This week’s addict emailed me LOTS of photos of his HUGE stash of notebooks. He has at least 60 filled notebooks and a ton of spares. Check out this inventory:

Black and Red med sc 16
Black and Red med bc 1

ARC disc sm 1
ARC disc med leather 16
ARC disc std cover med 8
ARC disc std cover LG 7

Moleskine
Med plain 7
Med ruled 10
Sm plain 11
Sm ruled 18
Sm squared 1
Sm Orange honeycomb 4
Sm reporter ruled 3
Sm reporter plain 1
Sm van goph blue 1
Med set of 3 cahiers 2
Sm Set of 3 cahiers 2
EX SM yellow ruled 2

Leuchtturm 1917 sm 1

Paperblanks small 1
Paperblanks med 1

Midori Travelers 1 cover
13 notebook fillers

Hahnemuhle med 1 cover
7 notebook refills

Clairfontaine med 5

Fabriano med 10
Fabriano spiral med 1
Fabriano small set of four 3 pk

Apica sm 3
Apica med 3

Field notes pk of three 2
Idea reporter sm 1
Wal-Mart sm 4
Carson sm ruled 6
Staples med ruled 4
Eccola sm ruled 3
Poppin med cahiers 7
Poppin sm cahiers 12
Nine west med ruled 1

RITR
Sm 20
Med 3
Army issue ACU zippered binders with fillers 3

Sketchbooks as higher end collection
Moleskine
Sm watercolor 8
Small sketch 5
Med watercolor 1
Med sketch 8

Stillman and Birn med sketch 12

I did not include the tubs and drawers of various art and painting pads from brands like Arches, Strathmore, canson and others. Whew!

Whew is right!

Here’s a few photos of his collection. You can see more on Flickr in the album Bob’s Notebooks.

Here’s a bit more background on Bob’s notebooks:

Began using them in the late 1980s to just write about anything. 35mm and medium format photography was also a serious endeavor from 1972 until about 1990. Painting ensued about 1990 and now I have added digital photography to the foray.
Being a bargain hunter I bought in quantity when I could get a significant price reduction. Same applys to my massive art, paint, paper, pen and pencil supplies. I use oil, watercolor, oil pastels, dry pastels, every kind of color pencil, graphite, you name it. I enjoy them more when they are more affordable. And also I don’t use specific notebooks for specific purposes except for one bible study book which has a religious theme. I use whatever I feel like but try very hard to complete a book before starting a new one. I usually have a half dozen sketchbooks of different types and sizes going at any one time.
Small books like cahiers are used for day to day notes like groceries, phone numbers, etc., and I dispose of those eventually. I prefer notebooks which are acid free, generally fountain pen friendly but not a must. Moleskine has been a favorite but with all manner of pens and pencils in use.

Many thanks to Bob for sharing his notebook addiction in so much detail, especially while recovering from a recent surgery. Wishing him a swift recovery and many more years of art-making and notebook-collecting!