Midori Md For My Uses?

[Karmachanic]

I believe Black n' Red A4 notebooks are 7 and 8mm ruled.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/346167-review-of-6-different-a5-notebooks/

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/321943-best-a5-sized-notebook/?p=3835534

https://www.my-oxford.com/int-en/oxford-black-n-red-271

Edited September 9, 2019 by Karmachanic

[AMlines]

I believe Black n' Red A4 notebooks are 7 and 8mm ruled.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/346167-review-of-6-different-a5-notebooks/

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/321943-best-a5-sized-notebook/?p=3835534

https://www.my-oxford.com/int-en/oxford-black-n-red-271

 

Thanks for these helpful links!

[Thymen]

First of all, I am a lefty, and this may be of influence on my experience....

 

A few days ago I received the two Midori A4 paper pads (gridlined); I ordered them at the Misc store, mentioned earlier in this thread. Paid €12 for each of them. It took a while, but they finally arrived nicely packed, with a hand-written card to congratulate me on my purchase.

 

I expected more or less the same kind of feel as with the Tomoe Gawa paper, of which I have two Endless A5 notebooks, albeit with a little more tooth. The Tomoe paper being very smooth, some more tooth would be OK with me. However....

 

I find the Midori paper to be giving way too much 'feedback', with even my smoothest fountain pens; pens that glide over the Tomoe and Rhodia paper as skates on ice, really drag their heels on Midori. The paper is also rather rough to the touch, almost as rough as the paper of the standard, cheap spiral-bound college pads my office is handing out. The Midori paper feathers less then the college pads, but I do not nearly get the crisp, sharp lines that I get on Tomoe (or even Rhodia, or Oxford).

 

Personally, I find this Midori paper rather disappointing, and will most likely not buy it again. Tomoe is quite difficult to get, and also quite more expensive (€30 for a blanc pad of 100 sheets 68 g/m2 cream vs €12 for Midori vs €5 for Rhodia)....... too expensive to use as my default paper. But I might order one of these pads just for trying out.

 

There is one thing I have not tried out yet, and that is using the Midori in summertime, when it is humid. Under these circumstances, I find the smooth surface of the Rhodia paper rather easy to smudge with perspiration. I then use a sheet to rest my hand on, but I find that rather awkward. Perhaps it may be less needed when using Midori.