Italian Leather covers for your Pocket size Moleskine Cahier (NOT the thicker Moleskine Notebooks) INCLUDES REFILL. Made in USA. (Color: Molasses Brown)

I like to carry a notebook with me everywhere I go. For years, my notebook of choice has been Field Notes. I love their price, their durability, their light weight, and their small size. After awhile using the basic, craft paper Field Notes notebooks, I noticed that the constant wear and tear of keeping one in my back pocket all the time was crumpling these notebooks and ruining the craft paper covers. All in all, that's fine, because I don't much care about how my notebooks look. But since these leather covers are inexpensive, I decided hey, let's add a bit of class to the utility of my notebooks.In terms of class, this was a good choice. The grain on my Flight Jacket cover is very tight, and the staining job is excellent. This easily looks like a piece of leather I might have paid twice what I did for.Unfortunately, because this leather cover is supposed to *do* something, looks must come secondary to function, and that's where I'm having problems. These feature a large pocket on the inside of each cover, and the sole method of securing your notebook is inserting the notebook's front and/or back into these pockets. Therein lies the problem with Field Notes notebooks.So your standard Field Notes notebook is made of paper. The problem with paper is that it's not very rigid, and trying to wiggle a craft paper cover into a super tight-fitting leather pocket is an effort against futility. The pockets just need to be a wee bit bigger. There's not enough clearance inside the pocket to "wiggle" the page in, so you're stuck trying to use rigidity tricks you might have learned trying to fit way more papers into your high school Trapper Keeper than it was ever designed to fit. As you probably remember from high school, those efforts occasionally resulted in disaster, like when you ripped a giant gash in your Macbeth rough draft. So far the lives of two very innocent Field Notes notebooks have been lost in the effort to tame this beast of a leather cover, and I can't help but wonder, o ye gods of manufacturing, what dark and terrible costs are brought by these covers that an extra 2mm on the pockets cannot be justified by the protecting of innocent notebooks!Once you get your notebook securely fitted, the cover is great. It just sucks I'm made to dread the day when I will have used every last page in the notebook that's in there and be forced to replace it.Also, the cover isn't pre-creased. When it first arrives, it's just a flat piece of leather with two pockets. There's an obvious reason for this, which is that the notebooks that it works with are all different thicknesses (so you need to be able to make your own crease), but it was kind of a surprise to me when I first opened the thing.

I was really impressed with the quality of this cover when i received it and after some good use, i still am. I got the flight jacket version and the the leather is high-quality and looks really stunning. the leather feels high-quality and well finished. the stitching is even and consistent, and the fit is perfect for my "field notes" notebooks.The cover is soft so it opens and closes easily but the weight of the leather helps keep the notebook fully open or firmly closed when lying flat on my desk.The only criticism i have is that the inner pockets- where you tuck the notebook cover so it holds the notebook in place- are the same, thick-ish, leather used for the outer cover. some might consider this a plus but for me, it makes the cover much thicker than it needs to be. I wish they had used a thin nylon material (something like Big Skinny uses in their wallets) for the inner pockets.The cover doesn't add so much thickness that it bothers me during use or during carry though. It still fits nicely into my pocket and, as mentioned already, it also looks fantastic. I have received many compliments.Overall i am very satisfied. if you want a good looking cover for your pocket book to keep it from falling apart, this is a great option.

I am a IT professional, RPG/MMO gamer and fantasy amateur writer.As such you may be surprised that I always have a pen and notebook with me. I have found that ideas and solutions come to me when getting into a digital notebook would be disruptive to workflow or social situation.I have found that moleskine cahier and field notes pocket journals perfect for that time, when a larger journal is awkward to carry.The greatest problem I have had with these notebooks is the cardboard covers can not survive living in my back pocket long enough for me to fill the book.Enter Renaissance Arts Leather, I have carried the Flight Jacket cover for a bit now and gifted the charcoal one to my brother, both of us abuse our notebooks as they live in the pockets of jeans and slacks rather then bags. The cover feels great, the pages are no longer damaged, perfect for my needs.Thank you Arthur and team.

I wanted something to extend the life of my pocket notebooks, which I use maybe 3-4 times per week. Before, they were constantly shredding and coming apart in my pocket, and I'd get maybe 2/3's of the way through one before it had to be tossed. I got the flight jacket color and it does indeed look great. I can tell it will look even better this time next year. I've had this for about 3 weeks now and I can already say that it fits the bill. Durable leather, nicely stitched, and feels great to the touch (not to mention the perfect leather smell). Despite the durability that I've noticed, the product is extremely thin, and easily slides into my front or back jeans pocket. It isn't as compact as the notebook alone, obviously, but it's pretty darn close.It is a little harder to get the notebooks into the cover than I'd like, but I think that that will probably be less of an issue as the cover ages. And boy will it age. Based on the construction, my initial impressions are that this little thing will last at least a decade or two, easily. I give this 5 stars, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a notebook cover.

Love this thing! Been using it for two years now to carry a Moleskine notebook. Pity they appear to have disappeared from Amazon; ah well, I'll leave this review in case they ever come back.

I've had this cover for three months and the bomber jacket color is aging very nicely so far. My Field Notes last longer before falling apart in my back pocket when they are protected by this cover.My only complaint would be the flap that holds the notebook cover tends to get in the way when writing on the first or last few pages. The edge of the flap creates a ridge under the page and it's easy to tear through with the pen.Over all, I'm pretty happy and will continue to use it daily.