees as well. If you don't use the first-time code, then you will pay around ZAR 960, as ZAR 65 is the courier charges. Personalization only costs ZAR 35, so the overall cost will be ZAR 995 for each cover, but it will include a ZAR 75 bookmark also included in the same.

The leather cover has three tan options - Chocolate, Toffee, and Coffee. Personalization also gives you some font options (DM Serif Text, Asul and Baskerville). You can also do Journal Title and Name Engraving with 25 characters at a maximum. The same is getting reflected on the cover I ordered for myself. This is not a sponsored post; I paid the whole money from my own pockets using a 20% discount coupon, and overall, I paid ZAR 809 to get it delivered to my address.

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Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Stationery Review 135 - A Decade Old Traveler's Company Leather Journal (Midori)

Hi Friends,

I got this Midori Regular Size Leather Cover from my brother. Then I went to Maido SF Stationery Shop in Japan Town, San Francisco. I bought the refills from there for the Leather Cover and totally loved the same.

Stationery Review 135 - Traveler's Company Leather Notebook Regular Size (Midori)

Check it out as I set up my first time with Midori's Leather journal cover in brown colour. My brother bought the same way back in 2014-15 hence you will see the back of the cover is written with MIDORI MADE IN THAILAND as compared to the new ones which mention Traveler's Company.

Judging by the product being a decade old now the quality can be felt as soon as you take it in your hands. It has grown into a unique texture of its own as it travelled from the USA to Australia and back over the last 10+ years. The Midori (TRC) leather cover is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime purchase in terms of quality etc. I am sure I am going to buy the passport version whenever I go to Japan. Earlier I was thinking that I was going to buy this one also from Japan but my brother offered me his and I could not decline once I held the same in my hands.

I bought the refills for the same and they are numbered as well and the same was around USD 6.50 each including taxes. I bought 01, 02 and 03 because I just wanted to try them out first before venturing into another from the range. I paid around USD 170 at the shop. I bought an Urushi gel pen, fountain pens, inks, a mystery box, ink swatch paper and these journals. They are made of Midori Paper which can easily take all kinds of fountain pens. The paper is really soft and smooth to the touch and the writing glides on the same. I am writing in multiple lines and not following the one-lined pattern as I just want to write first and execute the ideas written rather than worrying about the beautification of the journal. It's my journal and I am not concerned about my handwriting till the time I can read it.

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