Palomino Notebooks

[Ash1]

Hello,

Looking on-line for a fountain pen friendly notebook I heard good things about the Rhoda Webnotebook and Quo Vadis Habana. I also came across Palomino notebooks at palominobrands.com. I cannot find much out about them so I am wondering if anyone has used them or is using them and how they handle fountain pens. I notebooks I am specifically taking about are:

 

Palomino Flex Notebooks (small/medium)

Palomino Luxury Notebook (small/medium)

https://palominobrands.com/product-category/notebooks/page/2/

 

Blackwing Luxury Notebook (medium/large)

https://palominobrands.com/product-category/notebooks/

 

 

Thanks,

Ash

[migo984]

I have a Palomino notebook; mine is stamped "Blackwing" on the back cover. I assume it's the same as the ones you refer to. It has a hard black cover, a fabric-type spine & an elastic loop on the spine, holding a 602 pencil. It has a black ribbon bookmark, a pocket on the inside back cover & black elastic closure. It's slightly smaller (narrower) than A5 - similar to the smaller PaperForFountainPen Tomoe notebooks from the US. Mine is unlined.

 

Edited to add: I checked & it is the Slate notebook, shown on your first link. I don't know if all the notebooks have different paper, but mine is 100gsm. The "luxury" notebooks have 90gsm, according to the website.

 

I'm disappointed with the quality of the paper, with regards to fountain pen ink. It performs poorly with most pen/ink combinations I've used on it. There is a lot of bleed-through, even with finer nibs & well-behaved, less saturated inks.

 

I now just use it for pencil sketching, and it is fine for that. I think it was designed for pencil use specifically.

 

Edit # 2

You might like to try a Stamford notebook, if you're in the UK. I have one with a buckram cover. They have lots of different cover materials & a choice of colours. Mine is well made & works very well with fountain pens.

 

http://www.stamfordnotebooks.co.uk

Edited May 28, 2016 by migo984

[jimhughes]

I bought a Forrest Choice Notebook from this same web site The Wire Bound Top Steno sized one(upper left hand corner of web site page you linked).. It was for my next to land line phone to take messages on and secondarily as a grocery list pad. I was shocked to see it would accept any FP nib width or ink I threw at it. Virtually no feathering or bleed through. It is perfect for FP's. Unfortunately it's not the size A6 or Soft/Hard sidebound style I prefer. I wrote the website ( one you linked)and asked if their Cahier like notebooks used the same paper as this Steno Pad. Sad to say 2 months out I've still not rcvd am response. I'm tempted to buy other Forrest Choice pads to see if they are also FP perfection, but have not done so yet.

 

Has any one else tried the Side bound Forrest Choice Cahier style notebooks fpr FP Patency?