Massdrop Offering Ogami Notebook Bundle

[fountainpenlady]

Massdrop has a notebook bundle up for voting.

Two hardcover, two softcover. You can decided whether you want lined or unlined. Among other writing instruments you can use with it, fountain pen friendly.

 

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/ogami-notebooks

 

Has anyone ever used or have any knowledge of Ogami? Are they really fountain pen friendly?

[smackyf]

Never used them either. Bumping this hoping someone who has can weigh in.

[sharonspens]

Hey, just saw this. I bought some Ogami paper at Farhney's in DC back in January. I've been busy using up other stuff, so I admit I haven't written in that journal much since I got it home. However, I asked about it in the store, and the clerk working with me was raving about it. Let me be clear, that is a man of VERY few words, and he was raving to me about this paper. He let me try some before i bought it, both with a FP and with one of those Forever pencils. The "paper" is smooth as a baby's bootie. You would not know it was not paper (you know, without tree pulp, can it be paper, as one of my penpals commented?). It handled my FP just fine, and it was writing a little wet. The only problem was when my pen threw a big blob of ink - couldn't get that soaked up fast enough. The pencil looked great against that paper. My husband was completely impressed with it, and he is a pencil person who is often fine with cheap paper.

 

It is expensive, yes, but I think you will get you pay for in this case. I think I will jump in this deal.

 

Sharon in Indiana

 

Just to note that I just read the comments on the Massdrop, and a couple of people noted that the paper takes longer to dry with liquid inks. As I said, I've had little experience myself with the pad I own, so I don't want to mislead anyone about it. Looks like a great deal if you use pencils or BPs, but may be a little iffy for RBs and FPs (after all, the paper IS water resistant!)

Edited March 4, 2015 by sharonspens

[Djehuty]

It won't let me view the page without signing up for an account or signing in with Facebook (which I don't use), so I can't comment on anything to do with this "Massdrop" site. But I've read a few things in this forum about the "stone" paper, and have taken the liberty of Googling it, and there may be a couple of issues.

 

First, in the context of this forum, is that it may well wear down nibs fairly quickly. One of our resident nibmeisters pointed out that the final grades of sandpaper used in shaping a nib are so fine they feel smooth to human fingers, but they do an excellent job of wearing away nib tipping material. This paper could well do the same.

 

Second, any environmental protection garnered from not using wood pulp to make this paper would seem to be offset by using high-density polyethylene to bond the marble dust. So if you're looking at this as a way to save the environment, the two are probably about equal -- trees and chemicals or marble dust and petrochemicals. It's also worth noting that this stuff will probably never biodegrade, so, good for archiving, not so good for landfills.