A $495 journal....

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I came across this guy and saw his journals that were just unreal. I had to call him and I talked to him about them. They're real, real nice and it seems he designed the entire thing around longevity. People post random expensive things on here, so here's another one! http://www.jacobjournals.com/
 
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No one cares? Wow, usually this kind of post would light up a thread....did it just slip through the cracks?
 
All I can say is you would want anything you write in it well edited. looks nice though. I want to know who designed the web site!!!
 
In the past, everybody kept a diary or journal of their day to day experiences. This is how we know so much of American history. It isn't thru the writings of poets, scholars, or politicians, it is thru the day to day experiences written down in journals kept by people during their life.

Sad that we don't do that any longer.
 
randyrls said:
In the past, everybody kept a diary or journal of their day to day experiences. This is how we know so much of American history. It isn't thru the writings of poets, scholars, or politicians, it is thru the day to day experiences written down in journals kept by people during their life.

Sad that we don't do that any longer.
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Hello- Ever hear of Facebook and Twitter??

Yeah, a sad substitute, I know.

Probably one of the most interesting books I've ever read was "Letters of the Century", which is a compilation of letters by all sorts of people. Not a Journal, but still applicable to your sentiment about how we record our history.

Brian,
You should email the guy and see if he wants to partner with you and sell your pens on his site, or perhaps link to your site. And vice versa. If someone will pay $500 for a journal, they'd pay $300-$400 for a pen!
 
More power to the guy for selling a journal for 500 smackers. :rolleyes:

However does anyone see the irony on his about us page?

He's selling journals through an online outlet only and does not list a brick and mortar store front all the while bemoaning the "desolate, computerized existence" of the world today!

Pot meet Mr. Kettle. Hypocricy at it's finest!:biggrin:
 
BigguyZ said:
Hello- Ever hear of Facebook and Twitter??

Yeah, a sad substitute, I know.

Probably one of the most interesting books I've ever read was "Letters of the Century", which is a compilation of letters by all sorts of people. Not a Journal, but still applicable to your sentiment about how we record our history.

Brian,
You should email the guy and see if he wants to partner with you and sell your pens on his site, or perhaps link to your site. And vice versa. If someone will pay $500 for a journal, they'd pay $300-$400 for a pen!
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Yeah, I actually was given this guy's info from my sister-in-law, and I talked to him on the phone. I got excited about a collaboration until I found a thread on the fountain pen network with the hardcore journalists up in arms at such a product. I made the determination that I had more to lose with a collaboration than I had to gain! I know he's open to it though, so if anyone else wants to contact him about journals and pens, go ahead!
 
jleiwig said:
More power to the guy for selling a journal for 500 smackers. :rolleyes:

However does anyone see the irony on his about us page?

He's selling journals through an online outlet only and does not list a brick and mortar store front all the while bemoaning the "desolate, computerized existence" of the world today!

Pot meet Mr. Kettle. Hypocricy at it's finest!:biggrin:
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I know, aren't we all that way though? We're all making and selling pens (okay, not all of us are selling them, but for the ones that are), and I doubt that ANYONE here has their own store. At most, some of us are consigning our stuff in someone else's store. But yeah, that's the irony of it all, we're selling items through the web that are contradictory to the precise method we're using to sell them. Just because you like to write things on paper with a pen doesn't necessarily mean you like getting in your car and driving downtown to buy them!
 
GouletPens said:
I know, aren't we all that way though? We're all making and selling pens (okay, not all of us are selling them, but for the ones that are), and I doubt that ANYONE here has their own store. At most, some of us are consigning our stuff in someone else's store. But yeah, that's the irony of it all, we're selling items through the web that are contradictory to the precise method we're using to sell them. Just because you like to write things on paper with a pen doesn't necessarily mean you like getting in your car and driving downtown to buy them!
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Yeah, but your website doesn't speak about the decline of society due to writing on a computer instead of a pen does it?

I think that anyone considering a $495 journal already knows that handwriting and prose are becoming a lost art, or they would just write in a 1.00 spiral bound notebook or a computer.
 
I do a few art shows that a Vendor has a booth with nothing but custom Jornals and note books with custom leather bindings. . I have always done well when we're next to each other.
 
GouletPens said:
I know, aren't we all that way though? We're all making and selling pens (okay, not all of us are selling them, but for the ones that are), and I doubt that ANYONE here has their own store. At most, some of us are consigning our stuff in someone else's store. But yeah, that's the irony of it all, we're selling items through the web that are contradictory to the precise method we're using to sell them. Just because you like to write things on paper with a pen doesn't necessarily mean you like getting in your car and driving downtown to buy them!
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Very few places both make something and sell it in their own stores. If you want a washer and dryer you don't go to the Maytag store. You go to a store that sells washers and dryers. Pad of paper? Same thing. Need some cloths?.... you get the idea.
 
jleiwig said:
Yeah, but your website doesn't speak about the decline of society due to writing on a computer instead of a pen does it?

I think that anyone considering a $495 journal already knows that handwriting and prose are becoming a lost art, or they would just write in a 1.00 spiral bound notebook or a computer.
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A discussion started on the Activities Manager Site about the diminishing need to write. I say we have a responsibility to develop a plan to reinvigorate the interest in hand writing. Not necessarily ( I hope ) for ouir own benefit but for the benefit of society. Need a back up way to communicate in case a giant virus closes down all the computers.
 
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Jgrden said:
A discussion started on the Activities Manager Site about the diminishing need to write. I say we have a responsibility to develop a plan to reinvigorate the interest in hand writing. Not necessarily ( I hope ) for ouir own benefit but for the benefit of society. Need a back up way to communicate in case a giant virus closes down all the computers.
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It's going to be a tough sell to convince people of the "need" to write. A better way to go I think is a campaign for the JOY or LOVE of writing, particularly with high quality fountains and inks. There is a whole subculture that already exists for writing enthusiasts. Now that everyone can tweet from their iPhones, handwriting letters is the way to really stand out.
 
Jgrden said:
A discussion started on the Activities Manager Site about the diminishing need to write. I say we have a responsibility to develop a plan to reinvigorate the interest in hand writing. Not necessarily ( I hope ) for ouir own benefit but for the benefit of society. Need a back up way to communicate in case a giant virus closes down all the computers.
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Good luck with it! I personally can't stand to write. I can't read my writing and neither can anyone else! :biggrin:

Funny that I make pens huh? I do that so I have the nicest instrument available possible for me to make my heiroglyphs with!
 
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