Brown Freedom Leather Trifold Cover

A wrap that marks along the fold, on purpose

The trifold folds a third panel over the fore-edge — 70 mm on A6, 100 mm on A5 — and holds the block shut without a clasp.

On a pull-up hide that construction is a decision. A wrap has three permanent stress lines: the spine, the fold, and the flap corner. Freedom lifts to a pale tan wherever it is stressed, so within a month the cover has drawn all three of them in a lighter brown, and it redraws them every time you open it.

Against the dark ground the contrast is high, and the object reads unmistakably as used rather than new. That is the whole reason to pick this combination.

If you want the wrap without the drawing, the same shape exists in Buttero, which darkens evenly and quietly instead.

The notebook is held on an elastic cord running through the spine, so the block has to bend around the cord. That means softcover notebooks — Midori MD, Stalogy 018, Hobonichi Techo and Cousin, and most sewn softcover journals. Hardcover notebooks do not fit, whatever the outside measurements say.

Made to order

• Fits A5 or A6 notebooks — choose the size that matches the book you already use
• Size: A6 — 158 mm tall, 320 mm wide open, about 120 mm closed; A5 — 220 mm tall, 450 mm wide open, about 170 mm closed
• Made in Vilnius, ships in 5–7 working days
• Free foil personalisation
• A choice of 14 elastics, with one spare included

Personalisation is free: up to 10 characters — initials, a name, a date or a short word — in gold foil, silver foil, or blind debossing with no foil at all. It is placed in the bottom right corner of the front panel, and the impression is permanent: it grows more visible as the leather around it darkens.

The SLOWLINES logo is stamped in the finish you choose for your text: gold foil with gold, silver with silver, blind debossing with no foil on either. We do not mix the two.