SmythsonMade in Europe.
Bond Street stationer since 1887. Its notebooks — Panama, Soho and the Featherweight paper they are filled with — are stated on the product pages as bound by hand in England; the leather bags and accessories are made elsewhere.
↔ European alternative to Field Notes, Moleskine
Where is Smythson made?
Smythson makes select lines in United Kingdom; other production is elsewhere.
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