Homage to the composition notebook

[PocketNotebook]

Does anyone know how to get them in New Zealand? Other than online? Can't find them anywhere.

[Yaakova]

Can someone enlighten me, what peculiar characteristics are making a notebook worthy of the "composition" appelative?

 

When people speak of Composition Books, they're usually referring to the books with pages sewn into stiff cardboard covers. Like this:

 

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Edited July 25, 2014 by Yaakova

[mwpannell]

Can someone enlighten me, what peculiar characteristics are making a notebook worthy of the "composition" appelative?

 

As said above, but I was in the process of answering when Yaakova did, so I'll go ahead, too. They were sewn-bound books with hard covers that students used to write their compositions and lessons in. They go way back and were once used by virtually all students but aren't so widely used now. In the old days, they sort of replaced the little chalk boards students used in pioneer times in the US. Now, unfortunately, the cheaper book's covers are very flimsy. They are also used these days by scientists, engineers, software developers, etc. for day-to-day detailed logs and data records. They go on sale cheap, and when you're lucky, have good to passable paper for fountain pens. When you're not so lucky, they have some of the worse paper available.

Pictured is a literally old-school comp book as well as a few I have. I sometimes cover them with paper bags, cloth, etc.

Edited July 25, 2014 by mwpannell

[dothgrin]

An earlier post on the Mead composition books. I concur that they are fountain pen worthy. The high quality ones are running about $5 at Target and Office Max, but the regular ones are still solid and are pretty decent as well and running $1. The paper is made in Vietnam, so not a bad deal. These look good for those who want something a little different than the standard books.