Gifts for a Filofax user?

Yes it is that time of year again. What would you get as a gift for a Filofax user?

My own ideas:

• Paper, blank punched
• Pen, may be a fountain pen e.g. Parker IM
• Labelling machine - very useful around the house as well as for dividers. 

What would you like to receive?

Silent Sunday

Emerald personal Finsbury

 

Web Finds - Saturday 21 December 2024

It is time to enjoy a few blog posts from around the internet, grab a drink and make yourself comfortable for our weekly round-up.

Here are some Philofaxy posts you might have missed this week:

1. Web Finds - Saturday 14 December 2024
2. Silent Sunday - 'Filohax' Vintage on vintage No. 3
3. Philofaxy Search
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 724
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 18 December 2024
6. Filofax A5 Lockwood Zip - Revisited
7. Free For All Friday - No. 841 - Steve

Here are the latest Filofax and other brand blog posts from around the Internet. Don't forget to leave a comment on the posts you enjoyed reading, all bloggers enjoy getting comments.

1. Episode #289: Slice of GTD Life with Jerry Kolber - Getting Things Done
2. Damaged metropol - Filofax
3. Review of the Martha Stewart Discbound notebook and planner inserts - All About Planners
4. Pocket Compagna XL restock & new releases - Gillio 
5. Filofax Winchester from the Late 1980s - Notebook Stories
6. Dispatch time - Filofax
7. End of Year Reflections - PLOTTER USA
8. The Value of Accountability - FranklinPlanner Talk
9. Link Love: Inkmas Paused While We Inkvent - The Well-Appointed Desk
10. Web Finds – 18 December 2024 - Travellers Notebook Times
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Free For All Friday - No. 841 - Steve

The podcast is returning... after a prolonged 2 year break we are back. 

Karine and I managed to synchronise our schedules and get a suitable time to record episode 134. 

Life basically just got in the way. Karine has moved house twice and not short moves either, so we have just been patient and carried on as best we can until the time was right to start again. 

Refreshed and hopefully with some new ideas, although we are always open to new ideas of course. 

At the time of writing, I've managed to edit/mix the recordings, the software I use has gone through a few changes since I last used it so there was a bit of a learning curve!! 

The episode will be released next week. If you haven't listened to the podcast before, with 133 episodes already released and each one is about 30 minutes, there should be a topic of interest in some of them.

Of course it is Friday, so please feel free to discuss anything Filofax related. 

Filofax A5 Lockwood Zip - Revisited

It is several years since I got this organiser and reviewed it along side the Personal size zip. Just over 10 years ago in fact.  I will not repeat the detail that you will find in that review.

However, as part of my desire to use more of my A5 organisers I chose this one to start with, it is one of the few A5 Zip organisers that I own and the only one with 25mm rings the others are either bigger (Holborn zip -30mm) or smaller (Malden and Fusion iPad/Organisers 20mm) 

As I commented with the original review the A5 zip lays totally flat, and the personal size zip is quite good too, and I would think it would improve with use. 

In actual use I've found the pocket arrangements adequate for my needs. It has two elasticated pen loops one in the front the other at the back, so not lacking there either. 

On the outside there is a slip pocket on the front and a zip pocket on the back cover, these can save you from having to unzip the organiser to place something inside or retrieve a slip of paper stored in one of these pockets. 

The leather does show finger nail scratches, but these blemishes quickly disappear over time with a bit of TLC. It is a very smooth leather. It's too early to say if in constant use how it would stand up to daily use. 

The outer zipper has a nice leather tab which works smoothly when closing the organiser and with my 'fill' of pages of a full 12-13 months of week on two pages and other home-printed inserts on 80gsm paper, (about 20mm thick) it closes just fine with no bulges or difficulty. 

Being a zip closure does make the overall size of the organiser factionally bigger than a clasp closure organiser. But you do gain the extra protection/security of being an all around enclosed organiser. 

I've not tried a clasp closure Lockwood, but I can recommend the A5 Lockwood Zip it is certainly a well made organiser and will serve most people well. 

Have you ever tried a Lockwood?