Blog Reaction to ESV Pitt Minion

Alan Cornett has posted photos of his new brown goatskin ESV Pitt Minion, including comparison shots with the tan Allan's ESV1. His thoughts on the differences are right on, so have a look:

Alan Cornett on the ESV Pitt Minion 

Know of any other blog posts about either edition? Post links in the comments here.

Comments

[Matthew Johnson]

I ordered mine three weeks ago and it still hasn't shipped from Amazon.

[A Jirau]

Got mine from Amazon yesterday..It is the brown goatskin.

This is my first Pitt Minion and I'm pretty happy with it. I was worried about the small font. But I'm stunned at how easy it reads and how clear the font print is. I have to echo Mark here, this little bible reads like a regular sized bible.

My other main bible is the ESV Personal Size Reference, and the Pitt Minion reads better.

[Stephen H]

I ordered mine on from Amazon Oct 22 and it shipped Tuesday 4th. Unfortunately it did not arrive as of today the 6th and I'm going out of town for a week! The anticipation continues...

[Matthew Johnson]

Same with me, Stephen. It shipped from Memphis on Tuesday which is only like a 6 hour drive from here - what's taking so long! :-)

[Anthony Miller]

Mine was waiting when I got home tonight. The Pitt Minions are my carry around editions, the Allans for at home.
Nice edition and very easy to read despite the small font.

[Rod Summers]

Got my Brown goatskin today. Great Bible. Love the color and lay out. I was actually surprised at how flexible it was and it really does lie flat. I took it to church this evening and I can tell this will become one the primaries for sure. I'm thankful to get an ESV in a different font and look forward to the wide margin version of this. The red under gold is wonderful. A few negatives- 1) would like another ribbon marker; 2) the one ribbon marker is not centered (noticed this on other Bibles to) resulting in a little awkwardness at times; 3) the "Goatskin Leather" imprint on the inside front cover is not centered on the cover; 4)my copy had some pages that had a strange fold from the top left of the page toward the middle adn bottom of the page (looks like the ribbon marker got loose during the pressing to sew process. Anyway, it's gorgeous!

[Matthew Johnson]

Mine just arrived.

Oh my.

I'll likely use it for, well, pretty much everything like preaching, teaching, visiting, personal devotion, etc. It's a great size.

[Rod Summers]

I wanted to see if anyone else has seen this problem with the Cambridge PM Brown. I have now received two copies from Amazon. I ordered the second one after I looked at the first one which had nearly the whole book of Job with creased pages due to the way the ribbon marker was placed in the Bible during binding or adding the cover or ????. The second one has the same problem, though not as pronounced, and it starts with the book of Psalms. Looking at a right-hand page with the Bible open, the ribbon marker starts at the top left of the page and extends down across the inside column to the center of the page. This has resulted in a crease on multiple pages across the text in sort of an arc pattern. One of the Bibles I have has creases in tha page so deep you can see the ripple impressions from the ribbon edges.

I will absolutely keep one. I love this Bible. Eager for the wide margin. Again, this issue is relatively a small thing but can be bothersome since the text is affected. Anybody else seeing this problem?

[Matthew Johnson]

The bottom of mine is slightly off center (the pages and the cover). I thought about sending it back but it's not all that noticeable and it might just be the only one like it out there :-)

I would have sent it back if I'd had the same problem you did, Rod.

[Kathy]

My ESV PM has the problem of the paper being creased from the ribbon as well, but my NASB PM also has this issue. I assumed this was inevitable due to the thinness of the paper in these Bibles.

[Rod Summers]

Thanks. It must be the way the binder is placing the ribbon in the Bibles as well as when in the binding process they are doing so. I wish they would run the ribbon down the inside like most every other Bible I have unboxed. Incidentally, while reading it this morning, I found other pages creased at the bottom where they fold the ribbon back up into the Bible. It seems to me the only way for this to happen is they are setting the ribbon before a pressing step in the production process. To get this sort of impression in the paper there had to be some pressure and possibly heat (maybe due to the pressing?) being applied with the ribbon strewn across the page. Unless someone else has any bright ideas, I guess I'll just keep hand rubbing those creases to flatten them out as much as possible.

[Stephen H]

I received mine today when I got back in town. Pretty cool. I was thinking though the leather would be more flexible like my Crossway Classic Ref Calfskin bible. I assume it is the paper/cardboard between the leather??? Does usage and flexing of the cover soften the Pitt Minon's up? Is it ok to do that?

Thanks

[Jerry]

I have had my brown goatskin Pitt-Minion ESV for a couple of days now, and I am very pleased with it. The cover isn't as flexible as my black NASB goatskin Pitt-Minion, but it ISN'T red letter, which more than makes up for this. I also like the brown ribbon much better than the red one in the NASB.

[luke]

i dont think it'll ever be like the crossway calfskin... i can literally crumble my calfskin into a ball and it'll still look the same.

i bet if you do it to your pitt minion there will be ugly creases on the inside.