The first time I saw this movie, the red notebook that Leonardo DiCaprio is holding in his meeting with the president caught my eye.
It’s a red hardcover notebook with a really interesting grid line pattern layout.
At first I thought it was a simple moleskin with meeting note layouts bit it didn’t look exactly right. Further, on the back of it were five distinct lines from the brand logo.
Next, I thought it was a Leuchtturm with custom grid lines that the movie prop team had drawn on the paper.
I put it up on the notebook subreddit asking for help and after two months user iainr3 came to the rescue!
I quickly found the notebook on Amazon for $12.95.
The Notebook
The notebook is really interesting but it is a very niche-use-case notebook. The gridlines are dark and force the user to only really use this for things like taking down data points in the field.
I get that this is the reason it was most likely made, but I was hoping I could work it into other uses like keeping it in my gym bag to track my lifting numbers.
The Details
160 pages
4 5/8 wide by 7 ¼ tall
Left Side 6 Vertical Columns
Right Side 8x4 to the inch
Waterproof cover
Archival paper quality
8 ounces
There is a 15-page reference guide in the back that includes commonly used Trigonometry tables and relations. This is primarly used in surveying land and also includes a measurement I haven’t heard of called links. Links were invented in England for surveying land and are equivalent to 66ft for 100 links.
ELAN has a variety of notebooks and the one that stood out to me is the Weatherproof Spiral Notebook. This is also on Amazon and is $14.85.
If you like movies check out my review of the Netflix x Baron Fig notebook:
Please let me know if there are any other notebooks, pens, or cases in movies that I should look into!
Cheers,
Mike :)
As always, I was not paid for this review and my thoughts are my own.