Does anyone know a source for blank business cards that are FP-friendly (and not too pricey) ? I think Levenger charges $18 for 300 ... ouch!

I have a pack of Avery business cards made to go through inkjet printer. If you tear apart a page, you have 10 blank business cards but they are terrible for a fountain pen. The pen actually picks up material from the card!

Thanks,
Trish

Which type of Avery card do you have? The "Clean Edge" cards are not good for a fountain pen on the front side, and impossible on the back side.

BTW: I have some of the Levenger cards, and they are not great. They show feathering that others have compained about with recent Levengers paper.

You could buy your favorite fountan pen friendly paper and have a print shop cut it to business card size. A print shop will normally cut an entire stack of paper only charging a dollar or so per cut.

My cards are the Avery matte white business cards and not the Clean Edge type.

Good idea, jbb, about getting a print shop to cut from a stack.

Any suggestions for a good card stock for FPs?

paper.com has a good selection of business cards. There's a good chance they'll hve something for you.

bt

I have blank (with no lines) big rollodesk card and they are fountain pen friendly. I don't know if you can use them with a home printer but I'm sure a professional printer could print your info on it.

Are you sure the pen is working OK?. I tried some Avery Matte cards with a couple of pens and had no problem.

Just a short remark.
Do not use the back of business card to write notes, only the front face. Business card should be printed in such a way as to have enough free space on the front face to write short notes.
This is taught in courses for potential diplomats.

What you need to look for is a supplier of blank cards as used by the few printing houses that still use letterpress, or hot metal printing. It used to be possible to buy high quality blank cards in a variety of sizes in boxes of 500. These were usually brilliant white or ivory in colour and had a reasonable amount of sizing added during the manufacturing process and so should have had a surface that ought to be suitable for fountain pen ink.

Try an internet search on letterpress printing supplies or hot foil supplies. There will be a lot of results for the actual equipment used in these processes but if you stick with it you might also still be able to find a supplier of better quality card stock than is available from the more well known names.

Dave

I print all of my small company’s business cards, in several different colors, stationary, letterheads, envelopes, etc. I haven't been to a printing shop in over 15 years.

I use a rather inexpensive brochures program that allows you to layout your own card design, select colors, fonts, and prints the crop marks on the card paper to cut them with a good, sharp paper cutter, that every office should have anyway.

I really don't like to hand a client or customer a business card with perforated sides, and a good sharp paper cutter leaves a nice, clean line.

I use 110lb card stock paper, in the color I want for the card, I use Wauseu Exact, from Office Max, about $11.60 for a ream of 250 sheets. It works well, and is inexpensive. Since the stock is the same on both sides, it is fountain pen friendly.

If there is one draw back to printing your own, whether it's on the stock I use or the pre-perforated paper, is that if the card gets wet, the printed ink will spot or smear. But that isn't a biggie with me. But that Noodlers Ink that you made your note with is rock solid. Now if Lexmark or somebody would just use that for thier printer cartridges?