Journals, diaries or every day book you carry around when you do business. All of these hold certain importance for you. These journals are not just books, these hold some information that could be observations, plans, ideas and other private information you tend to jot down. Journals come in many forms, but for you they need to represent identity that belongs solely to you. People love leather bound journals for a reason. Firstly, these do not damage whether it is cold outside or warm. Secondly, leather can be altered to suit your tastes, leather bound journals are stunning, exude class and decoration tells of your identification and personality. Thirdly, if caught in time, any signs of wear and tear can be changed with a bit of cleaning and polishing. Leather bound journals with metal clasps offer you charm and security that will help you protect all paper inside your journal.
Here are some decorated and well designed leather bound journals that contain handcrafted paper and exude charm and class like none other:
This is a stunningly beautiful journal design with metal clasp. It depicts tree of life embossing with a lace stitching on the cover. It is brown leather.-
Another embossed design of the Trinity Cross on this leather journal. This one has a metal lock with stunning designs in each corner and a simple yet elegant border stitching. 
This is yet another leather journal with a beautiful lapis in the middle of the surface. Bright blue stone is a birthstone of those born in September, this stone also represents friendships and hopes. This journal also has a metallic clasp to ensure all handmade paper inside is intact and safeguarded. Borders are decorated with triangular arrow heads.
Greenman embossed design on this leather bound journal is beautiful .It has been bound by expert handicraftsmen. This leather journal is a wrap around, so 300 sheets of handmade paper does not damage or get torn in any way. 
This is another beautiful leather journal that is bound with 300 sheets of handcrafted paper and a leather cover with leaves embossed over all body. This one has no defined borders. This leather journal covers all over and provides protection to all the paper. Instead of a metal clasp to close this journal, there is a loop for the pencil, this provides utility to keep a pencil handy and shuts off the journal to protect paper.