Any Experience Of Oxford My Colours?

[AndyYNWA]

Has anyone used Oxford My Colours notebook?

 

The notebooks we have at work aren't the best. But I found this in the range of our stationary supplier. http://www.officedepot.se/ecommerce/sortiment/papper--block-c2334/block-c2496/kollegieblock-c2505/kollegieblock-oxford-my-colours-P2633981/

 

Is it fountain pen friendly?

[jsolares]

If they use oxford optik paper it's bound to be very fountain pen friendly, at least that's been my experience with it on black n' red notebooks. I found their site that says they do use it http://en.my-oxford.com/professional-responsible/my-colours

[migo984]

Yes they are fine for use with FPs. As @jsolares posted above, they use Optik paper, which is bright white and very smooth. Two notes of caution: some inks can sometimes be slightly slower to dry on Optik, and I'm sure the paper includes optical brigthteners, like most bright white papers, and this can 'throw off' the colour of some inks occasionally. This only matters if you are very nit-picky about the fidelity of your ink colour.

[Kiaxa]

I'll agree with what was said above. If it's Optik paper (which it probably is seeing as it says 90g in the text in the link) then its fine. My personal scribbling notebook is an Oxford Black 'n Red notebook. Optik paper, while not as ink resistant as Clairfontaine/Rhodia, is great stuff perfect for any fountain pen (only pen I've found that doesn't work is a flexed ahab but I think that's because the tipping digs into the paper and makes it bleed). Plus Optik paper in my experience isn't perfectly smooth (still really smooth none the less) so you can get some nice positive feedback from it.

Edited September 19, 2015 by Kiaxa

[AndyYNWA]

Thanks for your information. Sounds really positive.

Now I only have to convince my boss to approve that I purchase these notebooks instead of crappy ones we usually use. The price wasn't too bad imho, ~$6.75.

[mcgeechan]

Andy, I recently bought a bunch of Oxford notebooks because of the "lowest price" option used at my work, I was lucky in that Tesco was selling them dirt cheap as it was "back to school" time.

 

I bought one, liked it and then every time I went in I cleared their shelves until 2 days after the promotion ended (I got a final purchase after the promotion as they forgot to take the sticker price down).

[AndyYNWA]

Nice! Always pleasant to get a good deal!

[rafapa]

I find some inks that skip over the printed lines in Oxford Optik paper. I know that the paper is not to blame for that, just I wanted to point it out.

[AndyYNWA]

I find some inks that skip over the printed lines in Oxford Optik paper. I know that the paper is not to blame for that, just I wanted to point it out.

Good to know, thanks!

[Tanzanite]

Pens that can be hard starters or has a tendency to skip get worse on this paper. It works best for smooth nibs with good flow and fast drying inks. I have seen the skipping over lines mostly on Oxford recycled paper.

I have never seen ANY ink bleed through on this Oxford paper. Not even when I accidentally have poured ink over it.

[AndyYNWA]

Received a couple of these notebooks today.

Haven't had much time to try them, but the short scribbles I did was really promising.