I Finally Found It... My Favorite Premium Small Bible!

[@filobiblic]

Well done on finding “the One” small Premium Bible for you Tim! I love the SC text and the references in the inner margins. 👍 For me, I’d want maps in the back and for it to be NIV. 👏 But love that edition!

[@sandracoombs2255]

What a great video! Thanks Tim. ❤ I’ve got this Bible in the original deep brown calfskin. Still in its box with the Pledge Card in it. When you first mentioned it, I paused the video, jumped up and went to find my beautiful Bible. It is absolutely lovely. It even still has that great leather smell. However, font is a little small so I prefer my ESV Clarion goatskin for readability but certainly it’s one to keep. Thanks again. 😊🙏🇦🇺

[@timwildsmith]

Thanks for sharing!

[@subwayjrod1]

I love this, a great example of whats possible today, find a textblock you love and get creative with the cover. You end up with something truly unique and your own. Bravo Tim!

[@timwildsmith]

Yes! Thank you!

[@ronaldwagogo7127]

Daniel is the man! I have a Logos rebind too from him. An NAS95 Passagio tha the put for sale a year or so ago. Enjoy your rebind!

[@adrianalonzo7973]

We love Logos Rebinding. Daniel is a dear friend. That Bible is THE BEST.

[@ginamiller6754]

It’s absolutely gorgeous!! I eventually want to rebind “the one” also. It’s such a great idea! Til then, I will enjoy my Schuyler. I still want to get the Trevaris, it might be “the one”! I’m older, so I need the larger font! I’m very happy for you!! 😊

[@timwildsmith]

Thanks, Gina!!

[@koubl]

Quite satisfying, finding "the one". Also, Logos rebinding is killer. Cannot wait to maybe one day get my own!

[@timwildsmith]

Yes!

[@KingJims]

Fantastic video, thank you for taking us on the journey Tim. I really enjoyed this and I loved getting a close look at Daniel's work at Logos.

[@timwildsmith]

Glad you enjoyed it! I thought it was a fun little trip down memory lane!

[@katinaj6849]

I’m so glad you got the one! You can see how excited you are with this. I’m happy for you.

[@timwildsmith]

Yes! Thank you!

[@robertceron9056]

It was your video that made me pick the esv reference bible it was nice and I still use despite reading more CSB at my church, I really like the red dying and the three ribbons and all the stitching and rebinding. Excellent find! The single column reminds me of like kindle or a regular book and I almost ignore the verse numbers letting me focus on the message which I love about my esv reference single column bible like the one you showed

[@KingsMantle]

The personal reference is probably my favorite ESV edition and this rebound one looks amazing!

[@timwildsmith]

It's so great!

[@MaverickStreet]

I’m still on the hunt. I’m 47 and when I was 23, I gave my NIV84 B&H to Michelle Tumes (singer back then) as a gift. Been searching since lol. Happy for you Tim!

[@ljayjohnson1488]

Wow! That Bible is so Nice. Thanks for sharing your small Bible journey story.

[@timwildsmith]

You are so welcome!

[@evanyd18]

I am still on the hunt for my favorite Bible.😁 I found a new one and it's not expensive, only $50, but it's a purple KJV and a 10pnt font by Tindale. The best thing is that it's verse by verse, so memorizing verses will be easier, words of Jesus in red, and the references are tiny and to one corner. Also, it's simple but it has the concordance on back. I know my perfect Bible will come one day.😁

[@donaldsproson2494]

An inspiring review Tim, thank you so much. I have not well this week with a cold but this review has aided my recovery Big Time. I will search for these ESVs on the Internet.

[@timwildsmith]

Hope you feel better soon, Donald!

[@kellywicker8985]

You are very fortunate to have so many options to choose from.

[@scotteramsey]

I just got an ESV 10pt font thinline reference Bible with a binding by Scriptura (Pauls Leather). The cover is full grain and rustic. The Bible is awesome and so easy to carry around and grab to read.

[@timwildsmith]

Great to hear... I have one on order with them!

[@adamjones7843]

This Bible was also the one that sent me into the world of premium bibles. My first one was purchased in 2016 in the Buffalo-style Cowhide from Crossway. It was my immediate favorite and every day carry Bible. I preached, did ministry, personal study and family devos with it. I would also take it to work with me (I'm a bi-vocational church-plant pastor). For six years it was "the one". But, as you pointed out, the font size is a bit small and the line spacing a bit too tight and what my 37 year old eyes found acceptable, my 42 year old eyes started to balk at. I had to retire it because of that and presently I have settled on the PSQ as its replacement, though I don't use it hardly as much as I also prefer single column reference bibles and in the "personal" size footprint. Presently, my go-to is the Allan ESV NC1 due to it's fantastic layout and thinner size. If Jongbloed would take the Crossway personal single column, and update and reformat for the aging eyes, I would throw Allan more of my money for one of their Charfleet bindings. Thank you for the reveal! It was fun to watch.

[@DanAbsalonson]

I love my ESV personal reference edition Bible. It's a tru-tone cover that looks like black leather and is very nice but is not premium and is starting to fall apart a little. Great video!

[@brotherarn]

Yes, it is a wonderful Bible 🎉

[@mickeyandthebible6931]

I still use my cloth over board ESV PSR all the time. Best layout for a small bible in my opinion. Inside References keep the text away from the gutter. Great Choice!

[@timwildsmith]

Thanks for sharing!

[@rodneylunofishinrodofgod]

Beautiful Tim, glad you enjoy it, bibles are ment to love and enjoy

[@timwildsmith]

You got that right!

[@ronlewis9374]

That's been my daily Bible for years. I would love that binding!

[@patrickhanly7458]

The Pitt Minion in brown goatskin is my favorite bible of all time. Love the font, cross references, and goastskin.

[@gblan]

I'm waiting for that NKJV Schuyler in a personal sized Treveris. That would be my every day go to.

[@haydenlbray]

Same tbh

[@dr.d723]

This looks truly lovely. Enjoy!

[@markpalka6382]

Now that you mention this, I have two small King James Version Bibles! One of them is a Scofield Study Bible, and the other one is a plain ordinary Bible which is small enough to fit (with difficulty) into a shirt pocket, but its fine print is easy enough to read! I now live in those parts where the King James Version rules, and I therefore decided to join the club!

[@mikehoward455]

Beautiful Bible Tim. Thank you for sharing and comparing. 👌

[@timwildsmith]

My pleasure!

[@Airik1111bibles]

That one handsome bible, I love that brown goatskin . Thanks for sharing.

[@timwildsmith]

Thanks for watching!

[@amazonfirebook]

That's beautiful Tim

[@Fullbatteri]

I think the trick is: you fall in love with the Bible you use. The deal with very expensive Bibles is that sometimes we’re to afraid of ruining them with use, but… that’s like the whole deal right? Making them your own.

[@markpalka6382]

Ain't that the truth!!

[@donnawildsmith2232]

This is beautiful! ❤️

[@timwildsmith]

It really is!

[@pastordanielmcguire]

Was internally screaming yes! Because I found my favorite go to midsize bible in the Allan Personal Reference! Second premium Bible I got ans have fallen in love with the text block and of course it’s an Allan.

[@timwildsmith]

Hey-o! That's awesome!

[@kellywicker8985]

I personally enjoy the two tone leather Bibles with rusty brown and black tone 😊 with that stitching. Slightly extra yap. Thumb index. Two column no lines with references and study notes at bottom and each book with detailed information on author, dates, and history of the period.... I am

[@christinebullard2884]

That is my favorite as well. My Bible is ESV.

[@biblecornerreviews]

Loved seeing this! I don't have this Bible but know someone who does. Have always wondered if a rebound edition would make my perfect compact!

[@timwildsmith]

I think so!

[@WontonDisciple]

I love the PSR! The clarion has a slight edge for me due to the larger line spacing, but I’d be happy to be stuck with either one.

[@timwildsmith]

Great Bibles!

[@Rubberglass]

Could you link to the Clarion?

[@Cliff_Dixon_42]

Oh, that is SWEET!!!

[@timwildsmith]

Oh yeah!

[@micahwatz1148]

My favorite to physically read is the Thompson chain reference. No text in the gutter or on the books hills. Just flat easy to read text. My favorite Bible with notes is the esv study Bible

[@CliffR]

Your website needs the ability to search through all your reviewed bibles for specific features. Checkboxes for font sizes, leather/leathertouch, red letter/black letter/blue letter (my fav), translation version, year of (like NASBs different ones), block type, single/double column, reference, concordance, study, etc. Would be awesome to see what filters out from your long list of reviewed items.

[@Fourwedge]

Cool. I love small Bibles

[@curtis2600]

Very Very nice Ilove the two tone! I as well am on the hunt for that one Bible

[@timwildsmith]

Right on!

[@lancenugent7225]

I am a pastor. I am also a collector of Bibles. I probably have in the neighborhood of 40 or 50 Bibles… Literally and I have never found a Bible that has everything that I want in it. And I don’t think what I want is unreasonable… But I’ve never found one. That’s why I have 40 or 50. I guess ….the search continues.

[@70_X_7]

Tim, I think you just convinced me to keep my AE ESV PSR rebind!

[@timwildsmith]

YAAAAASSSS!!!!!

[@Twiceborn_by_grace]

Tim is a big boy now! 🎶🎼. Now that you have that pull-up. 😂

[@timwildsmith]

Ha!

[@SurferKroky]

Absolutely STUNNING!

[@openlybookish]

The true tone one you show reminds me of an old thinline Bible I used to have.

[@timwildsmith]

Yeah, that look is a classic Crossway option.

[@agwats85]

Is there a similar single column NIV text block? Not necessarily with references. I know they have the single column reference Bible and the pew and worship but they are both big Bibles. One like the pew and worship that isn't large print would be great, in like a 9 point font

[@timwildsmith]

Check out the NIV Heritage. Slightly bigger.

[@charjohnnyo3655]

Very beautiful, but the font is a little small for my tired eyes. Logos rebinds does such beautiful work.

[@timwildsmith]

He's so talented!

[@davidproffitt7671]

I share your enthusiasm Bibles. I would love to have the one you selected one you would like is so overlooked. I believe it's now how to print by Crossway. It's the ESV literary study bible. I love it

[@terrysbookandbiblereviews]

That is awesome!

[@jacksonbooth2462]

I really enjoy your channel and would love to know if you are aware of an NASB reference bible that is thumb indexed, wide margined, and red letter - ideally with their comfort print and which is around 9” tall and 6.5 “ wide. Either the 1995 or 2020 text would be fine. Now that would be my ideal Bible. I have been searching for months and months with no success. Thanks for all the research you do on our behalf, and your presentations are very professional. God Bless.

[@Arendbelle]

Beautiful but $420 is out of most people’s budget range

[@bbenkert]

Have you seen the NEW Full grain ESV thinline from Crossway? I just picked one up. Super affordable and durable. Might be the perfect one for me. I'm not afraid to beat this one up.

[@timwildsmith]

I will check it out!

[@barblothe3366]

Congratulations! I think I have this one. But I have to check. I may not have the references version. I like the blue leather and colored gilding. 👍🏻 Update-yup. That’s the one I have, in black tru tone. 😀

[@timwildsmith]

Nice!

[@Jaygar9392]

The two different material looks great, but, I am a simple "all-black everything" kind of guy.

[@johnwhitaker2620]

Great review. It is beautiful.

[@timwildsmith]

Thank you!

[@ScotSchieferstein]

I do like my personal size ESV single column (but without reference/concordance) for many of the reasons you mention as well. I bought an 11-inch iPad Pro 2021 (refurbished with a lot of reward credits and some gift cards) earlier this year so I could "effectively" use Logos Bible software during the sermons but have realized the beauty of my ESV personal-size single-column Bible is that I don't fall down rabbit holes and lose track of God's message at the moment! 😊

[@Jaygar9392]

I, too, am a sucker for a single-column layout. I recently purchased and am waiting for a ESV Heirloom Single-Column Personal-Size Bible---goatskin leather, black to pair with my ESV Preaching Bible in Black Goatskin.

[@Jaygar9392]

I also am not one for references in my Bibles.

[@timwildsmith]

I like that one, too!

[@samuellee4610]

Love it!!

[@richardwheeler3768]

Oh to have young eyes again. Font size is such a big deal to me anymore. As I preach, I print out the texts I'm using and slide them into my preaching bible just so that I can read them.

[@timwildsmith]

I hear ya!

[@youngkob3408]

Very nice Bible. Couldn’t decide if you wanted the brown leather or black; why not both?

[@kylespringer4960]

Gorgeous Bible!!

[@timwildsmith]

I love it!

[@rickfowler5342]

Please let us know how much one could expect to pay for one like this? I love that, with the exception that I would want different colors, and in a KJV. The craftsmanship is exquisite! And I really like the fact that although small, it seems like a well equipped little Bible!

[@timwildsmith]

I find most rebinders are sharing in the $300-400 range for this level of work… sometimes more.

[@AllDayML]

Cambridge clarion is where it’s at!

[@We.R.Comics]

I'm looking into my first Bible and I really want a premium leather bible in the color like the Memphis Bible you mentioned but I didn't realize there were so many versions. Which version do I go with. I want one that I can pass down to my son when he grows up.

[@ReadingforRest4711]

I have always been a die-hard KJV Cambridge Cameo....but the older I get.... my likings have transferred from 'this to that'... ESV... to now- CSB, and recently I have totally fallen for NLT!... for my daily read. I don't yet have a hands' on Bible; I just read from my bible app!....lol....

[@Yellowblam]

This is a good book.

[@drbaldave]

ESV is my fav bible too! What about the newer bible LEGACY STANDARD BIBLE? Please let me know sir.

[@homerhowzit2587]

Any chance you might like to sell that pit minion that you rebound??… I will wear it out for you.😊😊😊

[@allcleanenterpise]

Those are very expensive my brother, in light of you being so thorough do you know of some more affordable rebinding companies. I to am a lover of Bibles of all sizes and translations, I have one nice goat skin personal size and I'm interested in acquiring one more possibly, would appreciate some pointers please and thank you. God Bless

[@mattvalade2609]

To see that whole Bible in that brown goat skin 😧 beautiful Bible I love my PSQ ESV

[@938quilt]

now I'vw gotta figure out what that memphis esv compact is... the one you said your wife took!

[@timwildsmith]

Great Bible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHanlJ2XoNGSi5o

[@shannonmiller5618]

Beautiful work!❤❤❤

[@logan.stark777]

People like you make me feel about about this… Don’t really want to use the word addiction. Personally consider it a problem. When I find the “right one”, hopefully, it will not be a problem anymore.

[@mb9484]

Hi Tim, I was hoping you could help me with finding a particular Bible. My mom wants something a bit easier to read, like the NLT, but she also needs thicker pages. Right now her big gripe is thin pages that are hard to turn. Her eyesight is good, so font size isn't really a problem. But we need thicker pages, 36 gsm is good. She doesn't want a journaling Bible like the Inspire and wants verse numbers unlike Immerse. It doesn't look like any of the standard offerings by Tyndale fit the bill...maybe a hardcover "pew Bible" style? If you have any recommendations please let me know. Thank you.

[@timwildsmith]

That’s a tough one. I don’t know of anything that quite fits that wish list.

[@edwardsmith1380]

Beautiful! Just wondering why you prefer this over the Clarion? Seem v similar!

[@timwildsmith]

The Clarion, for me, it’s tad too “short and stout.” I don’t love how thick it is compared to its trim size.

[@douglassowter9600]

I found mine actually 1A and 1B the Schuyler Canterbury KJV and the Cambridge Topaz ESV...

[@timwildsmith]

Nice!

[@timdodenhoff7942]

I wonder how God feels concerning all our Bible collecting, talking about all these things, I don't know if idolatry is not at the forefront, I hope we're regularly seeking to get the gospel out and making disciples.

[@patriciapification]

I'm looking forward to the HISTORY Bible by humble lamb

[@timwildsmith]

Me too!

[@orangemanbad]

I really wanna buy this one from you!

[@timwildsmith]

Never!

[@magdzioczek]

Nice advertisement for your friend 😅

[@kawtulu3052]

im looking for a bible with large print (not too large) but that is also small enough to carry around with me. ive been using the CSB study bible but its quite large.

[@kawtulu3052]

@@setholesen6784haha emergency bible! love it! well i ordered a large print but when i got it it said giant print and all the pages were stuck together so i had to separate them one by one. i got it on amazon and it says Thomas nelson NKJV but again im looking for a second bible for my son who actually asked me for one. hes 14 and wants something more "mature" looking if that's the right way of putting it.

[@kawtulu3052]

@@setholesen6784haha love it! emergency bible! well i ordered one from amazon but i got it with all the pages stuck together so i had to separate them one by one and it was not large print it was giant print from Thomas nelson NKJV. Now I'm looking for a second bible for my son who actually asked me for one and i want to give him one that is more "mature" looking since he is 14 now and doesn't want a children's bible. i like CSB and NKJV because its in my opinion easier to understand and i love the CSB because it has so much extra knowledge at the bottom. I'm kinda at the same spot again because i want the extra bits of information with a large enough print and easy to understand. im on the hunt again!

[@jenniegirves3296]

Do you know of a similar type of Bible but in the NASB95? I keep searching for my perfect one too! 😊

[@rjltrevisan]

Do you have any videos about restoring dried up leather covers?

[@timwildsmith]

No sir.

[@rjltrevisan]

@@timwildsmith I have a Full Grain Morocco Kirkbride Thompson KJV Bible that I bought with the case they sold. But this house I moved in to after I got married is too humid. The case fell apart due to mold and the leather cover of the Bible itself got mold marks and is all stiff and bent....

[@Gillysaurxx]

Pitt Minion is great travel bible

[@kenkindrick4227]

Maybe your channel should be named, "The Bible Horder". ❤

[@Jaygar9392]

Tim, in the near future, I am looking to purchase a Greek New Testament in Black Goatskin, where do you recommend I look?

[@timwildsmith]

I don't know of a goatskin edition... but I believe Cambridge has a couple of nicer options.

[@nealr3dhandfamily346]

WOW.... I will take one PLEASE!!! I've bought 7 top quality bibles 3 PSQ's, 3 Cambridge's (too big Topaz and squint minion too small), Now waiting for an Heirloom... What is wrong with me... ESV study bible is amazing but my cover fell off.... I do not do Bible reviews but I haven't clicked with any of these... So Can I order this bible?

[@timwildsmith]

Contact Logos!

[@John-5737]

Does the gold come off from one of these Bibles? Cause I had one once where I always had this glitter on my fingers after touching it

[@PengoLengo]

Can't find anywhere to buy this - recommendation?

[@donnymf]

I would like to buy this bible but when I click the Amazon link you have included, it’s looks like the cheaper version on the site. Do you have another link? Thank you

[@timwildsmith]

This Bible is a rebind on that cheaper one.

[@joeseph6981]

Dude plays guitar at Mass in my neighboring town sometimes.

[@timwildsmith]

Crievewood?

[@joeseph6981]

No , but they might also.

[@MycoKing]

Nice.

[@edwardcourtneyjr7758]

Great video love the new rebind

[@captainfancypants1877]

Size 8 font is too small. How can i get this exact Bible in a larger font?

[@timwildsmith]

Doesn’t exist… Sorry.

[@NovellaFranca]

What didn’t you like about the Allen PR?

[@timwildsmith]

It was just a little too… plain.

[@seapanther53]

How much was the rebinding? I figure pricing may vary, I'm just looking for a ballpark figure.

[@timwildsmith]

Most rebinds are $200-400

[@seapanther53]

@@timwildsmith ok, thank you. Something to think about when I'm older and want to pass on my Bibles to my kids.

[@michelleschoppe5390]

How do you find your old Bibles ? I’m curious

[@patriciapification]

❤️