[bluestocking]

Thanks for the update, limesally. I'm glad that I wasn't taking crazy pills in thinking that mine had better paper, and also glad your investment in shipping from the UK was worth the hassle!

[limesally]

Yeah, I thought *I* was maybe taking crazy pills for finding my first one so unsatisfactory. But they really are different to me. It's possible that I could hand them both to somebody with a less fetishistic interest in pens and paper, and they would feel no difference whatsover and be convinced I was nuts. I think it's just part of my larger scale sensory issues, like the way I have to cut tags out of my clothing, and can't stand crunchy peanut butter.

[jakespeed]

Yeah, I thought *I* was maybe taking crazy pills for finding my first one so unsatisfactory. But they really are different to me. It's possible that I could hand them both to somebody with a less fetishistic interest in pens and paper, and they would feel no difference whatsover and be convinced I was nuts. I think it's just part of my larger scale sensory issues, like the way I have to cut tags out of my clothing, and can't stand crunchy peanut butter.

Not to hijack your thread or anything, but when you mentioned sensory issues I had to chuckle. My 6 year old son has these bad! His shoes have to be tied 'just-right' so they aren't too tight and aren't too loose. He refuses to wear some of his clothes because they don't feel good. When we're out walking he stops every 30 yards or so to pull his socks up because he can't stand them being a little loose.

Needless to say, this drives me and my wife nuts, but we're trying our best to be very patient and understanding.

[lh121]

One more update about Habana paper and such... as I just explained on our blog:

We will be importing the French Habana into the U.S. late this fall (rather than manufacturing it here with U.S.-made paper and French-made covers, as we’d initially planned). France, meanwhile, is going to start producing the Habana with 80gr ivory paper, instead of the 60gr they’re currently using. So there won’t be any difference between the notebooks you’d buy here in North America vs. the ones you’d find in Europe and the UK.

Cheers!

Leah

[MYU]

Not to hijack your thread or anything, but when you mentioned sensory issues I had to chuckle. My 6 year old son has these bad! His shoes have to be tied 'just-right' so they aren't too tight and aren't too loose. He refuses to wear some of his clothes because they don't feel good. When we're out walking he stops every 30 yards or so to pull his socks up because he can't stand them being a little loose.

Needless to say, this drives me and my wife nuts, but we're trying our best to be very patient and understanding.

I had a childhood friend who had a similar problem. He didn't like shoes at all and would take them off any chance he could get. He refused to wear anything except cotton. We used to call him Gandhi.


But getting back to Quo Vadis Habana, you can't get any of those notebooks shipped to you without paying at least $25 in shipping if you're outside Canada? Yikes. Do they distribute their notebooks anywhere outside the US, or are they strictly a local operation?

[limesally]

One more update about Habana paper and such... as I just explained on our blog:

We will be importing the French Habana into the U.S. late this fall (rather than manufacturing it here with U.S.-made paper and French-made covers, as we’d initially planned). France, meanwhile, is going to start producing the Habana with 80gr ivory paper, instead of the 60gr they’re currently using. So there won’t be any difference between the notebooks you’d buy here in North America vs. the ones you’d find in Europe and the UK.

Cheers!

Leah

This is good news! Thanks for the update!

[limesally]

But getting back to Quo Vadis Habana, you can't get any of those notebooks shipped to you without paying at least $25 in shipping if you're outside Canada? Yikes. Do they distribute their notebooks anywhere outside the US, or are they strictly a local operation?

oh, no, they're everywhere, I'm sure they are an international company - I just live in a dinky town. Shipping costs are always variable - in my case, and jot's, it actually cost less to have one shipped from the UK to Canada than within Canada.

I'm sure the Quo Vadis website will have information on both local and on-line retailers for each country.

[jot]

But getting back to Quo Vadis Habana, you can't get any of those notebooks shipped to you without paying at least $25 in shipping if you're outside Canada? Yikes. Do they distribute their notebooks anywhere outside the US, or are they strictly a local operation?

oh, no, they're everywhere, I'm sure they are an international company - I just live in a dinky town. Shipping costs are always variable - in my case, and jot's, it actually cost less to have one shipped from the UK to Canada than within Canada.

I'm sure the Quo Vadis website will have information on both local and on-line retailers for each country.

I hope they get them out to more retailers soon. I live just outside of Toronto and I still had to order online because I couldn't find one locally.

As an aside, I'm glad to see you got a good one limesally!

This post has been edited by jot: 12 June 2008 - 10:56 PM

[NateEssex]

Does anyone know if Quo Vadis uses the same paper with their planners? According to the website they use the 90g, acid-free paper on the Principal as well: http://www.quovadisp...talog/principal

I will be buying it in the U.S.

Can I expect to use my fountain pen with this planner?

Thanks...

[limesally]

Does anyone know if Quo Vadis uses the same paper with their planners? According to the website they use the 90g, acid-free paper on the Principal as well: http://www.quovadisp...talog/principal

I will be buying it in the U.S.

Can I expect to use my fountain pen with this planner?

Thanks...

Quite likely. I've used Quo Vadis planners in the past - the Trinote, specifically, and the paper in it is FP friendly - at least with my pen/ink combinations. It is not the same paper as that which is in Habana right now (it's a heavier weight), but as Leah indicated above, that might change soon.

[NateEssex]

Does anyone know if Quo Vadis uses the same paper with their planners? According to the website they use the 90g, acid-free paper on the Principal as well: http://www.quovadisp...talog/principal

I will be buying it in the U.S.

Can I expect to use my fountain pen with this planner?

Thanks...

Quite likely. I've used Quo Vadis planners in the past - the Trinote, specifically, and the paper in it is FP friendly - at least with my pen/ink combinations. It is not the same paper as that which is in Habana right now (it's a heavier weight), but as Leah indicated above, that might change soon.

Well, I didn't find one that I liked better, so I ordered it. I'll be sure to post when it arrives.

Thanks!