Carnet Challenge 2
Today: Moleskine vs. Scribe
Moleskine notebooks come in black. This one is a diary issued on the fourth anniversary of the Moleskinerie site. Note how the Scribe notebook on the right is actively pretending to be a Moleskine, down to the packaging. The elastic closure is an almost exact copy. Neat fake.
The pretender also has the expandable pocket on the inside back cover
and the ribbon bookmark. The paper has a slightly coarser texture
but soaks up ink nicely. Like the previous wannabe, however, it does not open flat the way the Moleskine does. Not bad if you can work out the philosophical dilemma: If you want a Moleskine, why would you buy something that is openly pretending to be a Moleskine instead of getting yourself a perfectly good notebook that only wants to be itself?
Scribe is sold in bookstores for P199, a quarter of the price of a Moleskine carnet.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
December 2nd, 2009 at 01:36
Is a Moleskine really made from mole skin?
December 2nd, 2009 at 05:10
Hi Jessica, what kind of pen do you usually write with? Do you use fountain pens?
December 2nd, 2009 at 15:59
Not a cat-liker, but I adore this one.
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/6522901/16929718
December 2nd, 2009 at 17:44
I have the fake one because I can’t afford the moleskine. Poor me.
December 7th, 2009 at 21:27
I am in need of a new notebook. Looks like Moleskine is the way to go…