Spiral Binding — 11 April 2011
Keynotes Repositionable Notebook Inserts

 

Keynotes Repositionable Inserts

Oxford Keynotes Repositionable Inserts

 

A few weeks ago I did a review of an Oxford Meetingbook, that the nice folks from Oxford sent over to me, and if you remember I said that they sent me a bunch of cool products.  This Keynotes product of theirs is by far my favorite that they sent over.

Oxford Keynotes Repositionable Inserts Instructions

Oxford Keynotes Repositionable Inserts Instructions

 

Much like the Levenger Circa product line, these Keynotes products from Oxford offer you the ability to swap out your notebook pages into any other double coil notebook with the same size, or larger pages.  The pages are particularly thick at 120 gsm, so its almost like writing on index cards which is pretty awesome, and VERY fountain pen friendly.  This particular set of Keynotes inserts is the A4+ size, and has a similar layout to the Meetingbook that I mentioned before.

 

Oxford Keynotes Repositionable Inserts with One Removed

Oxford Keynotes Repositionable Inserts with One Removed

 

Here you can see one of the pages removed to show the open ended holes, and the reinforced edges.  The left edge of each page that locks into the coil binding has a thin laminate coating on it that keeps it stiff and durable enough to move it around from section to section or from notebook to notebook.  The blue Oxford branding is on the front of each page margin, but is not found on the back.  Moving the pages was very quick and easy, and due to the heavy paper stock, and extra coating near the margins, I never felt as if I was damaging the paper when moving it.

 

Keynotes Writing Sample

Keynotes Writing Sample

 

Like I said before, this is some serious paper, it is 120 gsm, and handles fountain pen ink VERY well, and using this paper is almost like having a notebook full of index cards which is pretty awesome.  The version I have here is a narrow ruled page, that has tick marks that run across the very top and bottom that allow you to use a ruler to create your own grid lines wherever on the paper you wish, which is a pretty cool feature.

Unfortunately this product is not available in the US, but since Oxford makes Red n Black notebooks, maybe that is a sign that these COULD become available here eventually.  For those of you in other countries where these ARE available, I’d love to hear your thoughts on them.  I’m a big fan.

 

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  • http://profiles.google.com/jtt2006 Tom Townsend

    I find it a strange marketing effort for Oxford to send you products with no information as to availability or why send you something to review if they do not intend to market here in the U.S. I also did not quite get a handle on how these are supposed to be used – if they get stuck inside a notebook and say the notebook is regular size – how do these stand out for easy locating? I guess the thickness helps locate by thumbing the edge of the notbook for the gap? I am not sure why one would need or use these.. .

  • Anonymous

    Hi Tom. I think it makes sense for them to at least feel out the market for a product here, not to mention that there is actually a pretty good volume (over 25%) of non-US visitors to the site.

    As for how to use, I see how I could have been a little more clear. If you put these in another A4 size notebook, the idea is that the orange edge will be more visible against the plain edges of th rest of the paper. You are probably also right though that the extra thickness would help too.

    One example that I think these would be great for would be for someone who wants to create divided sections in a notebook that they can make a mini-table of contents on.

  • http://profiles.google.com/jtt2006 Tom Townsend

    Please let us know if these ever make it over here – seems interesting concept – thanks – Tom.