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Post by eefa on Apr 17, 2021 14:55:02 GMT
I heard Brad Dowdy on The Pen Addict podcast raving about notebook called the Maruman Crokquis sketchbook and the Maruman Glyphy Notebook. He hadn't tried it before as it's marketed as a sketch book but when he was sent some to try he found that it is fantastic with fountain pens. Links given for stockists were JetPens in the US and penstore.nl
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Post by InsomniaQueen on Apr 27, 2021 4:05:16 GMT
radellaf Thank you for the Kokuyo recommendation. It arrived today, and I love it. No feathering, light to medium ghosting, no bleeding, not at all scratchy. Very nice. The weight is perfect too, neither very heavy nor flimsy. I’m very curious on this paper now.... will you use it with your next letter? I will! I have a whole ream, and even I won't use it up before then.
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Post by alc3261 on Apr 29, 2021 17:12:35 GMT
Staples Sustainable Earth paper works well.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2021 15:09:39 GMT
Oh wow, I am so ignorant I have all kinds of paper in my craft room - journals and notebooks that have been given to me, art paper pads for watercolour, acrylic and oil painting, sketching pads, writing pads that I've bought when I've seen something that grabs my attention, and good old photocopy paper. I've got some nice fountain pens that I use to write in journals, or write letters, and I don't even think twice about the type of paper!
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Post by radellaf on May 6, 2021 19:53:51 GMT
... fountain pens that I use to write in journals, or write letters, and I don't even think twice about the type of paper! If you're not having problems then there's no problem. Some paper is especially nice in terms of feel, or color, or texture (G. Lalo laid), or lack of texture (Clairefontaine), and you might want to try those at some point. I think, for most of us, the search for better paper is instigated by disgust or frustration at how badly a lot of paper handles liquid ink. That goes for rollerballs as well as FPs, especially the wider point sizes. Try a Pilot V7 on most copy, looseleaf, or notebook paper. It'll feather out and bleed through a lot of the time. Something like Kakuyo KB or Tomoe, or Rhodia, is guaranteed to be pleasant to write on with a wide variety of pens, nibs, and ink. That way you can play around a lot with the pens and ink, and not have to worry if the paper is going to give you trouble. Part of my preference for Japanese F nibs and not-wet ink is from wanting to be able to use my FP on just about any paper. This contrasts with what seems like the majority of the new wave of FP enthusiasts (after 2010 or so) who can't have too broad or too wet a nib and are thrilled with sparkly ink or shading (darkness/color variation from ink pooling on the lines). Nothing wrong with that, but my ideal is still something like a 0.5mm UniBall Micro rollerball, but better. A Sailor ProGear Slim with a F nib and any darker ink is filling that bill perfectly. It might also be motivated by my formative FP experiences in the late 1980s. A medium nib Sheaffer cartridge pen, and looseleaf notebook paper. It worked, but the line with was way too wide - a combination of the tip size and the ink spreading/feathering on the paper. I did love the color combinations from switching cartridges between, say, Emerald Green and Peacock Blue. Wide lines show off pretty ink colors very well. Still, I like writing small. Until I hit 40 or so, I liked writing Very Small. So my FP quest has been a mix of wanting interesting inks and italic nibs on one hand, and wanting very fine points with dark ink that doesn't spread out or bleed through, even on the worst or thinnest paper.
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Post by Catida on Jun 2, 2021 17:59:49 GMT
radellaf, Can you name some not-wet inks you like?
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Post by radellaf on Jun 2, 2021 21:13:11 GMT
I don't remember. I like to use a LOT of different ink so I rely more on a dry-ish and fine nib. Most of the low end Pilot F nibs fit the bill (Prera, 78G, Metro) though they do vary. I also don't tend to keep any notes of what works on what, so I'm not a great source for suggestions. That said, here's what I can tell you. I haven't been journaling in my old Moleskine for years now so my memory of what worked best is reduced to Sheaffer Red and Pelikan 4001 Blue or Black. Somewhere on FPN I put together a "moleskine compatible" list. Most of it was from here: inkyjournal.blogspot.com/search/label/100%25%20Moleskine-proof%20ink or the somewhat more loose criteria of inkyjournal.blogspot.com/search/label/moleskine%20friendly%20inkThose were not so much "not wet" inks (I have no good way to test that) as they were feather-resistant. Which, is actually more important and easier to measure. If I had to grab a colorful one off my shelf, I'd probably pick just about any Iroshizuku, though most of my Diamine perform fine, too. Take a look through a consistent review site with a large number of inks, like mountainofink. That shows tests of what bleeds through on a range of good paper and mentions performance on Staples 24lb copy. All the Iroshizuku I checked "feather with all nib sizes". Bottom of the barrel paper is going to feather a bit with just about anything. If it doesn't bleed through, that's often the best possible for some paper.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2021 10:55:25 GMT
The Franklin Christoph does look nice. For me that would probably still fall into the special use pricing, it seems similar to Rhodia money if my mental exchange rate conversion etc... is reasonable. I suppose my hesitancy to spend on paper is a bit irrational given the $$$ that flow out to pens. At home when I don’t have a letter to write I’ll just write gibberish things that come to mind. At work I’ll take unnecessary notes etc... it feels wrong to use nice paper for these kinds of things. For a while I was conducting an inksperiment, where I’d write standard length pages of text until a pen went dry(not in one sitting), basically just filling page after page, to see how many pages my various pens would get on one fill. Ha ha David, that made me laugh - writing gibberish things that come to mind! Sounds like you need to keep a journal to write in every day to satisfy your need to write!
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Post by sunshine2170 on Jul 21, 2021 20:04:31 GMT
So davidv how many pages does a pen last?
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Post by penguy on Jul 22, 2021 4:10:20 GMT
I buy paper from the local print shop. Last time I purchased 300 sheets of 60# white Astroparche text. This time after running out of the 300 sheets, I purchased 200 sheets of Astroparche natural with a vellum surface both papers were very fountain pen friendly. The paper is also inkjet friendly so I can print decorative letterheads. I've taken to cutting the 81/2 x 11 sheets in half. The fellow at the print shop said that it is hard getting good quality paper, the reason being that during the pandemic paper mills switched from paper to cardboard to satisfy the need for boxes because so many people were ordering on line and the cardboard was needed for shipping. Now, as is happening all over it will take a while for things to get back to some semblance of normal.
Are members from England, Australia, Canada and France seeing the same thing, difficulty in getting good quality paper?
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Post by sunshine2170 on Jul 22, 2021 6:00:07 GMT
Yes penguy especially the overseas ones as nothing is coming in or its very delayed. I ordered a die 2 years ago from USA and it has never come in. I know mail is coming in because I see it at work
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Post by davidv on Jul 23, 2021 0:36:00 GMT
The Franklin Christoph does look nice. For me that would probably still fall into the special use pricing, it seems similar to Rhodia money if my mental exchange rate conversion etc... is reasonable. I suppose my hesitancy to spend on paper is a bit irrational given the $$$ that flow out to pens. At home when I don’t have a letter to write I’ll just write gibberish things that come to mind. At work I’ll take unnecessary notes etc... it feels wrong to use nice paper for these kinds of things. For a while I was conducting an inksperiment, where I’d write standard length pages of text until a pen went dry(not in one sitting), basically just filling page after page, to see how many pages my various pens would get on one fill. Ha ha David, that made me laugh - writing gibberish things that come to mind! Sounds like you need to keep a journal to write in every day to satisfy your need to write! Haha, yeah. I find my journaling enthusiasm comes and goes. Sometimes gibberish is more fun
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Post by davidv on Jul 23, 2021 0:37:07 GMT
So davidv how many pages does a pen last? Most seemed in the 8-15 pages of letter sized with 7mm line spacing.
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Post by hilary on Dec 30, 2022 5:57:24 GMT
I just tried Clairefontaine Triomphe for the first time and I am in love. I didn't know paper could feel like this! And my fountain pen is writing beautifully on it. I had planned to try out a few different types of paper that have been mentioned here, but I'm not sure I even want to now. I just want to stick with this!😂
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Post by katiel on Dec 31, 2022 1:56:00 GMT
I just tried Clairefontaine Triomphe for the first time and I am in love. I didn't know paper could feel like this! And my fountain pen is writing beautifully on it. I had planned to try out a few different types of paper that have been mentioned here, but I'm not sure I even want to now. I just want to stick with this!😂 Clairefontaine is one of my favorites! It’s so smooth and the inks look so good on it.
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