Roaring Spring Environotes Cane Fields

[cchan]

http://i.imgur.com/zPYE8l.jpg

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transcription of the text in the review, because I know my handwriting sucks and so does my phone camera

 

Maker/brand: Roaring spring

Model: EnviroNotes Cane Fields

Style: looseleaf

colour: white

weight/size: 8.5x11 inches, 16lb?

cheap, $3.75 for 170 sheets

College ruled

 

written on with a Pilot Vanishing Point / Medium nib / Pilot blue cartridge, and Pentel sign pen / felt tip / black ink

 

Initial observations: this stuff is cheap and light and maybe a long awaited replacement for those of us that mourn the loss of Staples bagasse looseleaf. It has a vertical texture.

Feathering/bleedthrough/showthrough: No feathering with either the Vanishing Point or the Sign Pen. No bleed through either. Some show through though.

Tactile feedback/drag/toothiness: VP nib glides very smoothly not like my Carolina Pad Notebound notebook. Just as smooth as Rhodia I'd say

Unusual dry times: maybe a little long? (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10) despite this, it works okay for me as a lefty overwriter

Appearance, design, and durability: Cheap thin paper, looks like any other looseleaf except the lines through out (see photo) also quite a bit whiter than Staples bagasse which is more tan/cream.

Fountain pen friendly: Yes

Works well with other media: this is notebook looseleaf paper, why would you paint on it. Works okay with pentel sign pen, holy bleedthrough with a sharpie though.

Value/comparison to other brands: At $3.75 for 170 sheets it's ore expensive than staples bagasse filler paper was. Still better per page cost than bagasse spirals though. Cheap anywya easy to pay more for far worse paper.

Overall conclusions: Sorry for my handwriting. But this is good cheap paper for students or disposable things. Found it at Michigan Book and Supply in Ann Arbor don't know about wider distribution.

 

http://i.imgur.com/w2pf2l.jpg

(held up to a fluorescent light)

 

http://i.imgur.com/kUcaRl.jpg

watch my phone suck at macro

 

Overall a pretty good paper, I'll be using it to take notes on.... hope I can find it in flint somewhere though

Edited April 21, 2011 by cchan

[JakobS]

I just picked a pack of this up for a class I am taking this semester, and I have to say the paper appears to behave even better than the Staple Bagasse. I am using an Esterbrook J with a 9668 nib and it travels very smoothly across the page, one of the smoothest papers I have tried. No feathering, or bleed through using Diamine Steel Blue, there is a little show through, but it in no way interferes with the writing on a given side. It does seem to have gone through a more intense bleaching process than the Bagasse, and looks like your average loose leaf paper, but is quite the quality paper. Very Impressed!

Edited August 30, 2012 by JakobS

[inkstainedruth]

I just looked at their website [url: http://www.rspaperproducts.com/] but couldn't find a list of retailers. I suppose you could contact them and ask.

Incidentally, they are in central Pennsylvania (a little bit south of Altoona).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[brgphilly]

You also could contact a local major university bookstore. Many carry a selection of Roaring Spring products.

[shocol]

My local college bookstore has lots of Roaring Spring paper...notebooks, filler, composition books. I bought five packs of index cards yesterday. The cardstock is nice and smooth.

[N2theBreach]

I just looked at their website [url: http://www.rspaperproducts.com/] but couldn't find a list of retailers. I suppose you could contact them and ask.

Incidentally, they are in central Pennsylvania (a little bit south of Altoona).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Just as a side-note, we knew a family where all the men worked at "down at the paper mill" in Roaring Springs (they were a generation ahead of me, and have long since retired). Good to see the paper mill is keeping up with the times.