Fountain Pen Friendly Journals.

[pawnraider]

Not sure if this is the right place to post so please bear with me if it is not and perhaps move it to where it should be.

 

Is there a place here that reviews fountain pen friendly journals? In other words journals you can write in with a fountain pen where the ink won't spider or bleed through? I have a journal brand I am currently using but after filling up one I bought a new one and I discovered that it now bleeds through but not to badly. This may be due to a new paper construction or blend or whatever.

 

Thanx!

 

Frank

[Charles Rice]

I have used Fiorentina for many years, and no complaints whatsoever.

[dk76]

I just picked up some Fabriano Ecoqua notebooks (dots not lines) for good price. I'm happy with it. The paper isn't as smooth as Clairefontaine however, it doesn't bleed through or feather. So I'm happy with it.

 

Note: writing on a dot pad is a little harder for me. Gotta get used to it as opposed to lined paper.

[stonezebra]

You might look in the 2 Pen and Paper Paraphernalia forums. You'll find some reviews there. I can personally recommend the Rhodia Webnotebook and the Seven Seas Journal, both are fp-friendly, but there are many others as well.

[sharonspens]

I agree with checking the Pen & Paper forums.

 

I have been using Shingle journals, and an inexpensive sketch journal from Hobby Lobby (I was surprised at how well the latter have done ).

 

Sharon in Indiana

[Runnin_Ute]

I like the Red n Black and Leuchtturm1917 notebooks. Need to get a new Luechtturm as I have almost filled it. I have filled more than one of the A4 Red n Black though.

[sharonspens]

I agree with checking the Pen & Paper forums.

 

I have been using Shingle journals, and an inexpensive sketch journal from Hobby Lobby (I was surprised at how well the latter have done ).

 

Sharon in Indiana

I see that autocheck didn't like my spelling. This should be SHINOLA journals (out of Detroit).

[Zowie]

Clairefontaine has an abundance of great journals and sizes. Want something else? For a great pocket sized notebook, try the Banditapple Carnet brand of notebooks, The paper has a bit of feedback, but these notebooks were designed with fountain pen users in mind. They are wonderful!

[sakayume]

I've found the Pen & Paper review subforum very helpful in identifying fountain pen friendly notebooks.

 

Rhodia and Clairefontaine should be reasonably easy to find. But my favourites are the Japanese brands like Life, Midori etc.

[PAKMAN]

I like the lined Exacompta 9831 5x7 which uses Clairfontaine paper if I understand properly

[inkstainedruth]

While I really like Rhodia and Clairefontaine paper, they're a bit pricy for the amount of journaling I do (three pages every morning). So I looked for ones that had a lot of paper and weren't cost prohibitive, and ended up with ones from Miquelrius that are pretty FP friendly (smooth, without a lot of showthrough/bleedthrough issues for most of the inks I've tried) and their MR leather look journals are available in capacities up to 300 pages in a couple of different sizes and with several colors of covers [http://www.shopmiquelrius.com/mr-leather-look-journals/]. Standard disclaimers apply -- I just wish I could get them with unlined pages....

I started out with one of the 200 page ones (picked it up at Bob Slate's in Harvard Square a year ago Christmastime) and it lasted about 5 months of 3 pages per day, writing nearly every day. I'm now on the second one of the 300 page one (I liked the 200 page ones so much I ordered six of the 300 page ones directly from their website; the first 300 page one lasted me nearly the rest of the year from the end of May till, IIRC, mid to late November.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[PaganArcher]

One of my favorite journals for using my fountain pens are the Bombay style sold at Barnes and Noble. They do surprisingly well with my pens and very little feedback.

[ac12]

Try this place.

https://www.facebook.com/CurnowBookNLeather/?pnref=lhc

Steve is a member of the SF Pen Posse, so he understands the issues of fountain pen on paper.

Edited January 12, 2016 by ac12

[danok1]

... their MR leather look journals are available in capacities up to 300 pages in a couple of different sizes and with several colors of covers [http://www.shopmiquelrius.com/mr-leather-look-journals/]. Standard disclaimers apply --

 

Ruth,

 

Thanks for the link. I was looking at Amazon and the going price is $18-$22. I see that they're only $12 on that site...so now I don't see a reason to hesitate!

 

-Dan

Edited January 13, 2016 by danok1

[Dragonmaster Lou]

 

Ruth,

 

Thanks for the link. I was looking at Amazon and the going price is $18-$22. I see that their only $12 on that site...so now I don't see a reason to hesitate!

 

-Dan

 

They're $9.95 on the BarnesAndNoble.com site.

[zuerincolour]

I always use and will continue to use Paperblanks. Their cover designs are just too gorgeous to pass by.

[Piper 987]

For the past year I've been journaling in Leuchtturm1917 notebooks, (A5 hardcover, dot grid).

[dip_n_flow]

Great paper

 

[Piper 987]

Great paper

 

My goodness!! That ink... it's, it's... growing!!

[Ergative]

It's sprouting wings! Stand back before it takes to the sky!