Smythe Sewn Binding - Our smythe sewn bound journals represent classic bookmaking at its finest. Combining superb paper with the highest quality binding, these journals are designed to last. The signatures are smythe sewn, eliminating the splitting at the spine and the sudden scattering of pages that has meant the end of so many treasured journals. One-piece styles are matte-laminated for durability, and the onlay style use only the finest European-made natural cloth for the ultimate journal.
Smythe Sewn binding was invented by an Irish-American named David McConnell Smyth (1833-1807). A self taught pioneer of modern day bookbinding equipment, Smythe produced the finest stiched binding equipment and techniques in centuries. His contributions to bookbinding has made his name virtually synonymous in the United States with machine book sewing.
