This beautiful handmade journal is made with soft, black leather. Durable enough to stuff in you bag to take with you anywhere. It is secured with a long black leather strap. The front has a sewn on piece of charcoal gray leather with a hand drawn compass burned into it. It is filled with 100 pages of cream colored, acid free paper. It is a great multi-use paper for drawing, watercolor, calligraphy, or just pens and pencils. All of the pages are carefully hand sewn in with a strong, black waxed linen thread.