Every page in these journals, papers and cards is handmade in Nepal from the inner bark of the lokta bush, following a tradition that goes back about a thousand years. With gift season on its way, here are a few of our favorites: a leather journal for the trail, slim notebooks for every day, paper for the printer and cards for the holidays.
Heritage Deluxe Edition
The Everest Explorer Heritage Leather Journal
Water buffalo leather, vegetable-tanned with black walnut husks, wrapped around 96 deckle-edged pages of our thickest lokta. The 200 gsm Heritage Deluxe paper is made by the washi (Japanese paper) method, so both sides of every page are smooth, and a leather tie strap keeps it closed on the trail. Gel pens work great on it.
Choose a size
Five colors, two sizes
The Companion Deluxe Floral Notebooks
A slim softcover printed with a flower and the word “Notes,” around 24 pages of the same 200 gsm Heritage Deluxe lokta: thick enough to help with ghosting and bleed, and smooth on both sides. The A5 is a slim composition notebook for the desk; the 4 × 6 Pocket goes in a bag or a jacket.
A5 5.8 × 8.3 in
For the printer
Vintage Printer Paper, Natural
100 sheets of 8½ × 11 lokta with clean-cut edges, calendered smooth enough for inkjet and laser printers and still unmistakably handmade. For letters, menus, certificates and recipes worth keeping.
For holiday cards and thank-yous
Cherish Greeting Cards, Cornflower
A box of 15 blank 4 × 6 cards and matching envelopes, with real cornflower petals pressed into the paper as it is made. Ready for holiday greetings, thank-you notes and everything in between.
Handmade in Nepal
More Journals
Nepali Keeper, Busy Bee
10 × 9 in
A bee print on a honey-yellow lokta cover around 96 deckle-edged pages.
Nepali Eco Journal, Terra Cotta
5 × 8 in
A two-tone vegetable-dyed cover, terra cotta with a dark walnut spine, and 96 deckle-edged pages.
Nepali Collector, Terra Cotta
5 × 8 in
A hand-stitched water buffalo leather spine beside terra cotta lokta, around 96 deckle-edged pages.
