Our Spring 2011 Dry Transfer Edition is way sold out (Dang, I just realized I didn’t save one for myself) but it’s fun to see how people are using them. My personal favorite, though, is Danny Quesada’s tribute to the greatest “Rock and Soul” duo of the late ’70s and early ’80s, pictured here.

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Had a guy call me yesterday afternoon and say, “I saw you in the paper. I want to buy some Field Notes. I’m coming in.” Just like that. Sure. Come on in.

I had a little write-up in the local Willamette Week city paper. Talking about Field Notes. A fast, hot little talk with a spirited reporter. Proud to talk about our little brand whenever and wherever I can. Hell yeah. Mr. Plunkett came in and told me about his son in college, how he was retired and how he appreciated how I mentioned our UPS guy in my little interview. Turns out he worked 32 years with the Big Brown. We talked about how far Portland had come, and how much it had changed. He loved the fact that Field Notes were made in the America. It meant a lot to him.

“How much do I owe ya?” he says, holding his little stack. I look at him and without missing a beat say, “We’re not charging you a cent.”

This is why we do this. Sure, it’s fun to make stuff. It’s a blast to see it show up in so many different stores across America, and hell, the globe. But man, to outfit a fella has NOTHING to do with the way-too-often-frivolous world I worry too much about…man, that’s the best.

The last thing Mr. Plunkett said as he left the shop, “Get to know your UPS guy. Learn his name. He’ll love you for it. Our guy who brings us stuff to Field Notes Northwest is named “Mike.” Always cool, always good to us, always. All these years.

So this post is also for Mike the UPS guy who’s been lugging our goods up to the 5th floor the last three years here in the shop. We loaded Mike up with Field Notes a long time ago, but due to company policy stuff, we can’t really get into that. He uses them, and if our little books make his long days a little easier, then our job is done.

In parting I told him, “Tell you what, use those books. Send us a shot of how you and your son use them.” I can’t wait to see what they come up with. Top billing on this site. Just you wait.

And yes, Field Notes proudly uses UPS with some of our shipping needs. You bet.

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We’re not ones to pass judgement. When we set out to create our infinitely customizable Dry Transfer “_______ Edition,” we knew we had to leave room for, shall we say, those who might be working in “matters regarding darker material.”

A mate from Australia who goes by the name Tully Jagoe sent this one in, and man, who knows what the hell he’s got on those pages inside that book. Could be anything. We just hope, for the sake our own spirits, and hell, the Field Notes enterprise, that we come on the good side of whatever he’s cooking up!

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The Spring 2011 edition of Field Notes features a blank cover, allowing users to “fill in the blank” with custom dry transfer type. Travis Fears used his “________” Edition to plan and document the restoration of a battered green ten-speed bicycle. We wholeheartedly endorse any video featuring cheap beer, hand tools, and Futura. Individual Three-Packs of the “________” Edition are sold out, but they’re still available with a FIELD NOTES COLORS subscription.

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Critical Creig wrote up a comparison of our notebooks to the leading brand. We think there’s plenty of room in the pocket notebook market for variety, and we’ve got nothing against the “M-word,” their backstory may be debatable, but let’s be honest, we’re not farming much here at 400 North May St, Chicago. Creig’s got a lot of good things to say about FIELD NOTES, and he covers pretty much every argument we can think of why you might consider ours the superior product. Thanks for the props, Creig, we truly appreciate it!

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Recent FIELD NOTES convert Pete Ruksakiati carefully documented his pilgrimage to our Midwestern Office “Local Will-Call Window” last week. Pete seemed disappointed to learn that our “Local Will-Call Window” was constructed for one photo then promptly disassembled, (though we do still have a “Will-Call Pile On A Desk”) but he had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see our storeroom, and our other storeroom, and our packing room, and our third storeroom, and see the Chicago skyline from our luxurious suites.

We can’t promise we’ll always have time to show visitors around, and we always suspect people will be disappointed when they see what goes on here (remember when Bart Simpson visited the Mad Magazine office?). But guests rarely seem disappointed, and it’s a nice break from our routine (when we have a few minutes to spare). Meeting folks who are excited about what we do… well… it gets us excited all over again! As always, thanks for the support.

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Brent Phillips of Toronto recieved a FIELD NOTES Northerly 3 pack and Bic Clic pen as a Christmas gift from a friend…

…To thank her i wanted to send her a page from the book with something from me. So, in conversation, I asked her where her roots are; the name of the town her parents came from in Italy. With the help of Google Maps and Google Pictures i located a beautiful shot of the town Soverato, and i sketched it in the centrefold page of my first book, detatched it, and included the sketch with my return gift to her. She loved it so much, she puchased an antique frame and hung it on the wall of her bedroom.

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“I don’t have a better picture, because the car was in movement while I took this one, but… it represents all I had in that sad day: my helmet, my skull bag, my rain coat, the field notes and my heart aching, so the will to help the others.”

“Hi, My name is Daniele… and I am from Brazil.

“I just bought Field Notes Balsam Fir after a long search for simple, yet usefull notebooks. They arrived just fine and when I opened I fell in love in the very instant. That’s why I will try to buy more next month not just for me but for my partner, who also fell madly in love.”

“But, despite all of our hapiness to have such beautiful and inspiring notebooks, in our city a catastrophe happened. I live in Teresópolis, where a huge amount of landslides killed several people. I was a volunteer from Red Cross, and I had to write reports about people needs when we delivery food to them. Even count the deceased. Field Notes become my second hand. Not only to make lists, but maps, little notes, everything… sometimes in a harsh conditions. But they handle all, they helped me and I’ll never forget how important they are to me… ‘cuz all I saw is written on them.”

Here’s information about the efforts of the Brazil Red Cross in the area and link to Doctors Without Borders too.

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Olivier writes:

You know this is the 20th anniversary of the death of Serge Gainsbourg the famous french singer ?
We went to the grave and put a Pokemon card and a Field Notes button. Hope you like it as much as I love my Field Notes !

To which we respond: Fantastique!
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Look what I found from zaansehans on Vimeo.

Hans of Skipintro (one of the first Layer Tennis competitors!) found something unexpected at along the Herengracht canal. Thank you, Amsterdam, and a happy 2011 to all FIELD NOTES fans!

Find Property of… and over 200 other FIELD NOTES retailers worldwide right here.

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