I've already started to get some dates cropping up in 2027, which are on my fold out year planner for 2027.
It will soon be time to do a six-monthly review and to archive some of my past diary pages and unused information pages. Time to slim down by 'chunky' personal size organiser!
How often do you review the contents of your organiser?
As usual it is Friday so please feel free to discuss anything Filofax related.
Idle musing time...
ReplyDeleteWhen the numbered models acquired names, why did the Buckingham include 2MLF, 2HL, 2PLF, 2SHF & 2VR, but the 2CLF was called the Argyll? The internal design is identical...
It's times like that that a DeLorean DMC 12 time traveller would come in useful to discover these facts with the knowledge and experience and interest that we have in 2026 for older models!
DeletePossibly to have different price points? I think calfskin might be softer (or have I made that up?) and so may possibly have different material cost and/or slightly different way of being put together? Just a thought.
DeleteThere's a very wide variation in materials in the Buckingham models; from very cheap welded vinyl in the 2VR, to Morocco leather, pigskin, hide, bridle leather and saddle hide. So cheaper and more expensive than calf leather...
DeleteIt is the lumping of different materials, and features (clasp (F) or no clasp (no F) that seems odd, compared to the single 2CLF Argyll.
My take on this is that initially the model names were indicating the style only (e.g. Winchester), and not the material. Then, circa 1988, with some new calf leather models being introduced, this stance was modified, and new names were assigned that encompassed both style and material. So Argyll was coined as a name for calf leather binders with two pockets + fastener & pen holder, and Durham was introduced for the calf leather models with a fastener and no pockets.
DeleteThis would have given these new products greater marketing visibility, and continued a trend of a wider variety of other named models coming into the range.
That's a possible explanation. The names were introduced in 1980 (Winchester 5CLF, Marlborough 5CL, Gloucester 6CL and Slimline 3CL). The plain binders were 0xx, 1xx and 2xx. Those remained through 1985 (though the Marlborough and 1xx were dropped in 1984, and Wellington 2RF added in 1985).
Delete1986 saw some new models (including the 2FVF Jazz, and 2RF dropped), The 2xx became the Buckingham: morocco and pigskin with clasp & pen loop; hide and vinyl without. So same pockets on the leather models, but not identical design. The 2VR pockets are a different design, in simple, clear PVC; a very cheap, welded seam binder. The 0xx models are still unnamed, except for the new Domino 0PV.
So 1986 saw new models, with names and numbers for specific design and materials, as well as the 'Buckingham' covering a range of different materials and design features. A bit of a scizophrenic naming policy...
1985-1989 saw a string of models come & go; the Wellington 2RF, Domino 0PV, Jazz Suite 2FVF, Chicco 0VF, Zeppo 0FF, Wellington 1RF & Cobra 0VC. As you say, 1988 saw the calf leather Argyll 2CLF and Durham 0CLF models, whilst the other 0x (canvas, leathercloth) and somewhat mixed 'Buckingham' models were still extant.
So I'm no nearer understanding any naming policy. I think I'll just have to accept it was all rather ad hoc, with no real system behind it...