A nice overview of all the... non-standard notebooks from Traveler. It's interesting to see what they've come up with and you've done a great job showing it. And tested. Thank you.
I have my B sides and rarities on the way, but honestly I thought the washable insert meant you could wash your writing off and reuse the paper! I'm glad you demonstrated the proper way!
I like your decisions and both setups. Those little notebooks though...how fun are those! Happy Belated Stationery Day! I was quite excited to visit an honest to goodness, brick and mortar stationery shop just this past week. It was amazing!!! First time in over a year. Take care and thank you!
Right now, I've already written more in my TN than I had in the past--so slimming down was important. But it is hard to resist the different things you can put in a TN so I'm hoping my "scrapbooking" TN can scratch that itch! I'm sure that visit was fun--nothing like handling some of these items! Take care!
When two worlds collide! 🤯I've been a subscriber to the Stationery Selection's monthly subscription boxes for three years, and have been thrilled that Mits has included more fountain pens. I enjoy your channel for the scoops on Japanese fountain pens, with visions of the day when I can return and check out the stores and hopefully a pen show. Nice to know that you are having quite an influence on Mits, and vice versa with the traveler's notebooks. Mits is the one who got me into decorated journals (Hobonichis) and TNs! I caught Mits' Ancora video and was excited when she said she went with you. Can't wait to see your video on an addition to my must visit bucket list!
She has been such a positive influence and opened up ways I can use my fountain pens! I bet you have a lot of cool stuff! I hope you can make it out here one day! Bring an empty suitcase! Thank you Kathy!
Apart from making my own passport size TN, I have not used it much and not very keen on them - because like you I feel it becomes to combersome with all the inserts and gadgets. Afterall, it should be user friendly for writing :) . So I really like how you have changed yours and will be looking forward to see how you enjoy it. Thanks for sharing it.
I’m already using it more for writing out my video outlines! I feel like with the passport size, I could just carry around the insert itself! Lighter and I only use it to jot a quick note. Thank you as always for your thoughtful comment!
Very interesting. I love the variety. Love seeing That Pan Am clip. My girlfriend’s dad worked for Pan Am and your clip brought back so many memories. Looking forward to hearing about your progress with your Travelers Notebook!
Thank you! I got the whole Pan Am TN system when they released it and I put the sticker on the back of my laptop. EVERY time I went thru security at the airport, someone would ask me where I got that sticker hahaha!
I remember hearing on your podcast someone mocking the sticker backing paper Traveler's notebook and thinking, this man may know fountain pens but he does not know or understand the sticker market. Indie sticker makers have been making these notebooks for several years and they are very popular. Meanwhile, you provided me with a new, fun life motto: When in doubt, use a hammer, they're fun! Thank you for another great video.
Thank you! I've heard of these sticker notebooks but have never actually seen one before. I think the ones I've heard about before were children's things. But you are so right hahaha! It's genius!
hahaha! I'm really enjoying it now. I just need to maintain discipline and quit trying to add so much stuff to my "lean" TN! This collection sure is fun!
OMG I really love your tests!!! Actually putting that insert in the washer. So fun to see the end result! Wonder if I can still get my hands on one of those inserts for the stickers. Seems great to be able to put the left overs into instead of having big sheets!
I use my blue TN with weekly calendar insert for 'always open on the desk' planning. Passport Narita edition is for youtube/Instagram content scheduling & ideas. I like to introduce people to TN in Poland, so OF COURSE I had to buy all B-side notebooks... now I need to write a review ; ) It was so funny to see you putting the washable one in the washing machine for real :DD
The letter pad was my favorite insert. I don't know why, but I'm also drawn to the Washable Paper insert. Honestly, after seeing the capabilities of each insert, I wouldn't mind trying them all. I think it's great that Traveler's Company keeps things fresh with new and unusual products like these.
I just learned about the b sides, was specifically lookin at the sticker release one but then reasoned with myself that I don’t really sticker on the go and I don’t journal outside soooo I relented with the hobonichi album But it was so cool to learn about these additional ones (especially as I’m starting to use/love the hobonichi weeks longer size)
Yes, I don't really sticker so much on the go, but for some reason, I always have these odds and ends and it's useful for that. My favorite is still the really thin paper one.
I've been making some leather travelers sketch/notebooks for myself and I love the scrapbook idea! Now I'm going to have to design a little pocket for a glue stick!
To tell you the truth, the most useful way to use the washable one is to just carry the passport size one without a cover. Then if it gets wet, you don't have to worry about it!
Have you tried other thin 6 ring binder systems? It might be good to try an inexpensive one first to see if you like it, as getting the Plotter thru a proxy would be pretty expensive.
Very cool! I’ve never put too much in my TN because of writability concerns, but it’s oh so tempting. 😜 Neat seeing all three B-sides reviewed - I hadn't thought of using the cards that way, but it would be nice to have something to tear out at effects, etc.
I so hear you--it is tempting to put more stuff in the TN because not only do they make so many cool things, other people make them for your TN too! But now, if I'm tempted, I can just put it in my "scrapbook" TN!
I love the reviews, I should reconsider my travelers notebook too! Btw what are the sailor and platinum pen models called at Minuit 10:37? The platinum seems so stealthy and sailor demonstrator !
Thank you! I'm enjoying my slimmed down TN so much more now. It fits easily in my purse and I'm using it more. The Platinum is a 3776 Darth Vader. It was a special edition but I occasionally still see it for sale. The Sailor was a Pen House special edition Realo.
I tried my hand with a bigger fauxdori (light blue leather cover was nice, locally-made and much cheaper than midori, additionally it had a leather band to close it and not the elastic, which seems nice in comparison to potential problems I saw reported on my research) but it wasn't for me. I can't even quite say why, it just didn't fit me at all. It's a little frustrating that I cannot put it properly.... and now I wonder about trying out the passport size, really. Maybe smaller size is nicer, I notice I like to jot stuff on A6 pads and such, and at that all the b-sides look super nifty (especially the case insert... though color choise is really strange!), but budget-wise it's pretty big for me. The conflict, the conflict!! Midori is tempting me yet again... This video reminded me of it, hehe. Thanks, I suppose ;P
hahaha! I'm wondering if you are best off with a fauxdori and using inserts that are interesting to you. I so hear you about not really understanding WHY a system doesn't work but just KNOWING it doesn't. For me, I finally had to admit to myself that dragging around a giant TN packed full of stuff was too heavy and a barrier to writing.
@@InkyRocks big TNs looks so pretty but are so hefty! It's something I experience with my hobonichi these days... For now I have found that someone cut out their large travelers into a passport size and I am tempted to do so...
Brilliant video Alesa, thx 👍🏻 I’ve got some on order but we UK folk get to wait a while for ours 😣 I don’t suppose you could mention the cost of some of these in Yen so I can rue the fact I’m in the UK? 😂 I really must find a way to get out to Japan or other for the TN shops and pen stores, etc. I hope you had a good day out? 👍🏻😃
Thank you! You really do need to make it out here one day! Just time it with one of our shows and you will be completely broke by the time you leave hahaha (with very heavy suitcases!). We had a great time--very dangerous!
Another great video. I especially love your idea for collecting information while at the Tucson Gem show. I am somewhat embarrassed to say that I’m a jeweler who has yet to go to Tucson; but, I plan to go. Are you also a jeweler or lapidary?
Oh, another Ink and Rock person!!! Yaaayyy! hahaha! I made wire wrap jewelry a long time ago and became interested in minerals because of that. I now only will make a quick pair of earrings if I find a stone I like. For awhile there, I had SO many stone beads on my TN--it was ridiculous. I can see with internet wholesalers etc that there really is no practical reason to go to Tucson, but yes, I think you need to go if you get the chance. It is mind boggling. This year was the first time I missed Tucson in 12 years. Let me know when you do go. I met up with a few fountain pen rock people last time I went!
I also have a forest green regular size Traveler’s Notebook that has gone unused. I think I’d like to make it an ink swatch/inventory book that I can take with me when looking at inks and hopefully some in-person pen shows soon. I have followed Mits for a long while and received many wonderful Japanese stationery items through her subscription box.
That would be a great use for it! Portable and rugged. Mits has a great set up with that subscription box, and I'm sure you have some pretty cool stuff!
Oh wow! My favourite inserts were the washable paper and the watercolour accordion! Do you think they will bring out these inserts to shops outside Japan?
@@thuntz29 A good way to get into the system is to get the cover in Etsy (or something like that) where people make them for a LOT cheaper. And then pick and choose the inserts. My favorite insert is made by the Goulets with TR paper.
@@InkyRocks that’s a good idea! I order my inserts for Inkpression, a Spanish lady who makes them of all sizes. Apparently we are having a new import rule in the U.K. that made Goulet set a minimum order of 200$. 🥲 I might never order from them unless I’m visiting the US. Thanks for such a wonderful and informative video...
Really interesting video. I just needed a good excuse to buy the Midori ... and now I have it thanks to you ^^. By the way ... what kind of flex nibs were you using? They looked like the Edison Collier, but I cannot remember that brand had those amazingly flex nibs ... Thank you once again !!!
Hi Enrique! Glad you I was an enabler hahaha! The flex pen is the Blue Dew (a steel flex) and I have the Pen Realm Secretary of DeFlex in two other pens. I'll be putting out a video on nibs in a bit and I'll have both in that video too! Thanks!
@@InkyRocks Fascinating. Those cookies are from a town not too far from where I grew up. You can find them in every grocery store in the country, but I've never seen them being sold outside of Belgium. I just read an article on how Jules Destrooper made it to Japan. The father of the current CEO of Americo, the Japanese company that imports them, discovered Destrooper cookies when he was stationed in Europe during WWII. Twenty years later, he found the same cookies he loved at the tax free store in Brussels Airport and then wrote Jules Destrooper a letter, professing his love for their cookies, trying to convince them to export to Japan. The article further states that in 2017, his son Ted received the medal of the Order of Leopold, which is one of the highest awards in Belgium. The decoration is only reserved for those who represent Belgium in an exceptional way. For a Japanese company to receive this medal is highly exceptional. Thus endeth the Belgian cookie lesson of the day. :)
@@darkchocolate4643 That is so cool! It's funny how I got the cookies strictly for the box and it has an interesting history behind it. Now that we have discussed it, I've seen the cookies at several stores recently hahaha!
I was thinking what a lovely calm voice and then you mentioned the hammer and I burst out laughing! So you have a band on the inside and one on the outside to close or it’s all one long band? I am planning to go lean but that sticker release paper… how did it work for you?
hahaha! I just thought a hammer in a stationery vid would be shocking! It's separate bands. Like two to hold the inserts in, and then an elastic for the closure. I don't carry around stickers in my TN but instead just use it for odds and ends stickers so I can keep my sticker box neat and organized.
You did not show how you secured the wrap-around elastic on the inside. Did you just make a knot? Doesn't the knot, even on the spine, create problems? Why does the wrap-around elastic need to be attached to the cover, anyway? If you are worried about losing it, could you not have the spine elastics over the wrap-around, thus traping it?
Yes, I made the same kind of knot and it hasn’t bothered me so far. I think if you secure it only thru the rubber bands on the backside, it would slide up and down and would be something I have to fiddle with. I could have just done away with the wrap around. That may be an option too.
@@InkyRocks I think the ability to slide the elastic up and down would be a plus, as it could be moved to the top when removed, so that it won't be under the cover, giving a flat writing surface.
Your videos should be labeled as controlled substances! I‘m so glad that I grew up in the A5/A4 world. Anything more slim and I get annoyed, because there are more new lines to start. Otherwise I might have considered my life incomplete without the washable paper. It may be a fun idea to keep sticker paper and make that into a little notebook. As always I was wonderfully entertained by your video, thank you.
Thank you so much! I hear you about the "starting more new lines" bit. That annoys me too. I like the TN size because I use a backpack purse and the slender size fits in nicely.
Mineral Paper. Stone paper. Miquelrius used to make them. Mead still does. And, if you want a large diameter sheet or two, Art Supply places have Mineral Paper. The pen to use is a BIC or Zebra F-701, or their F refill, or even your Skillcraft U.S. Government pen. Yes. A ballpoint. Cheap. I accidentally washed some important notation on a sheet of paper I had in my jeans pants pocket. Came out incredibly wrinkled, because I pulled them out of the dryer. Well, how about that stone paper, eh? The cheap ballpoint just works and feels much better to write with on that stuff.
Yeah I can see how a ballpoint would be much better on stone paper. I've heard some people with fountain pens say it messes with their nibs. Since I love fountain pens, I'll just forego the stone paper. And those Skillcraft US Government pen are pure trash. I used one everyday for 11 year--that was enough!
A nice overview of all the... non-standard notebooks from Traveler.
It's interesting to see what they've come up with and you've done a great job showing it. And tested. Thank you.
Glad you got something out of it! I was pretty impressed with all their ideas. Thanks!
Oh the sticker release paper is amazing and useful!!!! Cool!!!! I always learn so much from you!!!!
Thanks so much Chris! PS I can't believe how your banana trees are growing back so fast!
So soothing and fun to see how you reconfigured things. 🌟🥳🌟
Thank you! I’m on a pen/paper diet now so I can’t use them!
Hahaha love the throwing down of the notebooks like what you do with the ink. Love your style! OMG laundered your notebook, hilarious.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Sometimes just droning on about paper or ink or whatever can get a bit boring...
I have my B sides and rarities on the way, but honestly I thought the washable insert meant you could wash your writing off and reuse the paper! I'm glad you demonstrated the proper way!
hahaha! This is awesome and totally makes sense! Hope you enjoy your new stash!
Loved the "paper stress" test in the washing machine, really amazing👏👏👏👏👏 except I wanted to run an iron over it to get it nice and flat again.
What an excellent idea! I ended up laying it under a slab of quartz in the sun and it dried out pretty flat, but ironing would have been more fun!
@@InkyRocks But looking at your reply, I think this may have been the better method, given that heat from the iron may damage the paper.:-)
Thanks for the videos, you’re a good storyteller and I love your handwriting, too!
Thank you so much! That's such a nice refreshing comment! (Ive had a couple of weird ones today...)
I like your decisions and both setups. Those little notebooks though...how fun are those! Happy Belated Stationery Day! I was quite excited to visit an honest to goodness, brick and mortar stationery shop just this past week. It was amazing!!! First time in over a year. Take care and thank you!
Right now, I've already written more in my TN than I had in the past--so slimming down was important. But it is hard to resist the different things you can put in a TN so I'm hoping my "scrapbooking" TN can scratch that itch! I'm sure that visit was fun--nothing like handling some of these items! Take care!
When two worlds collide! 🤯I've been a subscriber to the Stationery Selection's monthly subscription boxes for three years, and have been thrilled that Mits has included more fountain pens. I enjoy your channel for the scoops on Japanese fountain pens, with visions of the day when I can return and check out the stores and hopefully a pen show. Nice to know that you are having quite an influence on Mits, and vice versa with the traveler's notebooks. Mits is the one who got me into decorated journals (Hobonichis) and TNs! I caught Mits' Ancora video and was excited when she said she went with you. Can't wait to see your video on an addition to my must visit bucket list!
She has been such a positive influence and opened up ways I can use my fountain pens! I bet you have a lot of cool stuff! I hope you can make it out here one day! Bring an empty suitcase! Thank you Kathy!
"Flex on the road" would be a great album title. Fantastic video as always! The Hokkaido Police pen looks sharp.
It would! hahaha! Thanks enabler!
Apart from making my own passport size TN, I have not used it much and not very keen on them - because like you I feel it becomes to combersome with all the inserts and gadgets. Afterall, it should be user friendly for writing :) . So I really like how you have changed yours and will be looking forward to see how you enjoy it. Thanks for sharing it.
I’m already using it more for writing out my video outlines! I feel like with the passport size, I could just carry around the insert itself! Lighter and I only use it to jot a quick note. Thank you as always for your thoughtful comment!
Thank you for an amazingly informative (and at the same time beautiful) video. Bravo ma’am. 🙏❤️
Thanks so much--I really appreciate the support!
I do so love the ink in water shots!
Thank you! So do I--like an ink lava lamp!
That Pan Am clip is priceless. 💜
I love it! I'm saving it for some other use in the future!
Wow! I had no idea so many different kinds of paper existed! Talk about specialized items! Great review as always!
Thanks so much Troy! It's pretty crazy how they can come up with so many ideas!
Very interesting. I love the variety. Love seeing That Pan Am clip. My girlfriend’s dad worked for Pan Am and your clip brought back so many memories. Looking forward to hearing about your progress with your Travelers Notebook!
Thank you! I got the whole Pan Am TN system when they released it and I put the sticker on the back of my laptop. EVERY time I went thru security at the airport, someone would ask me where I got that sticker hahaha!
I remember hearing on your podcast someone mocking the sticker backing paper Traveler's notebook and thinking, this man may know fountain pens but he does not know or understand the sticker market. Indie sticker makers have been making these notebooks for several years and they are very popular.
Meanwhile, you provided me with a new, fun life motto: When in doubt, use a hammer, they're fun!
Thank you for another great video.
Thank you! I've heard of these sticker notebooks but have never actually seen one before. I think the ones I've heard about before were children's things. But you are so right hahaha! It's genius!
Another paper rabbit hole....goodie 🤓
hahaa! "The Rabbit Hole" would be a great name for a playlist!
Great review! Love also Mitsuko's The Stationary Selection and her unique stationary items.
Thank you so much! I agree! She really knows her stuff!
Fun and interesting video. Thanks for sharing! Learned something new-Traveler's Notebooks😊
And nice hammer too!❤❤❤
hahaha! Thank you! And thanks for liking the hammer!
Welcome back to the world of TN! I love this collection so so much! Bought the full set in both sizes 🙃
hahaha! I'm really enjoying it now. I just need to maintain discipline and quit trying to add so much stuff to my "lean" TN! This collection sure is fun!
Love playing with notebooks and like your ideas very much.
Thank you! I'm pretty basic with these journals--there are so many people that make beautiful layouts, but I'm too lazy hahaha!
Wow, very cool to see that you really put the washer-safe paper through the test!
Hahaha! It worked out so well!
I so enjoyed this video! Thank you!
Thank you so much--glad you did!
OMG I really love your tests!!! Actually putting that insert in the washer. So fun to see the end result! Wonder if I can still get my hands on one of those inserts for the stickers. Seems great to be able to put the left overs into instead of having big sheets!
Yes! That's why I just put the thing away in my sticker box instead of in my TN. I think they will be sold in the US too.
I use my blue TN with weekly calendar insert for 'always open on the desk' planning.
Passport Narita edition is for youtube/Instagram content scheduling & ideas.
I like to introduce people to TN in Poland, so OF COURSE I had to buy all B-side notebooks... now I need to write a review ; )
It was so funny to see you putting the washable one in the washing machine for real :DD
Sounds like you have a nice set-up! Looking forward to your review!
Thanks for the video and I look forward to an update on your tn project.
👍👌😄😍Cheers Klaus
Thank you so much Klaus! I hope you are doing good!
Very enjoyable video, thank you.
Thanks so much John!
👍🏻😉👌🏻great as always!
Thanks so much Miguel!
The letter pad was my favorite insert. I don't know why, but I'm also drawn to the Washable Paper insert. Honestly, after seeing the capabilities of each insert, I wouldn't mind trying them all. I think it's great that Traveler's Company keeps things fresh with new and unusual products like these.
Yes, that's how I got drug back into the TN system hahaha! I just needed to modify it for my needs.
I just learned about the b sides, was specifically lookin at the sticker release one but then reasoned with myself that I don’t really sticker on the go and I don’t journal outside soooo I relented with the hobonichi album
But it was so cool to learn about these additional ones (especially as I’m starting to use/love the hobonichi weeks longer size)
Yes, I don't really sticker so much on the go, but for some reason, I always have these odds and ends and it's useful for that. My favorite is still the really thin paper one.
I've been making some leather travelers sketch/notebooks for myself and I love the scrapbook idea!
Now I'm going to have to design a little pocket for a glue stick!
That would be awesome! A glue stick pocket would make me want to use the glue stick all the time hahah!
I haven't gotten into the Traveler's Notebook thing, but these look pretty cool, especially the washable one.
To tell you the truth, the most useful way to use the washable one is to just carry the passport size one without a cover. Then if it gets wet, you don't have to worry about it!
I wish I could get my hands on a plotter, thanks for sharing
Have you tried other thin 6 ring binder systems? It might be good to try an inexpensive one first to see if you like it, as getting the Plotter thru a proxy would be pretty expensive.
Very cool! I’ve never put too much in my TN because of writability concerns, but it’s oh so tempting. 😜 Neat seeing all three B-sides reviewed - I hadn't thought of using the cards that way, but it would be nice to have something to tear out at effects, etc.
I so hear you--it is tempting to put more stuff in the TN because not only do they make so many cool things, other people make them for your TN too! But now, if I'm tempted, I can just put it in my "scrapbook" TN!
Great ideas!
Thank you!
I've never considered a Traveller's before but they look really cool and the B-side inserts are quite interesting.
They are a lot of fun. For me, ease of writing is the most important, so I have to resist some of these hahaha!
I love the reviews, I should reconsider my travelers notebook too! Btw what are the sailor and platinum pen models called at Minuit 10:37? The platinum seems so stealthy and sailor demonstrator !
Thank you! I'm enjoying my slimmed down TN so much more now. It fits easily in my purse and I'm using it more. The Platinum is a 3776 Darth Vader. It was a special edition but I occasionally still see it for sale. The Sailor was a Pen House special edition Realo.
@@InkyRocks thank you so much for the fast reply
I tried my hand with a bigger fauxdori (light blue leather cover was nice, locally-made and much cheaper than midori, additionally it had a leather band to close it and not the elastic, which seems nice in comparison to potential problems I saw reported on my research) but it wasn't for me. I can't even quite say why, it just didn't fit me at all. It's a little frustrating that I cannot put it properly.... and now I wonder about trying out the passport size, really. Maybe smaller size is nicer, I notice I like to jot stuff on A6 pads and such, and at that all the b-sides look super nifty (especially the case insert... though color choise is really strange!), but budget-wise it's pretty big for me. The conflict, the conflict!! Midori is tempting me yet again...
This video reminded me of it, hehe. Thanks, I suppose ;P
hahaha! I'm wondering if you are best off with a fauxdori and using inserts that are interesting to you. I so hear you about not really understanding WHY a system doesn't work but just KNOWING it doesn't. For me, I finally had to admit to myself that dragging around a giant TN packed full of stuff was too heavy and a barrier to writing.
@@InkyRocks big TNs looks so pretty but are so hefty! It's something I experience with my hobonichi these days...
For now I have found that someone cut out their large travelers into a passport size and I am tempted to do so...
Brilliant video Alesa, thx 👍🏻 I’ve got some on order but we UK folk get to wait a while for ours 😣 I don’t suppose you could mention the cost of some of these in Yen so I can rue the fact I’m in the UK? 😂 I really must find a way to get out to Japan or other for the TN shops and pen stores, etc. I hope you had a good day out? 👍🏻😃
Thank you! You really do need to make it out here one day! Just time it with one of our shows and you will be completely broke by the time you leave hahaha (with very heavy suitcases!). We had a great time--very dangerous!
Another great video. I especially love your idea for collecting information while at the Tucson Gem show. I am somewhat embarrassed to say that I’m a jeweler who has yet to go to Tucson; but, I plan to go. Are you also a jeweler or lapidary?
Oh, another Ink and Rock person!!! Yaaayyy! hahaha! I made wire wrap jewelry a long time ago and became interested in minerals because of that. I now only will make a quick pair of earrings if I find a stone I like. For awhile there, I had SO many stone beads on my TN--it was ridiculous.
I can see with internet wholesalers etc that there really is no practical reason to go to Tucson, but yes, I think you need to go if you get the chance. It is mind boggling. This year was the first time I missed Tucson in 12 years.
Let me know when you do go. I met up with a few fountain pen rock people last time I went!
I also have a forest green regular size Traveler’s Notebook that has gone unused. I think I’d like to make it an ink swatch/inventory book that I can take with me when looking at inks and hopefully some in-person pen shows soon. I have followed Mits for a long while and received many wonderful Japanese stationery items through her subscription box.
That would be a great use for it! Portable and rugged. Mits has a great set up with that subscription box, and I'm sure you have some pretty cool stuff!
Oh wow! My favourite inserts were the washable paper and the watercolour accordion! Do you think they will bring out these inserts to shops outside Japan?
Oh absolutely! I think some people in the States already have them. That washable paper was pretty wild!
@@InkyRocks amazing! I have never taken the plunge with a traveller’s (very expensive) but these inserts might convince me.
@@thuntz29 A good way to get into the system is to get the cover in Etsy (or something like that) where people make them for a LOT cheaper. And then pick and choose the inserts. My favorite insert is made by the Goulets with TR paper.
@@InkyRocks that’s a good idea! I order my inserts for Inkpression, a Spanish lady who makes them of all sizes. Apparently we are having a new import rule in the U.K. that made Goulet set a minimum order of 200$. 🥲 I might never order from them unless I’m visiting the US.
Thanks for such a wonderful and informative video...
Really interesting video. I just needed a good excuse to buy the Midori ... and now I have it thanks to you ^^. By the way ... what kind of flex nibs were you using? They looked like the Edison Collier, but I cannot remember that brand had those amazingly flex nibs ... Thank you once again !!!
Hi Enrique! Glad you I was an enabler hahaha! The flex pen is the Blue Dew (a steel flex) and I have the Pen Realm Secretary of DeFlex in two other pens. I'll be putting out a video on nibs in a bit and I'll have both in that video too! Thanks!
Hahahaha. Another excellent and slightly crazy video. Where on earth did you get a Jules Destrooper box?
Thanks! Slightly crazy is what I aim for! Import food store--bought it for the box but enjoyed the cookies!
@@InkyRocks Fascinating. Those cookies are from a town not too far from where I grew up. You can find them in every grocery store in the country, but I've never seen them being sold outside of Belgium.
I just read an article on how Jules Destrooper made it to Japan. The father of the current CEO of Americo, the Japanese company that imports them, discovered Destrooper cookies when he was stationed in Europe during WWII. Twenty years later, he found the same cookies he loved at the tax free store in Brussels Airport and then wrote Jules Destrooper a letter, professing his love for their cookies, trying to convince them to export to Japan.
The article further states that in 2017, his son Ted received the medal of the Order of Leopold, which is one of the highest awards in Belgium. The decoration is only reserved for those who represent Belgium in an exceptional way. For a Japanese company to receive this medal is highly exceptional.
Thus endeth the Belgian cookie lesson of the day. :)
@@darkchocolate4643 That is so cool! It's funny how I got the cookies strictly for the box and it has an interesting history behind it. Now that we have discussed it, I've seen the cookies at several stores recently hahaha!
@@InkyRocks It's like learning a new word and then seeing it everywhere! :D
Another fun video.
Thanks Gary!
I was thinking what a lovely calm voice and then you mentioned the hammer and I burst out laughing! So you have a band on the inside and one on the outside to close or it’s all one long band? I am planning to go lean but that sticker release paper… how did it work for you?
hahaha! I just thought a hammer in a stationery vid would be shocking! It's separate bands. Like two to hold the inserts in, and then an elastic for the closure. I don't carry around stickers in my TN but instead just use it for odds and ends stickers so I can keep my sticker box neat and organized.
Enjoyed your video :)
Thank you so much!
Do you know if anybody makes an A6 sized LINED (RULED) notebook with Tomoe River paper?
Thanks!
I'm sorry I don't. Have you tried Etsy or something like that?
You did not show how you secured the wrap-around elastic on the inside. Did you just make a knot? Doesn't the knot, even on the spine, create problems? Why does the wrap-around elastic need to be attached to the cover, anyway? If you are worried about losing it, could you not have the spine elastics over the wrap-around, thus traping it?
Yes, I made the same kind of knot and it hasn’t bothered me so far. I think if you secure it only thru the rubber bands on the backside, it would slide up and down and would be something I have to fiddle with. I could have just done away with the wrap around. That may be an option too.
@@InkyRocks I think the ability to slide the elastic up and down would be a plus, as it could be moved to the top when removed, so that it won't be under the cover, giving a flat writing surface.
This makes me want to get my passport size faux-dori system back in action....
hahaha! I so hear you!
Your videos should be labeled as controlled substances! I‘m so glad that I grew up in the A5/A4 world. Anything more slim and I get annoyed, because there are more new lines to start. Otherwise I might have considered my life incomplete without the washable paper. It may be a fun idea to keep sticker paper and make that into a little notebook. As always I was wonderfully entertained by your video, thank you.
Thank you so much! I hear you about the "starting more new lines" bit. That annoys me too. I like the TN size because I use a backpack purse and the slender size fits in nicely.
Mineral Paper. Stone paper. Miquelrius used to make them. Mead still does. And, if you want a large diameter sheet or two, Art Supply places have Mineral Paper. The pen to use is a BIC or Zebra F-701, or their F refill, or even your Skillcraft U.S. Government pen. Yes. A ballpoint. Cheap. I accidentally washed some important notation on a sheet of paper I had in my jeans pants pocket. Came out incredibly wrinkled, because I pulled them out of the dryer. Well, how about that stone paper, eh? The cheap ballpoint just works and feels much better to write with on that stuff.
Yeah I can see how a ballpoint would be much better on stone paper. I've heard some people with fountain pens say it messes with their nibs. Since I love fountain pens, I'll just forego the stone paper. And those Skillcraft US Government pen are pure trash. I used one everyday for 11 year--that was enough!
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You seem to struggle while flexing on the paper, can't imagine how you will flex on the road. Lol
hahaha! Flex on the road ought to be a video idea!
@@InkyRocks these flex nibs indeed need ebonite feeds. Or wet inks to handle the flex.