Web Finds - Saturday 30 November 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 23 November 2024
2. Silent Sunday
3. Digging back in to the archive: How many do you own?
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 721
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 27 November 2024
6. Guest Post - My Journey by JC Parker
7. Free For All Friday - No. 838 by Anita

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. VDS Advent Calendar 2024 - Blog Vdsshop
2. 4 Ring Binder to archive A4 diaries? - Filofax 
3. Struggling to keep up with your habits? Try these tips and tools - Rediscover Analog
4. How to adapt Moleskine pages to a Filofax A5? - Filofax 
5. Circle Of Influence (pg. 88-99) - FranklinPlanner Talk
6. How I adapted Moleskine pages to A5 Filofax - Filofax 
7. Gifts Everyone will Love - Filofax UK - BLOG
8. Questions about my Malden from Amazon - Filofax
9. Episode #286: Clarifying for Better Lists - Getting Things Done
10. Which one? - Filofax 
11. Planner Shopping in the USA (Michaels, Staples, Target, Walmart and Paper Source) - All About Planners
12. Does anybody know if Filofax Tmall (Taobao) is genuine? - Filofax 
13. Link Love: Gift Guides and Sales - The Well-Appointed Desk
14. Web Finds – 27 November 2024 - Travellers Notebook Times
15. Your blog post could appear here. Please let us know if you have a blog that features ring bound organisers.

• Please leave a comment on any of the blogs you enjoyed reading and mention that you saw their post mentioned on Philofaxy. Thank you
• We monitor over 400 blogs and sites, your Filofax/Organiser blog posts could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• We can not guarantee people will read your posts, but we know there is a higher chance of people reading your posts and returning to read other posts if you make them interesting with pictures and good hints and tips. 
• Your Filofax/Organiser posts could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• Consider joining our Facebook group - Filofax for Philofaxy fans
• Follow Philofaxy on Reddit
• Follow Philofaxy on Threads
• Follow Philofaxy on BlueSky

Enjoy

Free For All Friday - No. 838 by Anita

When I bought my first Filofax back in 2009, I had recently read David Allen's Getting Things Done book, and decided that it would be perfect to keep my GTD set up in. I'm very much a creature of habit, so this is the main set up that I've used for many years, but after some time, I decided to give myself a more simplified set up as well.

Whilst I still love Getting Things Done and agree that it does work, I think that I've kinda been moving away from it slowly over the years. It occurred to me that at its most basic level, all I really in my Filofax consists of two things - somewhere to keep lists and notes together, so that I look at it on a regular basis. (I use Google calendar, so don't normally use diary inserts)

I bought the Bullet Journal Method book years ago, but admit that I've never actually finished it. I did consider at one point to try out a bullet journal set up , but haven't done so as my simplified one has been working so well for me. 

Do you use a particular system in your Filofax, e.g. GTD or bullet journal, or is your set up instead based on what you just find works for you?

And as always on Fridays, please feel free to discuss anything organiser related. I hope that you have a great weekend.

Guest Post - My Journey by JC Parker

When I asked Steve if he would be interested in me contributing posts to Philofaxy, I was really pleased when he said yes!  

My journey through the world of organisation and time management has been long and winding, and I thought it would be an interesting story to tell, especially in the midst of the current resurgence of paper planners, whether they be Moleskine's, Plotters, Hobonochis; the tried and true Filofaxes or Franklins; and the continuing digital dominance of Outlook and smartphones, particularly in the calendaring space.

1. In the beginning: I Am A Mess.  Throughout most (let’s be honest: all) of my time as an undergrad in college I had very little need for anything more complicated than a simple paper week at a glance calendar.  Aside from my class and exam schedule, what did I have to keep track of, really?  Which keggers to go to, and where were they?  (I could remember that.)

It was only in the post-college phase of my life that my lack of any kind of system became an issue, because, well, I had a lot of life to deal with – an actual job, the beginning of married life, and law school (at night on top of my actual job!)  

I somehow made it through my first semester of law school without any kind of real system, but then under the Christmas tree that year was the original - and stylish - Coach Organiser, a gift from my amazing wife (who, being amazing, knew I needed help getting organised!) that was pre-filled with a very generously-sized 1989 Lefax insert package.  

Both Coach and Lefax were ascendant at the time, so the pairing made lots of sense.

2. I am a convert.  I dove in with abandon to make the most of my new (and stylish) tool, moving my life’s details from God-knows-where into my Organizer - as I think many people who got Lefaxes or Filofaxes did.  The original all-in-one ethos of the organizer may seem bonkers to many these days (yes, people actually put their credit card details into their Filofax! 😬) but remember, this was years before PC- or Mac-based scheduling software like Outlook or “personal information managers” like ACT! established a foothold in personal and business life.  

And the PalmPilot 1000, with desktop calendar synchronization capability, wouldn’t be introduced until 1996.  So it was a revelation and a relief to have a place where I could offload all of the things that were - or should have been! - in my head, in a way that I could recall them with the deft flip of a finger on a tab or page.

And the sheer variety of Lefax inserts made it so easy to do this!  Birthday sheets, travel checklists, business contact sheets, clothes sizes, book and gift records, expense trackers, maps for every major city, and of course the Contacts, Reminder and Diary pages at the heart of it, I embraced all of it.  

In short order my Organiser became my trusted daily companion, keeping me on track and more effective in my personal and business life.

3. I am part of a phenomenon.  I became an Organiser Guy at the peak of the ‘movement.’  While Lefax and Filofax were battling for supremacy, everyone else, including most luxury brands, were nipping at Filofax’ heels.  People from all walks of life – but especially the dreaded ‘yuppies’ – carried organisers.

But while naysayers mocked the trendiness of the Filofax (and there were plenty of poseurs carrying them), the sheer utility of the Organiser helped give thousands of people the confidence of being able to call on the most important information to you whenever you needed, and helped people be more effective in their everyday lives.  

That was definitely my experience, but it was fun, too!  I loved mixing and matching inserts, and trying new things (I used to buy a Streetwise map from Lefax for my Organiser whenever I’d travel to a new city.)  I took notes at work, tucked my kids photos into the top opening envelope, and kept score of my Scrabble games with my wife.

Every couple of months I’d take my inserts off the rings and lovingly work leather balm into the deep black buffalo leather to keep it supple.  I was hooked.

Next: I go deep into the world of Lefax, and I am tempted by another.

Thank you Mr JC Parker for your guest post contribution, we look forward to the next part. 

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 27 November 2024

I hope you have had a good weekend.

Now it is time to enjoy a great collection of videos from around the internet.

Here are a selection of the latest Filofax videos for your enjoyment.

1. Filofax Personal Elite - alma lauha
2. A Brilliant Focused View In Apple Reminders - Carl Pullein
3. Planner & Journal Chat Part 1 (2024 Review) - rledzn
4. 2025 Planner Haul | The Planner Aisle - The Planner Aisle
5. Filofax Refillable Notebooks - Filofax
6. December Setup: Filofax Personal Rings AND Mini Disc Planners! - Plan.adayshay
7. Filofax A5 Saffiano - with inserts - alma lauha
8. The Ultimate Thanksgiving Planner - Alexis aka MissTrenchcoat
9. Filofax Pocket Rings Set-Up November & December 2024 - Planningwithmonserrate
10. Plan with me || pocket Filofax Saffiano - Paperloveplan
11. Filofax Pocket - Denim - alma lauha
12. PlannerCon Eh! Stationary Haul from the 2024 Toronto Planner Conference - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
13. Filofax Organisers - Filofax
14. Daily Plan with Me | How a to do list helps me when I'm feeling overwhelmed - Tiffany’s Plans
15. How to prioritise your day - Carl Pullein
16. Review - Bible size Plotter - Pueblo leather - a Filofax alternative? - Flatability
17. Planning Update || 2025 Planner Lineup || Ringbound System || 2025 || Functional Planning || LT1917 - Life With MJB
18. Plan With Me || Franklin Classic Torrino Binder || Nov.25 - Dec.1, 2024 - Sandra Dahl
19. Filofax Clipbook Organisers - Filofax
20. FC Compact Plan With Me Reset | Week 48 | Caramel Moterm Personal Luxe 2.0 | FCC Inserts | EDC - My Moxie Dreams
21. A simple Filofax based task management system - Flatability
22. Personal Rings Planner led me to Franklin Covey Compact Cover Vintage Aurora FCC - MichelleB
23. Planner Perfect || Plan With Me || Nov 25 - Dec 1,2024 || Last Week In Arabella! - Sandra Dahl
24. Review - English made Peter Yates Mini personal organiser - Flatability
25. Filofax Lockwood Slim | Moving to a Ring Planner System (for now) - nance.plants
26. Rings Planner, How It Changed Everything - My Nomad Planner
27. Filofax Norfolk A5 - Deco and Pen Addition to my Planner Setup - Planning with Chloe
28. Unboxing | Filofax Domino Luxe In Purple | Pocket Size - Shirley Joss
29. Monthly Filofax Set Up - Planning for December 2024 - RhomanysRealm
30. How To Choose The Right Planner - EIGHT30NOTES
31. Plan with Me | My Weekly Functional Planning Process as Mompreneur in Vertical Hourly Layout - Hitchand Hitched
32. Your YouTube video could appear here. If you have a YT channel that features Filofax organisers or similar, please let us know. (steve at philofaxy dot com) Alternatively ensure your video contains 'Filofax' or 'Rings' in the title or description. 

• Please leave a comment on any of the videos you enjoyed and mention you saw a link on Philofaxy. 
• For tips on how to improve your videos, please see this post.  Also this video too Webfinds 
• Your Filofax/Organiser Videos could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• Consider joining our Facebook group - Filofax for Philofaxy fans
• Follow Philofaxy on Reddit
• Follow Philofaxy on Threads
• Follow Philofaxy on BlueSky

Enjoy

Free For All Tuesday - No. 721

What questions or discussion points have you got for us today?

It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or a more experienced user of organisers, we want to hear your thoughts, questions, opinions etc.

We are here to answer your questions.

Make today the one day you post a comment or post a question. If you are commenting as 'Anonymous', please include your name in the text of your comment. 

It is Tuesday after all, so fire away with any questions and comments.

If you are commenting below, please include your first name at the end of the comment. Thank you. 

Digging back in to the archive: How many do you own?

During a recent discussion, the topic of 'Filofax organisers, how many do you own' came up. 

Back when I first started here on Philofaxy I think I only had two or three, now the figure is considerably more than that. But if I work on the basis that I bought the first one in 1986, the average is considerably lower than if I base the start date on 2009!!! 

The discussion reminded me of this post: Filofax Organisers, how many do you own?

There is a link to a spreadsheet that you can download to help you calculate how many 'Philofaxy Organisers' you own. 

A Philofaxy is a new unit of counting based on the page size. An A4 is equal to 1, and A5 is 0.5 etc. I've not checked recently but I think I have about 23 Philofaxy Units of organisers in my cupboards.... 

I have added ring size in to the equation to give more detail as well as page size... that should bring the final figure down a little bit more.... less embarrassing that way! 

And for information, the photo above was taken/created in 2014, I don't own some of the organisers shown in the image any more, plus others have joined 'the collection' since then. 

As you can imagine it takes quite a bit of logistics to take a photograph of the whole collection given that this is five images stitched together!! I need to repeat the exercise one day. 

The spreadsheets: 

• The original one from 2011
• The new updated 2024 version that takes ring size in to account. 

Remember, this is only a bit of fun, so please don't take it too seriously!

Silent Sunday

 

Journal pages - thank you to Daniel

Web Finds - Saturday 23 November 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 16 November 2024
2. Silent Sunday - 'Filohax' Vintage on vintage No. 2
3. Guest post series - 'Filohax' No. 16 - Paul
4. Free For All Tuesday = No. 720
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 20 November 2024
6. Diary inserts for 2025
7. Free For All 22 November - No. 837 by 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. Recommendations and leather repair - Filofax
2. Vintage Filofax Modification - Notebook Stories
3. Differences in quality - Filofax
4. The Power Of Gratitude - FranklinPlanner Talk
5. Value village finally came through for me - Filofax
6. Give the Gift of PLOTTER 2024 - PLOTTER USA
7. When you’re a planner nerd with sleep apnea - Filofax
8. Episode #285: The Natural Planning Model - Getting Things Done
9. I made my planner a charm bracelet - Filofax
10. The Numbness of Blended Stacks - Getting Things Done
11. Do Mini and Pocket inserts fit in Personal ? - Filofax
12. Filofax popularity check - Notes on the margins
13. Red Metropol vs Burgundy Malden - Filofax
14. Link Love: ereader Peace - The Well-Appointed Desk
15. Web Finds – 20 November 2024 - Travellers Notebook Times
16. Your blog post could appear here. Please let us know if you have a blog that features ring bound organisers.

• Please leave a comment on any of the blogs you enjoyed reading and mention that you saw their post mentioned on Philofaxy. Thank you
• We monitor over 400 blogs and sites, your Filofax/Organiser blog posts could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• We can not guarantee people will read your posts, but we know there is a higher chance of people reading your posts and returning to read other posts if you make them interesting with pictures and good hints and tips. 
• Your Filofax/Organiser posts could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• Consider joining our Facebook group - Filofax for Philofaxy fans
• Follow Philofaxy on Reddit
• Follow Philofaxy on Threads
• Follow Philofaxy on BlueSky

Enjoy

Free For All 22 November - No. 837 by Steve

My wife Alison said to me the other day, 'Today feels very Saturdayish, yet it was a Thursday. It gave me an idea... 'What if the days of the week didn't have a name, just the date?'

Think of the extra white space you would have on your diary inserts without Monday, Tuesday etc printed on each page. 

May be Philofaxy should have a range of inserts without the names of the days, just the dates! Would it mean that we no longer would have weeks? Just months? 

Of course it is that day of the week to discuss anything Filofax related. 

Have an enjoyable 23rd and 24th of November!

Diary inserts for 2025

 

Have you got your diary inserts ready yet for 2025? 

We have all our inserts available on this page: Diaries 2025 

That page also contains hints and tips on printing the files as well as access to our whole archive of source files that you can download and adapt to your own needs. 

I also did a post recently about printing A5 inserts that you will find here: Printing Inserts in 2024 and beyond...' 

If you get stuck you can either comment below or contact me by email: philofaxy at gmail dot com 

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 20 November 2024

I hope you have had a good weekend.

Now it is time to enjoy a great collection of videos from around the internet.

Here are a selection of the latest Filofax videos for your enjoyment.

1. Mini Filofax setup 2025 - naokiroku
2. Plan with me live event! - Plan With April
3. Three Questions...  - Carl Pullein
4. Quick Daily Plan With Me for November 12th - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
5. 2025 Planner & Journal System Review/Chat - Tiffany’s Plans
6. Plan With Me || Franklin Torrino Binder || Nov. 18 - 24, 2024 - Sandra Dahl
7. Let's chat about my 2025 health and wellness planner - Tiffany’s Plans
8. Review - Filofax Pocket Kensington - Flatability
9. November Planner Reflections | Ellemon Paper Co . Order - dr_alvaplans
10. My First Filofax! Unboxing and my Thoughts on the new A5 Malden - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
11. A planner chat no.01 | 2025 second thoughts, filofax pocket, and planned planner hopping - lindseyscribbles
12. Plan With Me! Week of Nov 17 | My process as a Real Estate Agent and new Planner Shop Owner - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
13. Introducing the New Advent of Productivity Calendar | 31 Days of Planner Inserts + More - Alexis aka MissTrenchcoat
14. Mon système : passons aux carnets Sterling Ink | Sprintpaper by Emmashell1 | FRENCH | nov. 2024 - Emmashell1
15. Planner Perfect Plan With Me || Nov. 18-24th, 2024 || Arabella Leather - Sandra Dahl
16. Review - Mee-Plus SlimPad - a Plotter Mini 5 alternative? - Flatability
17. Flip Through Thursday / Week 46 / November 2024 // Pink Planner Girl - Nicola PinkPlannerGirl
18. Here’s what I’m not gonna do… personal rings/ Gillio Epoca / Weekly plan - Beverly Plans
19. Louis Vuitton Damier Azur planner #filofax #vdsplanner #moterm #planner - kukuruza_plans
20. My Spooky Filofax | Halloween Market Haul | Gothic Life Book Flick Through - Haus of Hauntings
21. 2025 lineup | A5 filofax setup, flip through, stationary - dvztasy
22. Test run of pocket rings! Playing with Filofax Original Pocket before 2025 begins - minimalish. journal
23. November planner and journal chats | Filofax Holborn, Hobonichi Weeks & Cousin - Soulful Documents
24. Monthly Filofax updates + new journaling supplies - Life with Hope
25. Распаковка Filofax Original Pillarbox Red Personal и недели на 2025 год - BloknotikWelt
26. Wochendeko KW 45 2024 | Autumn Berries | Filofax A5 Planer | planerbeere - Planerbeere
27. Monthly tracker in personal slim - nance.plants
28. Filofax Malden Mini Unboxing & Flip Through! | and a mini stationary haul - Pearl Plans
29. Filofax inspo: my 'liminal' end-of-year set up - Kiss My A's
30. die Wahrsagerin | Wochendeko KW 43 im Filofax | dekoriat - dekoRIAt
31. Obsessing with me new Filofax | Holborn Pocket Size | Unboxing - My Nomad Planner
32. Filofax Malden Personal A6 玫粉色开箱视频 - Lornaonmoon
33. Starting to set up Filofax personal - printables - no idea what I’m doing - AJ's Inspired life
34. A5 Rings Flip Through | my planner setup for the rest of the year! | minimal planning system - Romina Rossa
35. Friday flip in my personal rings planner - tori hopper plans
36. How Do You Get Control Of An Out Of Control To-do list? - Carl Pullein
37. How to Make Planner Templates to Populate Your Planner - Function of Planning | Kate Snyder
38. Your YouTube video could appear here. If you have a YT channel that features Filofax organisers or similar, please let us know. (steve at philofaxy dot com) Alternatively ensure your video contains 'Filofax' or 'Rings' in the title or description. 

• Please leave a comment on any of the videos you enjoyed and mention you saw a link on Philofaxy. 
• For tips on how to improve your videos, please see this post.  Also this video too Webfinds 
• Your Filofax/Organiser Videos could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• Consider joining our Facebook group - Filofax for Philofaxy fans
• Follow Philofaxy on Reddit
• Follow Philofaxy on Threads

Enjoy

Free For All Tuesday - No. 720

What questions or discussion points have you got for us today?

It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or a more experienced user of organisers, we want to hear your thoughts, questions, opinions etc.

We are here to answer your questions.

Make today the one day you post a comment or post a question. If you are commenting as 'Anonymous', please include your name in the text of your comment. 

It is Tuesday after all, so fire away with any questions and comments.

If you are commenting below, please include your first name at the end of the comment. Thank you. 

Guest post series - 'Filohax' No. 16 - Paul

Thanks very much again to Paul for this sixteenth instalment of his wonderful guest post series.
You can find all of the 'Filohax' posts here.   

Filofax Grosvenor review 

This is a review of a binder that I didn't know existed, and once I did, I didn't even like. I don't usually like gold rings or gold edges on my binders, so I'm not sure why I gave the 'Vintage Filofax Sherwood Black Gold Edge Leather 9KLF Organiser' a second look, I think it must have been that strange serial number - 9KLF. 

 

I checked it out on Filowiki - no entry, which only served to pique my interest further, and it was a search in the Filofax for Philofaxy Fans Facebook group that flagged up Michel L’s 20/12/17 post which named the 9KLF as a ‘Grosvenor'.

 

After looking in the 1990 catalogue, I could see that this model, being a high end model, came with its own protective pouch. (You can see a photo of one of the protective felt pouches in Guest Post – Dust Bags by gmax) And it was also only available in black. The game was on. 

After a bit of back and forth with the vendor, it was obvious this binder had problems - the popper not only looked a mess (it looked like someone had bodged gluing the popper back on), but had virtually lost its fastening capacity. The other black mark against buying it were the rings, fresh air was clearly visible between the top rings. And the 'pouch' was nowhere to be seen, long gone. 

 

A basket case? What spurred me on was knowing it was made of Kid leather, and after owning a Slimline Kid for a quarter of a century, I know how fabulous in the hand kid leather feels and how wonderfully it ages.

 

After asking for and getting a nearly 50% reduction I got it delivered. As soon as I held it, all of my apprehensions faded away. This binder had worked for its living, I knew that from the popper and rings, but it shows in the leather as a characterful lustre with a few dinks, which I always prefer to an unloved perfection. Unfortunately the vendor had picked it up in a charity shop, so didn't know its history.

 

The renovation

 

First of all, I consulted the online advice for repairing weak fastener press studs. I learned a lot from the YouTube video, namely, always ask the collective wisdom of this group first for advice, which I didn't do. So, it said that if the wires in the female part of the press stud couldn't be fixed (it looked like these had rusted and subsequently got too soft to hold the male side) to 'spread' the male part by applying pressure to it in a vice...why the alarm bells were not sounding in my head; I do not know! The result? What had been a very weak closer now had no grip at all, as all that had been achieved was to shorten the available male 'nob'... 

 

Plan B - I did consult the group search and found someone who had employed a cobbler to replace the press stud all together. Learning number 2: Cobblers have no aesthetic qualities at all and are not Leathersmiths. What I should have done is brief him on the exact size, position and colour of popper I wanted. What I got was a popper that a small child will NEVER open! I'm confident that if I ever drop the Grosvenor it will never pop open… He replaced the original Filofax popper with the next size up. Another learning from the exercise is an increased appreciation for the design nuances of the original Filofax designers as their choice of 'smaller is better ' is better. I'm not complaining, as I now have a functioning binder that will be containing credit cards, so I need the security. One improvement however is in the cobbler's choice of colour popper top - brass, which has two benefits over the original.

 

1. It more naturally colour matches the gold edgings.

2. The brass isn't a veneer as the original was, but solid brass...this baby is here to stay! The end result to my mind is a more masculine, functional looking binder than before. 

 

Oh, and did I mention flatability? It almost flops open and hits the desk with a very satisfying 'thwack', stays perfectly flat, 100% flat. Even the strap has perfect flatability (this is more important than you realise - once you've used a Pimlico you'll know what I mean )

 

Next I had to tackle the elephant in the room... the one nearly able to squeeze through the gaps in the top two rings!

 

Again, I sourced rings' wisdom and using a full pack of sticky notes to the good rings, I applied pressure to the top two gappy ones. After a bit of 'it's better/ it's worse' I'm able to turn the pages with no real snagging (I know this will probably upset a lot of people in the group, but we all need to get a grip, if you forgive the pun) when it comes to rings gaps…there are people with real problems in this world, and gaps in rings ain't one - I can use these and that's ok for now. I may get replacement rings as I go forward, I may not but as I don't care about resale value it's up to me. 

 

Day to day use - I have to say that the pocket configuration is an improvement on the classic Winchester, which has been my EDC to date. 

 

It's not just the credit card slots (which for total security would face inwards facing the rings, a la Portland/ Finsbury etc), but the inside front cover pocket is a revelation to me - if you whip open the cover to retrieve something the contents of the two pockets stays securely in the pockets 

 

 

(unlike Winchester pockets, which tend to spray their contents into the rings, if cards it's not a problem, but if coins then it is). The gusseted pocket is easily accessible, and gives great access to even small change, while the second ungusseted pocket is ideal for notes, receipts etc. The inside back cover credit card pockets are perfect - snug but easy to retrieve cards from. And the slip pocket underneath the cards is great for a small selection of inserts, saving the rings for your information, along with another six or so credit/ loyalty cards if the six slots aren't enough.

 

Pen loop - this is the first Filofax that I've been aware of that has its only pen loop on the front cover (experts please?), and its capacity is typical Filofax - fine for a pencil - not a problem as I will be storing my pen within the rings, as is my want!

 

What else is there to say? Size wise it's comparable to the Winchester, but slightly taller and narrower. I'm using it as my EDC / wallet, and although everywhere you look, people are being indoctrinated to carry less and less cash / wallets and doing more with less and less physical items, I'm going the other way…’stuff’ feels better and makes me feel better, and I have a sneaky feeling that the rest will join us sooner or later  

 

Postscript

 

After drafting this blog, I couldn't resist the urge to switch up the rings from the less than perfect 23mm gold rings to my 25mm silver set, which had formerly graced my previous EDC Winchester. So, rather than those languishing in a now storage binder, I've put them back into front line duty and I'm happy that I've got a little more capacity to grow into - as I inevitably always do!