What A Difference A Paper Makes

[sidthecat]

I bought a couple of Tsubame cream fool's notebooks, which are lovely, but...

 

The laid paper is great for writing, but ony if your nib is wet enough. The structure is useful for keeping your lines straight, but I thought my somewhat dry-writing little Waterman 52 1/2 v was going bad on me. I switched to a somewhat wetter ink (there's an oxymoron!) and a smoother paper and all was well again.

 

The nib that works best on the Tsubame paper is a Pilot Prera with a medium nib, a really nice calligraphic writer, but if you want to do pointed-pen work, do not buy this notebook. It's remarkable how many variables there are if you're trying to write a decent-looking page of script.

[fountainpenlady]

Need some clarification before I click to confirm on Jetpens for the Tsubame cream notebook. Do you mean you have to make sure your nib writes wet? I am unsure of that specific quality of the ink currently using. I am not purchasing it for using as a calligrapher, using simply as a notebook without lines.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Yep, Laid paper can give a bumpy ride with narrow nibs. A Pilot M= western F....so get a real M instead of a fake one.

[sidthecat]

Paperblanks also uses a laid paper, but the surface is perceptably smoother than the Tsubame paper. I can use my drier nibs on the latter, but if you want a satisfying experience, you want a wet nib or a Medium.

[Morbus Curiositas]

Hi I totally agree on that.

 

 

G Lalo is lovely, Herbin Ambre de Brimanie is lovely and Lamy safari is nice..... Put the 3 together and it is scratchy....

 

Wet ink De Atramentis or Sailor in Lamy is excellent.

 

Dry ink in Wet Waterman Caren M nib too