Reporter Style Notebook

[Okami]

For the full review, links to the seller and more photos please go to my blog: The defintion of insanity...quest for a notebook

 

Here is the text of the review:

 

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein or Benjamin Franklin - can't seem to find verification of who actually said it. But "whatever"!

 

Well I must be insane, because I insist on purchasing Moleskine notebooks and hoping that the paper will suddenly become fountain pen friendly.

 

NOT!

 

I always wonder that the notebook of Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, and Bruce Chatwin is not fountain pen friendly. What do they think these people wrote with?

 

But all was not lost, I will find a use for the Moleskine - as a workout journal, I use a ball point pen or pencil for this, since sweat and fountain pen ink do not mix well.

 

Also, when I purchased this Moleskine I picked up a Reporter Style Notebook from a company called Compendium, Inc. the website is www.live-inspired.com . I have to admit that I did not expect a lot from this notebook, it was nice to look at and the paper feels good, the cover is hard and it closes with an elastic closure similar to the Moleskine. It contains 96 lined pages and every fourth page has a quote at the bottom, which was kind of cool.

 

So I gave it a test drive and was pleasantly surprised by its performance. If performed admirably with the fountain pens that I put to it, there was no feathering of the inks and no bleed through, although there was a minor amount of show through. This is a very nice little notebook which retails for $7.95 on the website. I think that it has a future with me.

 

Here is the link for the full line of these Reporter Style Notebooks. This company also carries a range of products including gift books, greeting cards, notebooks, Window Cards™, postcards and desk accessories - check out the website they have a very nice selection of products, including what they call "Positively Green" products.

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[Bill]

Thanks for the info. I'll check out the local retailers listed on the web site although I don't remember seeing that particular version in those stores in the past. That notebook is not listed as one of their bestsellers and probably has to be ordered.

 

BTW, the modern Moleskine has little in common with the "original" notebooks, despite the slick marketing.

 

Bill

[Okami]

Thanks for the info. I'll check out the local retailers listed on the web site although I don't remember seeing that particular version in those stores in the past. That notebook is not listed as one of their bestsellers and probably has to be ordered.

 

BTW, the modern Moleskine has little in common with the "original" notebooks, despite the slick marketing.

 

Bill

 

I purchased mine at a store in Sarasota - local for me. You can also purchase from their website.

[excarnate]

So I gave it a test drive and was pleasantly surprised by its performance.

How far apart are the lines? From the picture they look to be about 7mm. The maker's website doesn't say.

[leprechaun]

I purchased mine at a store in Sarasota - local for me. You can also purchase from their website.

Out of curiosity... which store? Was it Write On Sarasota?