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One of FPNers - namrehsnoom - uses Fantastic Paper notebook in his excellent ink reviews. I was interested in trying this paper and by chance I spotted it in local TK Maxx for 20% of MSRP. It was a good deal so I've grabbed it and started using it.

 

The notebook I bought is a part of Color Collection of bicolored notebooks with larger volume and Swiss binding, flexible soft-touch cover and premium paper. The company claims that Fantasticpaper is more than a notebook - it's a design object for everyday use. Well, I can agree that the notebook is nice and feels good in the hand.

 

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Designwise I enjoy the way notebook looks like. Also it's really comfortable to use. The materials used to make the notebook give a feel of good quality. The paper is thick but is it really as fantastic for fountain pen users as the name would suggest?

 

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Well - it's not bad but because it's absorbent paper some inks will feather on it in a crazy way (check my review of Noodler's Plymouth Wilderness), and some inks, especially drier ones don't allow you to get great feeling from writing on it.

 

I would say it may be great paper for sketching and using pencil but for fountain pen use japanese papers are much better.

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Thanks! Hope Santa is still taking requests... ;)

 

That ink (possibly now being called Blue Manhattan), is exclusive to Fountain Pen Hospital in NYC. I got a couple of boxes of it when it was still being sold as an exclusive ink to the late, lamented Art Brown International.

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That ink (possibly now being called Blue Manhattan), is exclusive to Fountain Pen Hospital in NYC. I got a couple of boxes of it when it was still being sold as an exclusive ink to the late, lamented Art Brown International.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Thanks - yes, I remember that it was exclusive, but thanks for the heads up on the reversal in its name - found it listed there. Noted on my wish list. :)

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