![journal inside of pocket](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ydmLqoYeSyY/TEUEl8q8lUI/AAAAAAAACRQ/wfptwYCoKNc/journal%20inside%20of%20pocket_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
The journal fits down inside a canvas bag fashioned from one of the pants pockets.
![Liam's gift](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ydmLqoYeSyY/TEUEp73OwzI/AAAAAAAACRY/dX911P0o4po/Liam%27s%20gift_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
The journal's wraparound cover is cut from one of the pant legs. I believe the fore-edge of the wrap is the hem of the pant leg.
![Stud detail](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ydmLqoYeSyY/TEUEtxJMIeI/AAAAAAAACRg/hu_TSit553Y/Stud%20detail_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
I added a metal stud where the stitching on the leather terminates.
![tie detail](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ydmLqoYeSyY/TEUEyClGNqI/AAAAAAAACRo/UdcZkotyNB8/tie%20detail_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
The rawhide tied around the journal is the lacing out of the pants. Click for a larger view to see the wires wrapping around the ends of the rawhide lacing. This is an original detail.
![inside cover and text block](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ydmLqoYeSyY/TEUE17Ns_bI/AAAAAAAACRw/5dM49ZxloNI/inside%20cover%20and%20text%20block_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
![Lenore](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ydmLqoYeSyY/TEUE4TwTVAI/AAAAAAAACR4/phPLDtdYyGk/Lenore_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
The book has three signatures, each wrapped in a piece of handwritten sheet music from an Italian-American Marine band composer. I got two boxes full of his hand-written musical scores at an estate sale on The Hill, the Italian neighborhood of St. Louis.
![spine detail](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ydmLqoYeSyY/TEUE7GJOOFI/AAAAAAAACSA/uE0U7EGdlHc/spine%20detail_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
The book is bound with a long stitch, or more
accurately, running stitch.
It's got kind of a steampunk feel, don't you think?
I hope he enjoys it.
Sharon