Where can I find a Moleskine, or Moleskine equivalent with black paper?

June 21, 2011 12:39 PM

It's pretty simple, I'm looking to get a Moleskin with jet black paper. I'm not really looking for something spiral bound, but an actual quality notebook. Does anyone know where I might find something like that?
posted by rudhraigh to shopping (4 answers total)

Any half decent art store will have pads and notebooks with black paper in them.
posted by fire&wings at 12:48 PM on June 21, 2011

Klutz makes a jet black paper notebook, but it's spiral-bound:
http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-According-Me-Klutz/dp/1570543542/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Here's a ask metafilter thread from a couple years ago, about this topic:
http://ask.metafilter.com/86575/Black-Paper-Notebook-not-Black-Paper-Notebook
posted by wittysobriquet at 2:35 PM on June 21, 2011

Etsy alchemy. Any bookbinder can make one for you surprisingly cheap.
posted by libraryhead at 3:56 PM on June 21, 2011

speaking as someone who does the buying for an art supply store that i consider at least half-decent, i'm not aware of any moleskine-style notebooks with black paper. the closest things we have ever stocked are pads of black pastel and charcoal paper and a spiral-bound sketch book with black paper from montana cans, which was discontinued.

but, derwent just recently introduced their black books which are spiral-bound sketch books with black paper. they should be showing up in stores soon if they haven't already. (actually, derwent has already announced they will be making a pad version of their black books.)

black art surfaces are becoming trendy right now — expect to see lots of black-primed canvases in stores this fall — so i would guess that more black-paper sketch books and notebooks won't be far behind. (and they'll have QR codes on them.)
posted by jimw at 5:43 PM on June 21, 2011