![]() ![]() ![]() Journal entries in notebooks get lost in hundreds of pages of loose-leaf notebooks, ticket stubs succumb to a fate of faded ink and irrecoverable crease marks at the bottoms of bags, and photos get lost among thousands in the cloud. The problem lies in which method works best, because to be honest, none of them really do. Over time, the human race has developed traditional ways to keep our memories close, through photos, souvenirs, journal entries, and other keepsakes. And for Wakeful Travelers who indulge in experiences, some memories are just too precious to lose. There’s only so much space in our brains able to hold the vast experiences we have throughout our lives. What’s nice is The Bolt accepts any standard Parker ballpoint compatible refill, so you’ll never be without ink.Let’s just drop a truth-bomb right from the start. The latter weighs just 1.1 ounces but is virtually guaranteed never to break. The bolt-action pen body is machined out of your choice of solid copper, brass, or aluminum. The aptly named The Bolt pen is arguably the last writing implement you’ll ever need to buy. Kara Kustoms recognized the need for something more durable. The guts of most store-bought pens are constructed of junk plastic that’s unreliable for adventure travelers. The pocket-sized Memo Book - 112 pages, lightweight, and wrapped in soft, durable, weather-resistant Field-Flex material - is the ideal travel journal for those who value utility and durability above all else. They’re guaranteed not to dissolve when wet and the ink will never smudge or bleed. The company’s current catalog features their iconic utility yellow notebooks of various sizes and layouts with a single purpose: to hold up to and be usable in almost any weather conditions. He went on to found the aptly named Rite in the Rain. More than a century ago, entrepreneur Jerry Darling realized the logging industry needed an all-weather, on-the-job notepad. The brand now offers dozens of specialty and novelty versions of their iconic pen, although we’re partial to the rugged Matte Black Trekker. It’s still the gold standard for durable, outdoor, go-anywhere pens. Fast-forward into the 21st century, and the design has hardly changed. First crafted in 1948, the solid aluminum body featured a pressurized ink cartridge that worked virtually anywhere including in space and underwater. In the world of writing implements, Fisher Space Pen’s original Matte Black Bullet Space Pen is arguably the cleverest, most utilitarian designed in the last century (it’s even been featured at NYC’s MoMA). Bottom line: no matter what sort of notes you need to take, Field Notes has a notepad for you. ![]() Their special edition Black Ice is like the company’s sleek new concept car - a traditional notepad wrapped in an embossed, industrial silver-black metallic foil. Front Page, for example, is a tall, thin, reporter-style notepad with basic, college-ruled pages - ideal for taking brief, to-the-point notes on the go. Plus, they offer dozens of specialty notebooks for any purpose you can imagine. Now, it’s available in ruled paper, plain, and mixed three-packs. The company initially launched with a single product: a three-pack of their Original Kraft notebook full of graph paper. The Field Notes brand has become the Moleskine for the Millennial generation. Here are four of our favorite old school ways of keeping a travel journal. As Brooks noted in The Shawshank Redemption, “The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry.” Thankfully, plenty of companies still recognize the romance of not going digital. With Moleskine notebooks and tattered paperbacks giving way to mobile notepad apps and Amazon Kindles respectively, it seems the tradition of putting ink to paper is dying. ![]()
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