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Thanks to a great email from Jay calming my fear of writing in cracks and over humps, I went for it and ordered the one with the cream paper. If this stuff is all it's cracked up to be, I feel a special topic notebook coming on.

 

Has anyone had any trouble with bleed through at all?

 

Thanks--AQ

"Ravens play with lost time."

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The notebook internal pages have a separated cloth binding (like a real hardcover book) so that if you open it all the way it mostly lays flat, though you still have the page gutter.

 

For bleed through I haven't seen any, though I only have xf,f, and medium nibs. There is a bit of ghosting because this paper is so thin, but it's not too bad. I don't know what your writing pen + ink combo is, so you might have to only use one side of paper. With my setup I can use both sides. Every pen I try on this paper feels so amazingly nice. When comparing pens it's almost dangerous to only test on this tomoe paper because you think "wow, this is one of the smoothest writing pens ever" until you switch back to more normal paper :)

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I have found that some ink mixes of my own, that contain a little red ink, do show a little bleeding. I have also found this with PR Black Cherry. I have started to stay away from this paper with inks that are decidedly red in tone, but most purples seem to be doing OK.

I agree with bleair, that the writing experience on this paper is extremely smooth, and even pens that drag a little on other paper seem to be gliding along... In fact, I am finding this paper is spoiling me for other papers that I used to think of as very FP friendly.

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My order is in--guess I'll just have to try every combination of ink and pen until I decide! This is the highest-end paper I've ordered to date; starting to feel pretty hep!

 

AQ

"Ravens play with lost time."

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There is no hepper paper than Tomoegawa.

 

Then I've got a two-pack of hep headed my way...

 

Is it me or is "Tomoegawa" just plain fun to say?

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Is it me or is "Tomoegawa" just plain fun to say?

 

Not as fun as "Parangaricutirimícuaro"

 

Of course, "Tomoegawa" does benefit by being spoken like a Japanese gangster.

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I received my first notebook last week and have decided it is so magnificent that I will use it for a five-year journal, beginning this coming Jan. 1. Have made a simple template to line each page into five sections, plenty of space for 3-4 lines of handwriting about what each day brought. If I am able to convince myself that my "Morning Pages" are worth such fine paper, I will be ordering more of these lovely books. Thank you for making them available, Jay!

I love this idea. Have you considered adding a few pages Jay and making a 366 page journal for the diarists among us?

I love the good old hand written letter.

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I received my first notebook last week and have decided it is so magnificent that I will use it for a five-year journal, beginning this coming Jan. 1. Have made a simple template to line each page into five sections, plenty of space for 3-4 lines of handwriting about what each day brought. If I am able to convince myself that my "Morning Pages" are worth such fine paper, I will be ordering more of these lovely books. Thank you for making them available, Jay!

 

That's a great idea & a good use of these notebooks. I like it.

Similar to the Leuchtturm Some Lines A Day 5 Year Memory Diary.

http://www.bureaudirect.co.uk/leuchtturm-some-lines-a-day-5-year-memory-diary-a5/p3202

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True. Much classier than Ichi The Killer.

 

Was that the one they handed out rolf bags at the premier?

"Ravens play with lost time."

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Ordered mine!

 

(Nervously pacing, waiting for postman)

"how do I know what I think until I write it down?"

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I love this idea. Have you considered adding a few pages Jay and making a 366 page journal for the diarists among us?

 

Great suggestion, enolafeltpen. I had thought I would just cut 23 additional sheets, same size as the existing pages, and insert them at the back of the journal. But if Jay would make one with enough pages for each day of a year I'd order it in a heartbeat!

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What are rolf bags?

 

Used to catch emesis products of the GI tract. Heard somewhere they did that as PR for one of his premiers...

"Ravens play with lost time."

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Not sure how such an unsavory discussion became embedded in a thread devoted to such a wonderful journal. I'm marveling how my oversized nibs finally have paper that makes the most of their flow.

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