If you have Exceed journals there in Europe (they’re sold in Walmart stores here in USA), I think that they do an adequate job. I bought a very small Leuchtturm journal and am not happy with it due to bleed through. Some inks works very well on it, though. I write letters on Clairefontaine paper. Thank you for this informative video. Have you tried Vanness’s White Lightning for your dry inks! It’s worked well for me.
Tomoe River is mijn favoriet. Heb je wel eens Midori MD notebooks geprobeerd? Dat papier is ook best fijn om op te schrijven, en de boekjes zijn erg mooi en niet zo duur.
I hate the emphasis on swabs. Swabs tell me absolutely nothing about an ink except what it will look like if I accidentally spill a bottle on my paper. Swabs, droplets, splatters, who cares> What does the ink look like when I WRITE with it? This should be first, not second, yet half the reviewers out there show swabs, then more swabs, then still more swabs, then, maybe, a very small amount of writing. Then you tilt the swabs this way and that, looking for sheen. Again, what difference does it make. Just because you see sheen when you pour ink on paper doesn't mean that sheen will show up in the WRITING. Or even in artwork. If an ink has sheen that shows up in normal writing, show me that, or just tell me. And you say Apica rejects ink, which makes it different than Tomoe River. Seriously? Tomoe River is not only famous for rejecting ink, measurement shows it rejects ink more than any other paper made. This is why the 52gsm Tomoe doesn't bleed, it's why Tomoe displays ink properties better than any other paper, and it's why water tests should not be done on Tomoe. The ink and the water just run off the paper. Tomoe is MADE to reject ink. And fourteen dollars for a notebook that size isn't expensive? You have too much money. But, yes, Apica paper, all of it, is extremely fountain pen friendly. As for Rhodia, did you say you don't like the way it feels under your pen, or under your hand. Rhodia does have something on the paper, of course. That's why it's called "coated" paper. Surely you know what the coating is? Anyway, if you have a quality nib, you won't feel anything but smoothness. If you have a nib with defects, regardless of how slight, Rhodia will reveal them. This is a good thing. And Rhodia also come in more than one grade. If you're touching the paper, stop it. That's just silly. Leuchtturm paper, to be blunt, sucks. I think people who like this paper are really addicted to the notebooks, not to the paper in them. Leuchtturm ghosts with nearly every pen I have, and bleeds with the wetter pens. For me, ghosting is just as bad, and often worse, than bleeding. It simply is not good fountain pen paper in any way, even if the notebooks are excellent for other types of pens, and probably for those who only use fine nibs, or extra fine nibs, and dry inks. Okay, I take that back. Leuchtturm notebooks suck, too. I have a friend who's a professor, and he say students who carry the Leuchtturm1917 into a freshman class almost inevitably prove to be students who are overachievers who firmly believe that are underachievers. I'm not quite sure what this means, but he says that, as a professor, it's teh worst he can say about a student. Let's see, paper that soaks up the ink is good because it makes your pens feel more wet? That may be the oddest thing I've ever heard a fountain pen person say. It's so odd I don't even know what to make of it/ It's the exact opposite of what fountain pen paper is supposed to do, and should make your pen feel drier that the desert at mid-summer. It's also why that crappy paper ghosts and bleeds. If you want a pen that feels wetter, get a wetter pen. A for smearing andf ily fingers, wash your hands and don't touch the ink. Seriously, this, too is really odd. I think your subconscious is looking for excuses to love Leuchtturm, and is failing at the task. Odder and odder. Leuchtturm is good because it sucks ink out of your pen, and coated paper is bad because it smears if you have oily skin. The ink just slides off! Uh, no, it doesn't. Do your realize how this sound? You aren't just a fan girl, you've lost all objectivity and sense of reason. Over the deep end, off the plank, into la-la land, make up excuses that would sound really strange even to you, if you weren't such a fan girl. This is NOT a paper review, it's a rationalize my love for bad fountain pen paper review. Girl, that isn't just ghosting on Leuchtturm, it's full-blown wasted paper, this stuff is pure crap ghosting. And listen to your voice when you say "I don't mind that". Your voice says you mind that a LOT. I can't watch the last three notebooks. I just can't.
If you have Exceed journals there in Europe (they’re sold in Walmart stores here in USA), I think that they do an adequate job. I bought a very small Leuchtturm journal and am not happy with it due to bleed through. Some inks works very well on it, though. I write letters on Clairefontaine paper. Thank you for this informative video. Have you tried Vanness’s White Lightning for your dry inks! It’s worked well for me.
This was very informative and interesting! Thank you!
Good info, thanks. Have you by any chance tried any stone paper?
Tomoe River is mijn favoriet. Heb je wel eens Midori MD notebooks geprobeerd? Dat papier is ook best fijn om op te schrijven, en de boekjes zijn erg mooi en niet zo duur.
Oxford paper is quite good.
Does your ink sheen when you write with a fine (wet) nib?
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Black and red is very good value in my opinion. I'm happy I'm not the only one who feels Rhodia is overrated.
I like Black & Red papers. I think it’s been flying under the radar, not one of the favored few.
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I hate the emphasis on swabs. Swabs tell me absolutely nothing about an ink except what it will look like if I accidentally spill a bottle on my paper. Swabs, droplets, splatters, who cares> What does the ink look like when I WRITE with it? This should be first, not second, yet half the reviewers out there show swabs, then more swabs, then still more swabs, then, maybe, a very small amount of writing.
Then you tilt the swabs this way and that, looking for sheen. Again, what difference does it make. Just because you see sheen when you pour ink on paper doesn't mean that sheen will show up in the WRITING. Or even in artwork. If an ink has sheen that shows up in normal writing, show me that, or just tell me.
And you say Apica rejects ink, which makes it different than Tomoe River. Seriously? Tomoe River is not only famous for rejecting ink, measurement shows it rejects ink more than any other paper made. This is why the 52gsm Tomoe doesn't bleed, it's why Tomoe displays ink properties better than any other paper, and it's why water tests should not be done on Tomoe. The ink and the water just run off the paper. Tomoe is MADE to reject ink.
And fourteen dollars for a notebook that size isn't expensive? You have too much money. But, yes, Apica paper, all of it, is extremely fountain pen friendly.
As for Rhodia, did you say you don't like the way it feels under your pen, or under your hand. Rhodia does have something on the paper, of course. That's why it's called "coated" paper. Surely you know what the coating is?
Anyway, if you have a quality nib, you won't feel anything but smoothness. If you have a nib with defects, regardless of how slight, Rhodia will reveal them. This is a good thing. And Rhodia also come in more than one grade. If you're touching the paper, stop it. That's just silly.
Leuchtturm paper, to be blunt, sucks. I think people who like this paper are really addicted to the notebooks, not to the paper in them. Leuchtturm ghosts with nearly every pen I have, and bleeds with the wetter pens. For me, ghosting is just as bad, and often worse, than bleeding. It simply is not good fountain pen paper in any way, even if the notebooks are excellent for other types of pens, and probably for those who only use fine nibs, or extra fine nibs, and dry inks.
Okay, I take that back. Leuchtturm notebooks suck, too. I have a friend who's a professor, and he say students who carry the Leuchtturm1917 into a freshman class almost inevitably prove to be students who are overachievers who firmly believe that are underachievers. I'm not quite sure what this means, but he says that, as a professor, it's teh worst he can say about a student.
Let's see, paper that soaks up the ink is good because it makes your pens feel more wet? That may be the oddest thing I've ever heard a fountain pen person say. It's so odd I don't even know what to make of it/ It's the exact opposite of what fountain pen paper is supposed to do, and should make your pen feel drier that the desert at mid-summer. It's also why that crappy paper ghosts and bleeds. If you want a pen that feels wetter, get a wetter pen.
A for smearing andf ily fingers, wash your hands and don't touch the ink. Seriously, this, too is really odd. I think your subconscious is looking for excuses to love Leuchtturm, and is failing at the task. Odder and odder. Leuchtturm is good because it sucks ink out of your pen, and coated paper is bad because it smears if you have oily skin. The ink just slides off! Uh, no, it doesn't. Do your realize how this sound?
You aren't just a fan girl, you've lost all objectivity and sense of reason. Over the deep end, off the plank, into la-la land, make up excuses that would sound really strange even to you, if you weren't such a fan girl.
This is NOT a paper review, it's a rationalize my love for bad fountain pen paper review. Girl, that isn't just ghosting on Leuchtturm, it's full-blown wasted paper, this stuff is pure crap ghosting. And listen to your voice when you say "I don't mind that". Your voice says you mind that a LOT.
I can't watch the last three notebooks. I just can't.