Posts Tagged ‘Leather Desk Blotter’
Famous Leather Jackets, Part II
Last week we discussed some of the leather jackets that made the look famous and turned the utilitarian clothing item into a fashion staple, the popularity of which persists to this day. Like Marlon Brando’s character in The Wild One, leather is known for its strength and resiliency. It’s why it makes a great addition [...]
Custom Leather Embossing
If you’re running an establishment, you want to imbue it with your own sense of style–an aesthetic specific to you and your enterprise. This is true of the big things–the building, the lobby, the signs, the very front door–all the way down to tiny details like desk blotters and trash cans. And if you’re trying [...]
How Leather is Made
Ever wonder how our leather notepad holders come to be? Leather making is a complex and meticulous process divided into three distinct stages. It starts with the animal hide, usually cattle hide, but sometimes sheep, deer or elk are used. This hide must be prepared using a number of processes, usually including preservation, soaking, liming [...]
All the Colors of the Bindery
You might think that your options are limited when it comes to leather goods and business supplies from a bindery. In thinking that, however, you would be woefully wrong. Rather, there are so many colors in so many materials available from Shild that it defies comprehension. The lists are so exhaustive that we cannot even [...]
What is a Desk Blotter?
At its heart, a desk blotter is a pretty simple idea. When people use their writing desk to do work that can potentially harm that desk, a protective layer is placed between the work and the desk. This protective layer is called a desk blotter. There are numerous examples of different types for different activities. In calligraphy [...]
Why the Leather Desk Blotter?
Who needs a leather desk blotter, you might ask. It’s just a desk. You just write on it. What’s a blotter going to do for anyone? That kind of thinking is certainly practical, but it ignores an important element of hospitality: creating an atmosphere that bolsters your guests to be and feel their best. Certainly, [...]
Thinking & A Leather Desk Blotter
When I write atop my leather desk blotter I always think better and produce better work. Maybe because I am actually sitting on my desk with a pen in my hand. Maybe it is because my desk is so far away from any and every distracting piece of electronics that I am able to get [...]
Why Get a Desk Blotter?
For a professional, looking the part is just as important as actually playing the part. When a visitor, guest, client, or what-have-you walks into your office you want them to be impressed with not only your obvious expertise and professionalism, but appearance as well. So if you have a friend or colleague that could use [...]
Owning a Leather Desk Blotter
I have two desks in my room: one acts as a computer desk and the other I use strictly for writing. While I do most of my writing on my computer there have been times when I write out stuff by hand. It is rare I know but I like writing by hand sometimes. It [...]
Leather Desk Blotter As a Gift
A very good friend of mine recently got promoted and is getting his own office space. Hooray! Also, his birthday is coming up and I need to get him a gift soon. At first I was thinking of getting him a thermos and a big bag of his favorite kind of coffee but another friend [...]
