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I use the highest quality thick (5 ounce) tanned cow leather normally used for saddles, chaps, and sandals. It comes from California. I cut the whole cow skin into rectangular covers. As often as I can, I leave the tri-fold edge as the natural edge of the leather.
The journals are wrapped with a soft deer skin strap which I buy and cut down from whole skins locally from the Spotted Pony Traders in Hawthorne, FL.
I import the paper directly from India. India has a major cloth and handmade paper industry. This paper is 100% cotton rag which means there is no wood pulp hence no acid. The paper is archival , which means it is meant to last for the long term. It will not turn yellow or brown like a newspaper or a paperback novel.
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