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This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that dates back to the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

This book’s endbands are blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is blue goatskin.  The book’s spine is white linen duck cloth with a blue leather edgewear protector, and its boards are covered in a 1953 blueprint from the Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Company in Akron, OH, showing a damper position indicator and end switches for a crosstube burner.

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

The talisman in this journal an early 20th Century transit token from the Toledo, OH Community Traction Company.  Babcock and Wilcox is a steam boiler company that transitioned into nuclear power.  Fire up!

This book is roughly 6 x 9” with more than 150 blank pages.

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This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that dates back to the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

This book’s endbands are blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is blue goatskin.  The book’s spine is white linen duck cloth with a blue leather edgewear protector, and its boards are covered in a 1953 blueprint from the Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Company in Akron, OH, showing a damper position indicator and end switches for a crosstube burner.

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

The talisman in this journal an early 20th Century transit token from the Toledo, OH Community Traction Company.  Babcock and Wilcox is a steam boiler company that transitioned into nuclear power.  Fire up!

This book is roughly 6 x 9” with more than 150 blank pages.

This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that dates back to the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

This book’s endbands are blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is blue goatskin.  The book’s spine is white linen duck cloth with a blue leather edgewear protector, and its boards are covered in a 1953 blueprint from the Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Company in Akron, OH, showing a damper position indicator and end switches for a crosstube burner.

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

The talisman in this journal an early 20th Century transit token from the Toledo, OH Community Traction Company.  Babcock and Wilcox is a steam boiler company that transitioned into nuclear power.  Fire up!

This book is roughly 6 x 9” with more than 150 blank pages.