My Little Book

[ashauler]

For those that do keep a journal what information do you keep in it?

I'm curious, do you go as far as listing the filler, wrapper and binder countries, etc or just the country of origin?

I have an idea or two but I could use more details.

I keep:
Name
Vitola
wrapper / binder / filler
date & time smoked
beverage
Tasting notes: strength / flavors
Construction and burn

I generally only make one card per cigar type the first time I smoke it. Then I refer back to it when I smoke the remainder of my sampling usually a 5er over a period of 5-6 months. This is the way I evaluate smokes for future box purchases.

[cinda]

The cigar needs to be easy to find in the book if I am looking for a padron I use it like a dictionary. This would be a big book...

[bigwhiteash]

I'm thinking something like an old Rolodex... easy to keep alphabetized.

Not nearly as classy as a leather-bound journal, though.

[FunkyCold5]

I like it, I'm just too lazy!

[FactoredReality]

Put a quote request in today. See what they have to say.

Here are some images of the template I made up. What do you think?

[cinda]

That looks good

[FactoredReality]

Got a couple quotes back from them. This seems the best because of the scrap book spine. The book would have room for 300 smokes. While the price is a bit up there, keep in mind these will be hand made acid free journals.

SCRAP BOOK SPINE
With this binding style, the spine of the book is thicker than the fore edge, and thus as items are added, the fore edge fans out naturally, but not thicker than the spine.

FROM SCRATCH, Option 3
8.5 x 5.5 inches, 75 sheets/150 pages, cream paper, unlined
Flat Back Binding* SCRAP BOOK SPINE
$58 for up to 3 copies
$52 for 4 to 12 copies
Deckled edges: $4 more per book

And, lastly, another option is to add an elastic strap to the cover. (See photos below). This can be done on ANY of the above options, for $3 more per book.

Scrap Book Spine


The journal in the photo below is a Tight Back Binding, rounded spine.