Norcom Notebooks

[Lazarus Long]

You have probably found these out, but I just recently bought a couple 80 sheet bound (not wire bound) notebooks at Walmat. They say Norcom, made in Brazil.

 

This is the best 'cheap' paper for fountain pens that I've found so far. I like it better than the Staples sugar cane paper.

 

My Pelikan M800, F nib using Noodler's Navy has some ghosting on the back, almost no actual bleed through. No feathering at all.

 

It has similar ghosting/bleed through as the 'premium' 24# HP laser printer paper, which is MUCH thicker/heaver than this. You have to go up to the HP 32# paper to do better.

 

Just thought I would point it out in case this is new info.

[ac12]

I have had mixes results with Brazil comp books in general, and poor results with the Walmart Brazil comp books specifically.

My results have been bad enough that I am giving ALL my Brazil comp books to my nephews for their kids to use.

 

So far my best of the cheap stuff has been Staples Brazil spiral bound notebooks.

17 cents each in the back to school sale, I bought 30 notebooks

[SallyLyn]

Bought a boat load of the Walmart Norcom notebooks years ago. Still using (large boat) and enjoying. Glad for the report they are still good.

[RLTodd]

I found the Norcom notebooks variable over the years, depending on who they had make them.

Some were quite excellent for my fountain pen use, others not so much.

My rule is buy one, test it. If good, buy more from the same stack. If not, wait a few months.

[Runnin_Ute]

I have had pretty good look so far with Made in Brazil composition books. Most of the ones I have are the OfficeMax/Office Depot ones.