Hi! I picked up a pack of Work Force Basic 5"x8" Legal Pads at Walmart the other day as I was in need of some small pads for making notes while I work at home. There were three 50-sheet pads in the pack, and the grand cost was $0.94 plus tax. I figured I could try them with my fountain pens, and if they didn't work well, I always had my mechanical pencils to use. I tried six different pen and ink combinations. Scans of the trial are shown below (I am not sure why there was a problem with the scan of the M2 writing). All of them had show through. Four of the six experienced feathering and a little bleed through. The only two pen and ink combos that worked reasonably decently were the Ming Xing with 4:1 Pelikan Brilliant Violet:Brilliant Black and the Sheaffer cartridge pen with Skrip Black. Oh well.