Interesting Notebooks Under $20?

[Ambien]

Greetings,

 

I think I'm going on a FP hiatus but I'm interested if there are some unique notebooks that I haven't tried yet.

 

Owned:

• Maruman Mnemosyne: too glossy/smooth
• Tsubame: Ideal paper but doesn't lay flat
• Clairefontaine: Nice paper but long drying times/pricey
• Apica: NIce paper but too thin
• Campus: Nice paper but too thin
• Staples Eco-friendly paper: inconsistent quality
• Whitelines:inconsistent paper but nice look
• Rhodia: great paper but expensive
• Tomoe River: Nice paper but expensive
• Marble Composition books: Cheap but inconsistent
• generic B&N journals: not as smooth as I prefer
• Black N' Red notebooks: too glossy

I like JP notebooks and I am near Kinokuniya in NYC. I would like try Life notebooks but they tend to be expensive =(

 

No preference on paper weight, color, or cover material. It does need to be lined or dotpad because I can't write evenly otherwise. Thanks.

Edited July 31, 2014 by Csrae

[Keyless Works]

I prefer Midori MD paper to all of the papers you listed (okay not including Life and Tomoe River)

 

:http://www.mymaido.com/284-midori-md-notebooks

 

They also put MD paper in their World Meister's Note Series. I have reviewed all 4 editions:

 

http://unroyalwarrant.com/category/reviews/paper-products/midori/

[Ambien]

I prefer Midori MD paper to all of the papers you listed (okay not including Life and Tomoe River)

 

:http://www.mymaido.com/284-midori-md-notebooks

 

They also put MD paper in their World Meister's Note Series. I have reviewed all 4 editions:

 

http://unroyalwarrant.com/category/reviews/paper-products/midori/

 

I like the look of the notebooks. Great review site too, I'll follow it for the future.

 

Do you find the line spacing to be wide for some versions? I have small spidery handwriting.

[Ricardo1962]

Oxford notebooks! Affordable, well made, and the paper (optik paper as they call it) is excellent. They have a huge variety of models and sizes!

Edited July 31, 2014 by Ricardo1962

[Keyless Works]

Being a Japanese company they don't have that wide of spacing. The grids are typically 5-6mm and the lined ones are about 7mm. I can double check that later today.

Edited July 31, 2014 by Keyless Works

[flexnib]

I would try the Muji Recycled paper notebook. Great paper. About 5-6$ for almost 400 pages.

[Ambien]

Oxford notebooks! Affordable, well made, and the paper (optic paper a they call it) is excellent. They have a huge variety of models and sizes!

 

Thanks will check it out soon.

 

Being a Japanese company they don't have that wide of spacing. The grids are typically 5-6mm and the lined ones are about 7mm. I can double check that later today.

 

No problem, I think I have a good idea of the space now.

 

I would try the Muji Recycled paper notebook. Great paper. About 5-6$ for almost 400 pages.

 

Almost forgot Muji is in NYC too. I admit, I'd been more or less avoiding the store because it's in a busy area of the city.

Edited July 31, 2014 by Csrae

[FountainPages]

Exacompta basic journals...200 pages...16.00USD Goulets.

[da vinci]

Banditapple Carnet notebook maybe?