Comments on: Writers: Do You Carry?

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:30:25 +0000

G’day Steve

In Australia, and no doubt in the U.S, we have hiking pants with lower legs which zip off what you call cargo pants (shorts).

The best of both worlds. If the sun starts to shine and you’re getting warm. Unzip !!

I use a pair of Thomas Cooks that are tough as nails and extremely comfortable.

You can’t kill them and there is sufficient room for Moleskines, pens and glasses depending on the design.

I climb St Mary peak in the Flinders ranges and sit in absolute peace and tranquility armed with a Moleskine and a gel ink Pentel pen.

Hope that helps

By: Mik

Mik — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:47:40 +0000

If I’m not lugging a backpack around, I usually wear a windbreaker and dump my Moleskine and pens in the front zipper pocket.

When it gets really cold, I wear my Eddie Bauer coat that has pockets up the wazoo, plenty of room for my notebooks.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:43:00 +0000

Wearing a classic Moleskine in one of the front/side pockets of a classic pair of Dockers works perfectly fine for me. And I clip my Rotring Xonox Graphic 1.0 or 2.0 pen between the buttons of my polo shirt.

By: cryptick

cryptick — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:13:54 +0000

I’ve found that a loose-fitting pair of jeans handles the thick, small moleskine perfectly. It gets a little bent when i sit, but I go through them so quickly, they don’t get too trashed. AND I like the slightly beaten book, it looks used and is usually full up. I use the larger size for my day job and just being GTD, so I go through those about once every three months.

As for buying clothes to fix the problem? I’m more likely to not notice the bulge in my back pocket than spend the money on custom clothes.

The biggest problem with this and any scenario is what to use for a writing instrument? That’s my biggest problem.

Please don’t get a murse.

By: hyperbolist

hyperbolist — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:30:38 +0000

After looking over the options in this Bags for Moleskines Flickr thread (http://flickr.com/groups/moleskinerie/discuss/72157600048910314/), I’m happy with my Rothco Venturer Survivor bag.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:59:00 +0000

It is cold here and as soon as the weather turns I walk around with a vest, two pockets, just big enough for a pen, moleskine or other small notebook, and other miscellaneous stuff that accumulates during the day and I find in my pockets when I take it off to go to bed.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:55:45 +0000

I’m a doctoral student and carry several moleskines of varying sizes and a paperchase, each with their own purpose (I’m a nerd, I know). I usually carry them in a man purse, cargo pants or a sport coat (or a combination of all three). I suppose that I would suggest wearing some sort of coat or blazer where you could keep your book in the inner pocket if you didn’t want to carry a bag; although there are several man bags out there that aren’t cumbersome. LLBean and Roots have nice ones.

By: JCR

JCR — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:45:28 +0000

I have the same problem, although I suspect that winter lends itself to “outside the office” writing outings to a) coffee houses or b) mega-bookstores passing as coffee houses and in either case it is better to carry around one’s writing materials in a briefcase/shoulder carrier bag of sorts. I love your site, by the way… and refer my students to it often.

By: Catalina

Catalina — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:54:26 +0000

on one of this small bags that you attach to your waist