Exacompta Journeys Notebook Availability?

[djmaher]

Hello all.

 

I know this is a long shot, but I will ask anyway.

 

I understand that Exacompta Journeys Notebooks have been discontinued, but I am curious...

 

Has anyone seen any of them around? I'm specifically looking for the 6x8 size, with the leather cover embossed with various symbols and marks.

 

I have one now, that I'm just about to start using, but I'm hesitating as I somehow know this might be the last one I will ever see....

 

Any sightings out there somewhere, or, does maybe someone have one they would be willing to part with?

 

I'd probably get several if I could.

 

I'm just about to finish a Moleskine journal, which I have had a love/hate relationship with. I've used them for years, but, the paper quality seems to vary wildly, no matter where I buy them.

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

 

Dave

Edited April 21, 2017 by djmaher

[Anne-Sophie]

Link to Exacompta current production notebooks

 

https://www.exaclair.com/brands_exacompta_journals.php

 

 

Since you mentioned, the ubiquitous brand of journals not made for fountain pen, I suggest Rhodia Webnotebooks.

 

Rhodiaramas are Webnotebooks with color covers and the same 90g ivory vellum paper, super smooth, acid-free, pH neutral.

 

https://rhodiapads.com/collections_premium_rhodiarama.php

 

 

You can not go wrong with Rhodia, Clairefontaine or Exacompta paper, all the products have been made with fountain pen friendly paper since their creation.

 

 

Below is the page that shows Exaclair entire notebook line.

 

https://www.exaclair.com/products_notebooks_journals.php

 

 

I have used Rhodia notepads for what seems like, forever, and know the quality of the paper first hand.

I am a big fan but, I am not affiliated with them.

Edited April 24, 2017 by Anne-Sophie

[djmaher]

Thanks for the heads- up on these options available.

 

I too have used Clairefontaine papers, along with numerous Rhodia pads.

 

There is just something that I fell in love with the first time I picked up that specific Exacompta Journey notebook. I think it's the size and weight I love. The simple leatherette cover, along with the Clairefontaine paper helps as well! Only a fellow fountain pen/journal user/ink lover could utter the words, "It just feels right to me", and totally get it. Silly as it sounds, it's that way with this journal, for me anyway. It's probably why I bought it in the first place, and why I stashed it for later use. I should know better by now.

 

We should buy things to use, and not just admire and look at. Nothing, maybe, is that precious. The pleasure comes in the use, no?

 

But that's a subject for another discussion....

 

I'll continue my search. In the meantime, I'll probably seek out a few options that you've mentioned. Buying this stuff in Portland, Oregon, is harder than one might think. Most of the time, you just happen upon it by accident. There is still only one, easily accessible, higher end stationary store here, that carries most things in one place (paper, pens, etc.), that doesn't charge an arm and a leg for most things...