What To Use

[westtxcowboy1979]

I have been asked to make a desk set. I've got everthing figured out accept for what to use for the ink blotter. They do not want plastic. What type of leather could I use that would take the pressure of using a pen on it daily?

[westtxcowboy1979]

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[dirtclod]

I think if they write on the leather with just a piece of paper and nothing under it at all it will have indents sooner or later. They will need to use something between the paper and the leather. But i could be a 100% wrong to. You might want to try writing with just the paper on a scrap piece and see what happens. Plus it will depend on hard they press down when their writing.

[Peter Ellis]

I'm confused about what it is you're making here. An ink blotter is not something that you write on, it's something you use to blot excess ink off the paper when you're finished writing. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-ink-blotter.htm

So, if you're really needing to make an ink blotter, it doesn't need to hold up under writing pressure, but probably needs to be more than just leather. Perhaps a wood block with a nice leather cover and some slick method for holding a piece of blotting paper.

[westtxcowboy1979]

I'm confused about what it is you're making here. An ink blotter is not something that you write on, it's something you use to blot excess ink off the paper when you're finished writing. http://www.wisegeek....ink-blotter.htm

So, if you're really needing to make an ink blotter, it doesn't need to hold up under writing pressure, but probably needs to be more than just leather. Perhaps a wood block with a nice leather cover and some slick method for holding a piece of blotting paper.

What imean after doing a little more reseach is a desk pad. It's to protect the desk. hope this clears things up a little bit.

[AndyL1]

I have what you're talking about on my desk. I bought it from Ikea, it's basically a flat plate of steel with pleather glued to it. I bet you could use a thin piece of Latigo.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50129963

-Andy