All the touch screens in the world will never manage to capture the sensation of writing on paper with a proper fountain pen, there’s something about using a fingertip on a glass iPad screen that really takes the je ne sais qua out of the act of writing, note taking and drawing.
These beautiful Hemmingway-esque leather bound journals are each handmade by Julie Boyles in Indiana, they’re made to order and she’ll even apply your monogram for free before shipping it to you.
They’re available here for $52 USD each.
Articles that Ben has written have been covered on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, Autoweek Magazine, Wired Magazine, Autoblog, Gear Patrol, Jalopnik, The Verge, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with well over a million monthly readers from around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.