filofax Scanda personal size

A quite rare and unusual filofax. Rare due to its original high cost and unusual for two reasons, firstly this filofax has a closure strap as opposed to a popper of zip closure. Secondly the appearance of the distressed leather, tells the eye that its hard, tough or coarse. That is until you handle it and you find that it is soft, cushioned and flexible.

Brown in colour with blue accents, sounds odd but it works. Inside there are two pen loops, six card sleeves, larger document sleeve and a large flexible cash or document pouch or sleeve at the back. The 23mm ringshave a leather cover to the ring plate, a feature I have only seen upon the "Luxe" model previously.

The strap closure actually works quite well, I say that as I had previously imagined that this method of keeping the papers in place, meant that you had to limit what was contained or it may come undo during handling or on the move, but the strap on the Scanda seems to stay in place, even if you fill the rings with inserts.

I have not come across this model in other sizes and I suspect that it was only made in personal size.
(171 x 95mm inserts)

Franklin Covey Classic A5 zip tan leather

One of my most beautiful organisers, the Franklin Covey full grain leather tan zipped organiser binder. Its a Classic A5 size with 30mm rings, lots of storage yet seems fairly slender and compact to travel with, due to the rounded edges and zip closure.
I bought this in 1999 from America and although I have used other A5 organisers since, nothing else I have used has the same combination of quality, practicality and raw finesse.