Burgundy Leather Journals

Burgundy Leather Journal Covers in Bordeaux

Burgundy, maroon, oxblood, wine, claret — this colour collects more names than any other, and shops use them loosely enough that the word tells you very little. So here is the measurement instead. Sampled from our own product photography, Bordeaux comes in at roughly twice as much red as green or blue, at a depth between Cognac and Chestnut. That makes it unambiguously a red leather, darkened, rather than a brown leaning red.

Where Bordeaux Sits Among the Six

• Bordeaux — clearly red rather than a brown leaning red, with roughly twice as much red as green or blue. This collection.
• Cognac — one step lighter than Bordeaux; the most saturated hide we cut, closer to rust-orange than to brown. See Cognac covers.
• Chestnut — one step darker than Bordeaux; near espresso, much darker than the word brown leads people to expect. See Chestnut covers.
• Forest Green — one step darker than Bordeaux; dark enough to read almost black indoors, and never an olive. See Forest Green covers.
• Black Onyx — one step darker than Bordeaux; the neutral, with almost no colour in it at all. See Black Onyx covers.
• Caramel — two steps lighter than Bordeaux; the lightest of the six, a warm mid-brown that reads brown from across a room. See Caramel covers.

It is darker than Caramel and Cognac and clearly lighter than Chestnut, Forest Green and Black Onyx. In daylight the red is obvious. Under warm indoor light it goes deeper and closer to oxblood.

What Crazy Horse Leather Does Over Time

Crazy Horse is finished with wax and oil instead of a pigment coat, so nothing sits on top of the grain to crack or peel. Press a thumbnail in and the mark goes lighter rather than paler, because the wax moves aside; rub it and the wax comes back. It collects the marks of being used, which is the reason to buy it.

Bordeaux in Every Size

Every size is cut in Bordeaux — A4, B5, Sketchbook, A5, Cahier, Regular, B6, B6 Slim, A6, Personal, Pocket Size and Field Notes — from a 21 × 29.7 cm desk cover down to a 8.9 × 14 cm memo booklet.

Adding a Name to This Leather

Every cover in this collection can be personalized four ways: laser engraving, heat stamping into the leather, or that same stamping in gold or silver foil. Bordeaux is mid-depth, so all four methods work on it. Engraving reads clearly, and gold foil against a red hide is the combination people choose most often when the journal is a gift. Initials, a full name, a monogram, a date or a company logo all work.

What Goes With It

On the same elastics: notebook refills, inserts and organizers, pen cases and holders, journal charms and bookmark clips. All six leathers in all twelve sizes are on the leather journals hub.