Schuyler Stridon NKJV, Full Yapp Saddle Brown Calfskin Bible
$255.00
In stock
Full Yapp Saddle Brown Italian Aniline Calfskin Cover with Red Calfskin Liner
3 red ribbons and red under gold art gilt
Page size: 6.3″ x 9.3″ x 1.3″
10 pt. font with words of Christ in red
Cross references and Concordance
See Description below for more details.
Description
Description
The Schuyler Stridon is a new and unique presentation of the NKJV text. Here is a PDF sampler. This single column, verse-by-verse typesetting is framed with wide outer margins. Cross references and footnotes are separated at the bottom of the page for ease of use.
Aniline Calfskin reveals the life of the animal in the natural grain, exhibiting pores, healed scars, insect bites, scratches, fat wrinkles, etc. Expect perfect imperfections! This beautiful leather will show marks and stains over time and develop a rich patina with use.
Full Yapp Saddle Brown Italian Aniline Natural Grain Calfskin Cover with Red Calfskin Lining
10 point font
Trim size: approximately 6.3″ x 9.3″ x 1.3″ (159 mm x 235 mm x 33 mm)
Line Matching
Single column, verse by verse layout
More than 70,000 entry cross references
28 GSM Indopaque Paper
~1 inch outer margins
3 x 1 cm ribbons (Red)
Art-Gilt edging (red under gold) with gilt line (gold line inside the cover)
Blind embossing on spine (any personalized imprinting will also be blind to match the spine)
Smyth Sewn
Red letter text
Presentation and Family Records Pages
Concordance
Exclusive Schuyler Bible Maps
JC (verified owner) –
This is my first Stridon and my first aniline calfskin Bible, and overall it is a stunning presentation of God’s word. The calfskin leather, colors, and layout are 5+ stars. With the exception of one major thing, it exceeds my high expectations. The Italian aniline calfskin is beautiful, soft to the touch, and very pliable; I love it! I see no imperfections in my cover. It lies flat from beginning to end right out of the box.
The saddle brown is a lovely medium brown color and the rich red liner and ribbons are just what it needs for accents. The single column verse by verse format with the space around the headings is pleasant to view (no solid wall of text staring at you), and is perfect for the poetic sections. The 28 gsm paper, as in the other current Schuylers, is opaque with very little ghosting and is easy to handle despite its thinness, plus allows a thinner Bible. The line matching and detail work are excellent. The leading (space between the lines) is good and helps readability. Translation notes and cross references are at the bottom of the page. I love the new blind-stamping on the spine. The full yapp is nice although I like regular yapp just as well. The size is good, only slightly larger than the regular size Quentel.
My one disappointment, and it’s significant, is that the print quality and/or the lack of boldness make the 10-pt font very light in my copy, although (unfortunately in this case) it seems to be consistent throughout for both the black and red lettering. The print is so pale that I have some trouble reading it even in good light. And of course reading it is the purpose of having a Bible.
I’m debating about asking about a return, although there’s no guarantee I’d get a better one in an exchange. (I love everything else about this Bible!) I’m reluctantly deducting a star for the paleness and/or lack of boldness in the print, although other copies might be better than the one I received. My vision isn’t the best, but I think anyone would say the print in my copy is unusually light.
(For comparison, my $23 Thomas Nelson simulated leather 10-pt comfort print NKJV Bible that I use to write in and highlight is much easier to read, so I know it’s not just my vision. The print in this expensive Stridon really should be more, not less, readable.)
The aniline calfskin cover is easily the most pleasant to the touch and to hold of any Bible I have, making the pale print doubly disappointing. I had hoped this Stridon would replace my also-lovely goatskin NKJV Quentel as my routine reader. But sadly not so. The 11-pt Quentel, although not what I would call especially bold, is significantly easier to read. The combination of the 1-pt smaller font size (which I knew, but is more noticeable than anticipated) along with the lack of boldness or darkness of the print (which I did not expect) makes the readability disappointing, for my eyes at least. The Milo font of the Quentel and PSQ is especially readable for the size, so that may be a factor, too.
That said, we are blessed to have so many good Bible choices in several good translations available to us. If you don’t think the print would be a problem for you (and for most with better vision it may not be, because 10-pt size is reasonable in a Bible), don’t hesitate to order this beautiful edition. It should last more than a lifetime with routine use and reasonable care. This leather is said to develop a patina with use over time.
The free shipping option was fast and their Bibles are always well packaged. Schuylers are my favorite Bibles, but I wish they’d improve the boldness and consistent ink intensity of their printing. Some of my other Schuylers are inconsistent, much lighter in some places and darker in others.