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Hello. New member here! I just finished the last of my Boston Maruman Note journal A5 sized.

I went and purchased a great looking but very disappointing Shinola Journal. Great size but cheap paper.

Since the Boston Maruman has been discontinued does anyone here know of a replacement?

 

Here are the specs:

 

http://www.jetpens.com/Maruman-Boston-Note-Notebook-A5-5.8-X-8.3-22-lines-65-Sheets/pd/7864

 

Most important of course is the quality of the paper but also:

 

Line Spacing 8 mm

 

Paper Weight 96.4 gsm

 

Cover Type Hardcover

And of course lying flat and Fountain pen friendly.

 

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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Baron Fig Confidant may do...it's well-made and has pretty good paper. Attractive grey cover. The Aprica CD's not bad either. The cover's not as substantial but the paper's a bit smoother.

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I've found the Campus Wide ringbound notebooks to be excellent and fountain pen friendly. The selling point for me is that they have thick, sturdy, rigid cardboard covers, which I like so I can use them on the train or on my lap. I'm not a fan of floppy notebooks, and over the years it seems composition books have cheaped out and just use a thin floppy cardboard.

 

They're B5 so a touch bigger than the A5.

 

Jet pens stocks them - I think there's 3 colors. http://www.jetpens.com/Kokuyo-Campus-Wide-Twin-Ring-Notebook-Special-B5-Blue/pd/4896

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Check out Gouletpens.com

They carry Maruman Mnemosyne notebooks. I use the 195 B5 and they are great fp friendly notebooks.

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Check out Gouletpens.com

They carry Maruman Mnemosyne notebooks. I use the 195 B5 and they are great fp friendly notebooks.

 

I second this, I would recomment the 195 B5 Mnemosyne notebooks as well as it fits the same format as your previous notebook. Plus it looks amazing!

Paper has very quick drying times compared to Clairfontaine, and no feathering or bleedthrough only very slight showthrough and that's with a Visconti 18K 'M' Nib that is fairly wet.

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