We’re proud to announce a new retail location to our growing roster of “thriving businesses believing in Field Notes.”

We’re talking about Canton, Ohio, which is pretty-much known for its “Home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame,” which, for some amazing reason, has one hell of a logo even today. Love those thick lines, fellas. So the next time you are in Canton, and once you’ve checked out all the city has to offer, make sure you stop at Muggswigz to get a cup of delicious, energy-giving coffee and then stock up on some Field Notes for the next leg of your journey. Thank you, Canton.

We’ll be in soon to service the account and get some handshake. Much appreciated.

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A couple more positive reviews:

Chris Bowler at theweeklyreview.ca:

Think of these as a replacement for a Hipster PDA

and Robin at LitCentral uses FIELD NOTES to suggest a method for novelists and screenwriters to develop characters for fiction and films, and goes on to say:

Field Notes are a very durable notebook made for anyone who needs something handy and accessible to capture the abundant overflow of their brain droppings.

Thanks, Chris, Robin, and all the other folks who’ve given FIELD NOTES a try and took the time to write up an honest opinion. We’re thrilled to see how positive the feedback’s been. You can read loads more reviews via the links to your left (our right–we’re inside your monitor).

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If you’re a FIELD NOTES anorak, you may have noticed our new list of FIELD NOTES retailers. It’s up there in the navigation bar, for future reference. Buy in person for instant gratification and save on shipping, too!. We’re hoping to keep Draplin busy adding white dots to that map, and it’s hard to picture a shop where a stack of well-crafted, Made-in-the-U.S.A. memo books wouldn’t fit in. If you’d like to add FIELD NOTES to your inventory let Michele know. If you’d like to see FIELD NOTES in your favorite shop, let Michele know. If you have a Dusk Rose ‘67 Mustang hardtop for sale at a reasonable price, let Michele know.

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Thanks for the link from Lexi at Wait Come Back, and some international love from Uzbekistan and Serbia. We need to start collecting shot glasses from our travels. Better yet, new rule: anyone in Serbia that links to Field Notes needs to send a bottle of Zuta Osa, My Kumovi are hoarding the last crate in America, and they won’t share.

Our retail network is growing fast, check back in the next day or two for a list of actual brick-and-mortar establishments where you can buy Field Notes in a hyper-realistic 3-D environment, by handing currency to another human being.

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Rands’ in-depth, objective comparison of several notebooks is a good read. His conclusion:

There’s no obvious winner here because there are far too many uses for a good notebook.

We couldn’t agree more, and we hope you’ll try Field Notes as you search for your perfect notebook.

Thanks for the links, Ethan Draws, Everyday UX, Deanbot, and I’ll Eat Anything Once.

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We mentioned a few weeks ago that Steve Makofsky, a chief architect at Yahoo, mentioned us on his blog, The Furrygoat Experience, with a promise to write more later. On Monday, Steve did just that, designating FNs as the memo-book equivalent of the MacBookAir. Steve is even taking David Yeiser’s lead and giving two of them away. He also posted a bunch of great photos on Flickr, including our favorite: Field Notes with its new buddy.

Speaking of Flickr, we’ve set up the Field Notes In Action Flickr group, with all the associated photo pools and discussion groups, so ‘friend’ us and post your photos to our pool, and all that stuff, if you’re into that kind of thing.

Thanks for the shoutouts, Sopa De Ganso, Accidental Creative, and Orange Yoyo.

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I’ve been looking for an excuse to link to Richard’s Pens ever since we got this blog up and running, and now I have that excuse: they’ve reviewed Field Notes.

Richard Binder has turned his love of vintage fountain pens into a career, repairing and customizing old pens and selling new ones. Richard’s site is a huge fount (sorry) of information about fountain pen care, collecting, and history, written by Richard and (his son-in-law, my college buddy) Don Fluckinger and designed by Don’s wife (Richard’s daughter) Kate (Richard emailed to let us know he designed the site, not Kate). Don managed to get me using an old Wearever fountain pen, and I love it. I already have an obsessive hobby and can’t afford another one, so I haven’t dived into the pen world as deeply as I’d like to, but if you harbor any interest at all in fountain pens, Richard’s site should be your first stop.

Don gave us a great writeup in his “Extra Fine Points” column this week, with a great photo of Richard’s penmanship on our graphed pages. He and Richard agree that our Boise Offset 50#T White paper handles fountain pen ink really well. Amateur Economist/ pen collector Chris Meisenzahl said the same thing last month. We really appreciate the kind words, and encourage all you pen nuts to keep one in your pocket with your Parker Vacumatic and give it a spin.

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Chris Meisenzahl of Amateur Economist wrote a detailed review of our Field Notes brand memo books, including handwriting samples with various fountain pens. His summary:

In short, grab a few of these, they’re affordable, solid (3 staples), take fountain pen ink well, and can easily slip into a shirt, jacket, or jeans back pocket.

Chris is also a contributor to the mighty Notebookism, they’ve very kindly mentioned us a few times. We’re pretty new to the scene, so it feels great to be getting such positive feedback from the notebook/stationery/ephemera crowd.

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OK, this internet hype is getting old. Steve Makofsky, a yahoo at Yahoo!, mentioned us in a recent post on The Furry Goat, and promised an in-depth review once he got ‘em. We’re holding him to that. Cpaig recommended our Field Notes on ThisNext, and The Harvard Bloggers like our background. (We like their vintage computer photos for our 72° project.) And last but not least, Mike Chambers tumblr’ed us. Is that a word?.

Stay tuned, I gave the 4-year-old a Field Notes memo book during a long car trip this weekend, I’ll post the glorious results later today. UPDATE: Tomorrow. Mrs. Field Notes cleaned the car and presumably took them into the house.

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Thanks for the links Uncrate; Hotlinks’ Typography section; and especially hardcore M*lesk*ne fans Scription (Patrick added our RSS feed to his blog); and Black Cover, who wondered aloud if we’d ever wrap our notebooks in black oilcloth. The answer is “probably not,” but we’d love to be reviewed in half the detail you’ve given your other subjects, give us a ring.

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