Homemade double Moleskine

Yes. I have a notebook obsession. No. No product on the market has suited my notebooks needs. Yes. I regularly fiddle in my workshop to come up with the best possible notebook for me--handmade, store bought, or a combination of both. This is the closest I have come to perfect. My homemade double Moleskine is fantastic. It combines a planner and a lined notebook in one volume and maintains the feel and performance of a Moleskine. So far I have found nothing that can beat it. Here's how I did it... I bought a large Moleskine sketchbook and gutted it, removing the sketch paper innards so that only the cover and endpapers remained. I slit the empty cover's spine down the middle with a craft knife so that I now had two covers that could be reattached to accomodate the larger book block. Next, I bought a large, soft cover 18-month Moleskine planner and a large, soft cover lined notebook I removed the insides from the soft cover material, careful to keep the cover material intact. I placed the planner on top of the notebook and glued the two endpapers together (the back endpaper of the planner glued to the front endpaper of the notebook). Voila! A double Moleskine book block. I attached the book block to the covers' endpapers with a thin strip of glue along the edge, just like Moleskine attaches theirs. With the covers attached, I simply had to fix the slit going down the spine. To do this, I cut a swath of the soft cover material and placed it over the slit cover like a Band-Aid, gluing it in place on each cover with dots of super glue. (I tried book binder's glue. It doesn't hold up to the wear and tear. Trust me.) After drying, I had my dream Moleskine: a large double planner/notebook combo. And it's AWESOME. Granted...it cost as much to make as three Moleskines. But for a year-and-a-half's worth of notebook goodness, it's worth it. Enjoy the video.