Best Staples Paper

[Dano808]

Hey All,

 

I just started school here in DC and the only reasonably close big box store is Staples. I was wondering if anyone can direct me to some great fp friendly paper that wont break my bank. I'm partial towards notepads where the pages can be torn off at the top but loose leaf may also do.

Thank you for all your help,
Dano!

[ac12]

Look for the made in BRAZIL loose filler paper.

The last time I looked the Brazil paper was available only in the smaller 100 sheet packs. The 400 sheet bulk pack was Egypt paper, which is not as good for FP use.

[Bobby Check]

I like the "Sustainable Earth" pads

Bobby

[swanjun]

They sell the Black 'n' Red notebooks, which are pretty nice. Not loose-leaf or top-bound, though.

Edited August 19, 2014 by swanjun

[ac12]

BTW, If you want notebooks, Staples also has a wire bound single subject notebook with Brazil paper.

A few weeks ago they were on sale for 17 CENTs each. I bought 30 of them.

[knarflj]

 

The last time I looked the Brazil paper was available only in the smaller 100 sheet packs. The 400 sheet bulk pack was Egypt paper, which is not as good for FP use.

 

Just the opposite in our local store: kept haunting that stack of smaller packs for weeks hoping I'd see paper from Brazil rather than Egypt or USA, but no luck. Finally found the Brazilian loose leaf paper hiding at the far end of the row in the 400 sheet pack. So I guess the moral is that you may need to dig around, but wherever you find the paper from Brazil, that's the stuff to buy.

[Solstice]

+1 for the Brazil looseleaf. I tried some for the first time this week and was really impressed with it. Going back for more. Wish I could find some grid looseleaf there from Brazil, but in the 2 stores I went to it was all Egypt.

[ac12]

Last year I bought a few packs of the Egypt paper.

I tried one sheet, and took it all back for a refund.

[Lamyrada]

The Gold Fibre notepads proved ro be good.Graphic squared paper . Brown cover.

[abstract49]

They sell the Black 'n' Red notebooks, which are pretty nice. Not loose-leaf or top-bound, though.

 

After looking at the Black 'n' Red for several years, I finally decided to try one. It is hard cover, wire bound, 8-1/4" X 5-1/2", Ref. L67000U. While I have only written a few lines with a Lamy Safari M, Iroshizuku Asa Gau, I can't say I am much impressed.

 

I know I should give it a chance with other pens/inks, but this combination has done very well on every other paper I've used so far. It drags; that's about all I can say. Too much feedback, not comfortable.

 

I'll try something else later, maybe this weekend.

[ScienceChick]

+1 for Sustainable Earth (bagasse) and Golden Fibre. I had to buy them online, the local Staples didn't stock them.

[Kuhataparunks]

Sugarcane paper is very thin but the best paper I've used yet! Best way to describe it for me, is the paper caresses the nib. My sugarcane pad has that "sustainable earth" logo on it as well.

[DanF]

Sugarcane paper is nice, but it does bloat the line a little - no feathering, but just produces a little wider line than the Brazilian looseleaf or notebooks. They are both pretty cheap, so give each a try.

 

Dan

[Bill]

Welcome to DC! I do like Gold Fiber as well as the Staples bagasse. However, their bagasse is no longer cheap! So now I look for alternatives.

 

If you want the "good stuff", take the Red Line to Bertram's, my favorite pen shop in the region (sorry, Fahrney's). They have a decent selection (Rhodia, etc.). Or you can take the new Silver Line out to Tysons Center to explore the options at Paradise Pen, Levenger, even Papyrus. I do like Levenger's Freeleaf pads in white. The paper has changed on the other colors which don't do well with FPs. Also, the Container Store in Tysons doesn't seem to carry much of the Clairefountaine line anymore. I never need supplies when I'm downtown so I cannot help there. Also, check the RiteAid stores for Black 'n Red.

 

There are many cool places in DC and I'm sure you will find a hidden gem or two...and not all related to paper ;-)

Edited September 6, 2014 by Bill