Best Paper For Fountain Pens

[lapis]

Sasha, good to hear! I know I am (we are?) an exception to the flood of fans who adore CF but I don't like it either and practically never use it because I find it just tooooo smooth. I keep on saying like trying to write of a piece of glass. My "creed" or "motto" is the word "texture". I need a feeling when writing on paper. With any pen, especially my 51 or Crest or Toledo 900. Any pen with any ink saves me buying CF papers.

 

Mike

[85AKbN]

I've been using the conversion chart on this page. For example, a 24 lb paper is about the same weight as a 90 gsm paper.

 

Bookmarked, thanks.

[sidthecat]

I have a stock of animation paper in the house and I'll have to give it a try-out with my old Watermans. It's thin but pure rag, and pretty smooth. It was made to be seen through and handle a lot of erasing.

 

An interesting experiment, since it was really made for pencils, but old Disney Paper is rarer than unicorn vellum.

[sidthecat]

The experiment lasted thirty seconds, and I've been sitting on a (bleep) treasure! It yields a dark, expressive line with no feathering or ghosting. It's amazing. I have a pile of this stuff cut to 4 1/2" X 7" - storyboard panels, and I must bind them into notebooks. Best paper on earth has been sitting in my closet since animation went digital.

[AnneHW]

I know this is going to sound crazy, but (are you ready?!) I really like a Composition notebook I've found at Walmart by NORCOM. I can see people turning colors and choking on their tea/coffee right now! But, here's why I like it.

 

I use it for practicing my penmanship and keeping a journal. I'm amazed at how smooth the paper is and, I swear, it's as nice to write on as a Fabriano notebook I bought after reading some good reviews. And, I paid 88 cents for 100 sheets.

 

I'm not saying there aren't better papers, but for my purposes, I think this is a great deal. And I mainly wanted to mention it in case there is someone looking for decent journal paper at a very reasonable price. If you try it and decide you don't like it, you're not even out a dollar!

[carlos.q]

I know this is going to sound crazy, but (are you ready?!) I really like a Composition notebook I've found at Walmart by NORCOM.

It is probably made in Brazil. You can usually get these (and similar) composition notebooks on the cheap at OfficeMax and Office Depot during back to school sales.

[Chi Town]

I use; Rhodia, Clarfontain and one that I really like is Tamoe River Cream A5.........