Part 1 and Part 2 of this series took us through the ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s. Now we’ll cover the 2010s to the present.

I believe the next pocket slim Filofax made is the Regency, from 2011. This model wasn’t on my radar at all until a member of the Philofaxy Facebook group posted photos of a pocket sized Regency without a fastener, noting that it had 1cm rings. It has an unusual pen loop– it’s actually more of a long pen sleeve or pocket on the inside front cover. Many thanks to Janine for letting me use these photos:

The Regency line appears in a 2011 Filofax “look book” and 2011 UK catalog but not a 2011 US catalog. It was only shown in personal and compact sizes, in black and brown, made of “glossy Italian leather” in an ostrich print. The prices were quite high vs. other ranges. A pocket Regency listing (or remnants of one) still appears online on the Filofax.co.za site, without much detail or any photos. I’ve seen a few other mentions of the Regency range online and it sounds rather nice, so I wish I could find more information about the pocket slim. I’d love to see it next to some of these other models to see if it has a narrower shape. [You can also see someone’s Flickr photos of their Regency organizers here] If anyone wants to sell me one of these, please get in touch!

The Filofax Boston Pocket Slim appears in 2013, in black (#024920), pink (#024926), and ultraviolet (#024932). The Boston description says it’s made of “Deluxe Nappa Leather,” but I bought one and it feels kind of like the leather used in the Executive and Guildford models, only even cheaper. It is nothing at all like the nappa leather of the Grosvenor. The Boston seems to be made of a thin layer of leather with a lot of padding underneath, which gives it a weird spongy feeling. There is a shiny metal F logo on the front. There’s a pen loop in the inside front cover, and two full-length pockets on each side of the cover, with a fabric lining. There are no credit card pockets, so this is more suited to be a notebook than a wallet. But the nice thing is that it is a little slimmer than the Executive– narrower just by a hair. I couldn’t help wanting to have a complete collection of these Filofax pocket slim models, but otherwise I would not have bought this, especially if I’d been able to see and touch it first! It’s my least favorite Filofax.

In 2016, Filofax announced the Lockwood and Nappa slim organizers. Until recently, you could still see a tweet about it dated October 3, 2016 on X/Twitter— the post is now gone but the image still pops up in Google:

The Lockwood line featured “full grain buffalo leather with a lightly oiled burnished finish,” while the Nappa is made of, you guessed it, “soft nappa leather.” It’ s not as nice as the Grosvenor nappa, but luckily it is not the puffy nappa of the Boston either. The design of the Lockwood and Nappa models is the same, with a decorative exterior curved seam, one credit card pocket and one full length pocket on the left, and one full length pocket on the right. The full length pockets have a curved bottom edge that echoes the seam design element on the outside. There is also an elastic pen loop on the back inside cover, but it’s tucked in behind a flap of leather so page edges won’t catch on it. (The leather flap should also hide the signs of carnage when I eventually cut the pen loop off!)

The Lockwood is a nice, sturdy little Filofax, though it won’t lie flat like the Guildford or the Grosvenor, at least not without a lot of breaking in. The leather is thick and slightly glossy, and it came in some fun colors: navy (#026055), cognac (#026051), garnet (#026053), and aqua (#026049). The Nappa is also quite nice– its leather is softer and a bit less thick, making it about a millimeter thinner than the Lockwood. The Nappa also needs a little massaging to lie flat. The shape of both models is even narrower than the Boston– not by much, but I think these are the slimmest models other than the Guildford Extra Slim, while still being just wide enough to accommodate standard index tabs. They’re almost perfect– I wish they’d made them just a smidgen taller as that would give them perfect proportions, in my opinion.

Lockwoods can be found second hand here and there, and there are even some new ones that pop up– right now there’s one in the cognac color (#026051) on Amazon. The Nappa is available on Amazon in a black/taupe color combo (#026032). The all-black version (#026030) can also be found on Amazon, as well as from the Filofax Australia site and eBay, but they all tend to be a bit pricey. It looks like the Nappa range has been discontinued, as only a few larger size items remain on the Filofax US website and they’re all marked down. Lockwood is an active range for Filofax, though the pocket size has been discontinued.

So the question now is what’s next? It’s been a long time since Filofax announced a new pocket slim model, as far as I can tell. If they’re winding down the Lockwood and Nappa, what’s next? Will they continue to make new pocket slim organizers? Will they ever make another pocket extra slim organizer like the Guildford? Filofax seems to be sticking with the chunkier, snap-fastened format (and some models that have an elastic closure that wraps around, like a Travelers Notebook). But if there’s one thing my deep dive into Filofax’s history has taught me, it’s that they’ve evolved and changed a lot over the years, trying new things as trends change. So maybe they’ll decide it’s time to revisit the pocket slim someday! I will be keeping an eye out.

In the final post of this series, I’ll talk about a couple of Filofaxes that I can’t quite fit into this history. I’ll also cover some other brands that make alternatives to Filofax pocket slim organizers. Luckily, there are some pretty good ones at a variety of price points!

Previous posts in this series:

The History of the Pocket Slim Filofax: Series Introduction

The History of the Pocket Slim Filofax: Part 1

The History of the Pocket Slim Filofax: Part 2