Here are the answers to last week's quiz.
#1 Strata c.2006-08
Not to be confused with Bond, another bonded leather binder.
#2 Billingham 4BLCF7/8 c.1986-90
Inspired by the classic Billingham camera bags.
#3 Cosmic c.2000
Similar to Active but with unique zip fob.
#4 Fresco c.2009
Part of interior print identical to Cherry but note thin strip on left hand side showing Fresco colours.
#5 Balmoral A5 c.2000-04
Distinctive squarish scales but similar to other crocodile prints such as Dundee, Classic Croc, Osterley, Violet, Amazona, Ascot and Winchester 4CCF.
Thank you again to Dave Wright for setting the quiz.
The Cherry is one of the elusive beasts; it doesn't feature in any of the catalogues in the Philofaxy archive...
ReplyDelete... but it will show up on a search for both text and image.
ReplyDeleteOh, the elusive beasts appear in many places. Just not the available catalogues. So if you're trying to create a database of models, and the years when they were produced, it a bit hard; it is very unusual for web images to include a shot of the QA code to give us a clue of the year of production. And that would just give us a single example. And you have to know that a model existed in order to search for it...
DeleteThe catalogues also do not record all the models that were made; the Identity, for instance. disappears in 2004, but reappaers in 2017. And yet, I am convinced production continued during all the intervening years, possibly as part of their corporate branded products offering. I have one from 2015.
There are also many examples of models available in different markets (Japan, especially) that are not recorded.
It is a great shame that Filofax don't have (or perhaps, make public) a thorough history of the models they have produced.
I'm intrigued by the Fresco. I don't know how I've missed that all these years. Thank you for an informative quiz!
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