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MB "noob" received as a gift. Using MB permanent blue. I find Rhodia leaves too much wetness for my lefthanded writing and cheaper paper just flows. Looking for some nice paper that doesn't get absorb to and become illegible or paper that is too nonabsorbent and leaves little wet marks and smudges.

 

 

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I'm using Rhodia with MB permanent midnight blue (old supplies), medium nib. Did you try Clairefontaine, it's a little bit heavier (90 g vs 80 g)?


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Moleskine works well with mb permanent blue. Dries fast and no bleed. Use it with my mb medium nib at work all the time.

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Moleskine works well with mb permanent blue. Dries fast and no bleed. Use it with my mb medium nib at work all the time.

 

Interesting... I tried Moleskine few years ago with permanent midnight blue and it didn't work for me.


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Crane Kidd-finish, in ecru or gray.

Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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I've tried a few papers with MBPB and I like clairefontaine the best. It really highlights the shading better and the vividness of the color, and provides less line spreading compared to other papers I've tried, including Tomoe river. Another good paper source are certain cheap made in India or Brazil composition books.

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Interesting... I tried Moleskine few years ago with permanent midnight blue and it didn't work for me.

 

 

While the old Iron Gal Midnight Blue (which was semi-permanent due to it's iron gal content) was reasonably good with many papers, the formulation of the new Permanent Blue ink is totally different, and seems to work perfectly on even the poorest papers. I use the Permanent Blue in fairly wet Medium/Broad nibs in my Moleskine notebooks and there is not a bit of feathering or bleedthrough (show through is no worse than a Ballpoint). I have no idea how Montblanc have done it, but their new Permanent Blue ink is some sort of miracle! I would love to see it in some more colours.

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I have no idea how Montblanc have done it, but their new Permanent Blue ink is some sort of miracle! I would love to see it in some more colours.

I agree, it's quite a special ink.
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I use Southworth 100% cotton resume paper. I find it at Walmart, and it handles all my pen/ink combos, including J. Herbin 1670 Stormy Grey in a wet broad nib like my Lamy or TWSBI. Zero bleedthrough or feathering in three years of use.

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I actually just spent an hour last night practicing underwriting! I think that may be worth the investment in time and effort.

 

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I have to say that regular office bond paper works well with this now that i've tried it. I guess it makes sense since that's probably the target market - but it distributes nicely while not having minimal feathering. Obviously i have to write larger to keep legibility - but that fits with the whole use as well for handwritten notes etc.

 

I'm going to try some of these options too - the only thing i would challenge i suppose is that since it's not very good IMO on Rhodia it seems like it would be "worse" on clairefontaine being even less absorbant?

 

thanks

 

JP

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Rhodia is my benchmark for FP papers. Two really nice papers that I like even better than the Rhodia are the Sennelier drawing paper for ink and calligraphy and the Strathmore 500 series smooth drawing paper.

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