Workshop Companion – 6 Memo Books Set

Field Notes’ 35th Quarterly Edition celebrates a chemical process we witness nearly every day, but rarely take the time to appreciate. Fire gives us heat and light. Fire can frighten and endanger us. With a bit of olive oil, it makes asparagus palatable. But in its most primal, elemental state, it inspires us to gather around and watch it while we share stories, ideas and friendship. 

The body pages are white Finch Opaque 60#T ruled with 3/16" graph, each featuring a different ink color matched to the inside cover. The books are bound with gold staple wire.

Each 3 pack comes with a "Campfire Master" patch inspired by the merit badges a scout receives.

Field Notes are one of the go to pocket books worldwide. Made with durable materials in the U.S.A they are ideal for everyday carry. 

For this Expedition edition, the whole book is printed on Yupo Synthetic paper, an amazing water and tear-proof paper extruded from polypropylene pellets in Chesapeake, Virginia.

This “Expedition Edition” features a hi-visibility “Antarctic Survey Orange” front cover and “Polar Night Black” back cover, with a subtle varnish effect featuring a topographic map of Antarctica. The body pages feature our popular dot-graph paper, printed in light gray.

These are pretty close to invincible, at least by notebook standards, but waterproof paper is nonporous and doesn’t soak up ink like most paper. That’s good in some ways (no bleeding, feathering, or show-through), but it does limit the writing implements you can use. Regular ball-point pens and pencils work fine, but pens that lay down a lot of ink, like fountain pens, rollerballs, and markers, don’t dry as quickly, and may smudge and/or come off on the opposite page. Your “Expedition” 3-Pack is wrapped in a bellyband made of the same Yupo paper that’s in the books, so (after trying to tear it!) you can test your pens there and see what works best.

This 3 pack of notebooks can handle whatever you throw at it.

Bookbinders recommend the Fisher Space Pens which also write underwater, over grease, upside down and in extreme conditions as the perfect match to your Expedition Edition.

 This reporter’s notebook carries on where the popular "Byline" limited edition ended. It’s sized perfectly for your hands making it easy to write in with one hand while holding it with the other. The cover protects the wire binding, so it doesn’t get caught on fabric or stuff in your backpack. It’s college-ruled for optimal page economy.

The diameter of the binding and the die-cut holes that the binding passes through are optimized for maximum “flippability.” And the handy pocket in the back cover makes for a thicker, more stable hand-held writing surface, and also gives you a place to stash a shred of evidence or a receipt for the cocktails you bought to ply a reluctant witness.