Hi there! I think this is my first question about paper. I have tried out Clairefontaine's Veloute (90 g/m2) and Moleskine's Volant but I don't like either of these because they are -- for me -- too smooth, too brilliant, too "polished", almost like writing on glass (sorry).
I need something with at least a bit more coarseness and structure.
Biggest problem -- well, maybe -- is that that which you can buy overnight in the States or in the UK isn't even offered here directly.

Got any recommendations? Thanks.

Mike

Have you tried Brunnen which should be available in every department store?
http://www.brunnen.de/de/de/buero_zuhause/...ls_832_171.html
I recently found an old one. The paper is *slightly* coarser than Clairefontaine and white. They have thread-stitching.

But my notebook had a price tag in DM, so I don't know how they are nowadays.

I've been using Rhodia pads recently for work notes.
The paper is clearly high quality, but doesn't have the 'glassy' quality of Clairefontaine (which incidentally I love!)
I would imagine these pads are available in Germany.



Leonie

I had exactly the same problem as the OP. I found the Laserjet papers just too stark and smooth. Controlling the pen was a real problem and the paper just didn't seem to fit with the ethos of fountain pens.

I tried many papers and in the end settled on Conqueror Satin Wove in a very pale ivory/cream colour. This paper gives a good amount of feedback with a small amount of tooth, good weight, no feathering or bleedthrough with any ink/pen that I've tried and you can get matching envelopes too.

It is expensive at £20 for 500 A4 sheets but I use it for everything - letters and I make my own A5 and A6 notebooks with it. I can't see me ever using another paper (apart from a few Black 'n' Red notebooks that I also use).

Regards,
Dean

Thanks for those tips. Funny enough (actually it isn't all that hilarious) but Rhodia and Conqueror Satin both seem to be German products and/or at least available here. Looks like tht via the web but I'll just head off to a few pen/ink/paper specialty shops here and try that on for size (whatever they happen to have on hand) and then drop a word or too later, when I find out more.

Mike

I love Rhodia, but find it very similar to Clairfontaine in smoothness.

Dan