Original Kraft Field Notes

Description

To make a long story short. When Aaron Draplin made the very first Field Notes by hand, as a holiday gift for friends, they looked pretty much like these notebooks. 

These original 48-page notebooks are available in three variations – graph, ruled, or plain paper – or as a mixed 3-pack that includes one of each paper type. Each Original Kraft memo book measures 3-1/2″ wide by 5-1/2″ tall and is bound by a rugged three-staple saddle-stitch process.

1. Proudly printed by the good people of Service Graphics, Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
2. Cover: French Dur-O-Tone 80#C “Packing Brown Wrap,” with a thick, brute force, 1-color application of “Dachshund Nose” black soy-based Toyo ink.
3. Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T “Bright White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Double Knee Duck Canvas” light brown soy-based Toyo ink.
4. Cover printed on a Mitsubishi Diamond Series 40″ 6-color printing press.
5. Innards printed on a Miller TP104 28″ × 40″ 2-color printing press.
6. Bound by a Heidelberg ST350 “Stitchmaster” 8-pocket saddle stitcher, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”
7. Corners precisely rounded to 3/8″ (9.5mm) by a CRC round-corner machine.
8. Graph grid: 3/16″ × 3/16″ (4.7mm × 4.7mm). Ruled lines: 1/4″ (6.4mm). Crisp plain paper. 48 Pages.
9. Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2″ × 5-1/2″ (89mm x 140mm).
10. FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.
11. All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.