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Vajra · hero · Mashi cover4:5
Closed Vajra, three-quarter view, Mashi cover. On Aksh-110 backdrop. 5500K, soft fill from left. No props.
Open · 180°
Macro paper
Spine · stitch
Cover · deboss
Why this name
"The vajra is the thunderbolt, and the diamond — the indestructible. The notebook is built to the same conviction."
Format
A5 · 148 × 210mm closed. 296 × 210mm open and flat.
ISO 216 / DIN A5
Pages
192 pages — ruled (Mashi) or dotted (Shila) or blank (Loha).
96 leaves
Paper
Aksh-100. Acid-free, 100 GSM, fountain-pen graded.
milled in Coimbatore
Binding
Smyth-sewn in 8-page signatures. Lies flat at 180°.
16 signatures
Cover
Imitation leather, blind-debossed अ on spine. Three colourways.
cured 5 days
Closing
Elastic band, ivory tissue at front, single ribbon marker.
ivory · 6mm
Includes
Ink-test card. Twelve inks pre-tested. A blank line for yours.
card 75 × 105mm
Made by
Bench No. 1 · Aundh, Pune. Pratibha M., head binder.
human, by hand
Aksh-100 · macro4:3
Macro of an ink line drying on Aksh-100. Raked light, dark backdrop. Show absorption, not perfection.
The paper underneath

Vajra is what Aksh-100 wants to be when it grows up.

One hundred grams. Under four seconds dry. Zero acid. The paper is the only thing every Vajra has in common with every other Akshara. The rest is detail.

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Written in Vajra

How it takes ink.

Eight inks. Same nib (M). Photographed at 5500K. No retouching, no skew, no warm filter. The page is the page.

01
M nib · single line
Sailor Souboku
dry 3.6s · no feather · pigment
02
Iroshizuku Kon-peki
dry 3.8s · no feather · deep blue
03
Pelikan 4001 Brilliant
dry 3.5s · no feather · black
04
Diamine Onyx Black
dry 3.9s · trace feather · black
05
Sheaffer Skrip Red
dry 3.4s · no feather · warm
06
Noodler's Heart of Darkness
dry 3.7s · no feather · bullet-proof
07
Waterman Serenity
dry 3.8s · no feather · blue
08
Lamy Crystal Topaz
dry 3.6s · no feather · cool blue
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SHAILA
Continue reading · 02

Shaila शैल

The pocket notebook. Carries everywhere, keeps everything. from ₹450

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LIKHITA
Or, gift it · 04

Likhita लिखित

Vajra in a Shila rigid box, with a pen, an ink test card, a signed note. from ₹1,800

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