Field Notes Utility

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Utility
Release Date: Spring 2017
Item No.: FNC-34a
Innards paper: Mohawk Via Vellum 70#T “Pure White“
Edition Size: 35,000 packs
Official Page: Field Notes Utility


Reception

The Utility memo book, the 34th Quarterly Edition, was generally well received, but some users raised issues about the quality control, particularly the quality of the rounded corners and the spine[1]. The Mohawk paper used seems to be very good for use with pencils[2].

Specifications

01. Proudly printed by the good people of eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill.

02. Cover: Mohawk Via Vellum 80#C “Safety Yellow,” with a brute force 2-color application of “Contractor Black” and “Overtime Red” soy-based Saphira inks.

03. Innards: Mohawk Via Vellum 70#T “Pure White“ with a fine, 1-color application of “Get-It-Done Gray” soy-based Saphira ink.

04. Cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40" 6-color press.

05. Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”

06. Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge SCM double round-corner machine.

07. Engineer graph grid: 1/8"× 1/8" (3.18mm × 3.18mm). Ledger lines: 1/4" (6.4mm).

08. Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).

09. FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.

10. All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.

11. UPC GRAPH FNC-34a: 858493003486, LEDGER FNC-34b 858493003493 [3]

References and Notes

  1. Lead Fast showed this issue on their blog https://www.leadfast.org/blog/2017/2/27/field-notes-utility-notebook-review
  2. Bleistift's paper test showed that it produces very dark graphite lines https://bleistift.blog/2017/03/field-notes-utilitys-amazing-mohawk-paper/
  3. Taken from the official Utility page https://fieldnotesbrand.com/products/utility