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I have kept journals for years in Moleskines and wanted to see what all the fuss about Rhodia journals was about. I was highly pleased with my decision to try one of these larger-sized orange Rhodia's.
First of all, you should know that the cover is a solid color. The black stripe in the picture is the packaging. The cover seems like it is thicker and more like leather than a Moleskine (it may even be leather, and the Moleskine might be too, but it just seems finer). It is a tiny bit wider than the Moleskine, but only about half an inch, and it is exactly as tall.
The Rhodia has a different kind of paper than the Moleskine. It very smooth, heavy, and a darker ivory than the Moleskine. It would react totally differently to ink than cheaper papers. The paper does not have any bleed-through or show-through, even with fountain pens. I really love that about the Rhodia. The ruling looks a bit larger than college-ruled (it is bigger than the Moleskine--fewer lines on a page) and on the right side on the bottom there is the Rhodia logo on every page. I'm not too crazy about that. In addition, the Rhodia logo is imprinted in the cover. That logo is everywhere!
The Rhodia also has an envelope in the back just like the Moleskine. It has an orange ribbon that I don't like quite as well as the one on the Moleskine. It also doesn't open up to be as flat as the Moleskine when fully open, but this is because the paper is just so thick, so it's a little stiffer. Still, I need to say that it DOES lay flat; it's just that the Moleskine does it easily and has more "range of motion", if that makes sense.
The Rhodia is much more expensive than the Moleskine.
I think that I will use this Rhodia for fountain pen inks and for special journaling projects. As nice as it is (and it is nice), I just prefer my Moleskine--the thinner paper, the thinner lines, the easy opening to being flat. So I won't switch, but I'll still enjoy using this luxury journal and all of its fine features.
Highly recommended.
*****
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