Option For Corporate Or Bulk Order Notebooks, Eco-Friendly

[GemMayhem]

The company I work for is very dedicated to being a responsible steward of our environment, from rain-water capture and living roofs to providing pens made with barrels from post-consumer recycled paper. Normally the choice for the paper used in our copiers and notebooks has not been fountain pen friendly, though (not surprisingly).

 

Yesterday, however, at a client meeting, we provided clients with 6x9 inch notebooks made of lined ivory 100% recycled paper that stood up to my fountain pens impressively well. I was writing with a 0.9mm cursive italic nib using Pilot/Namiki blue ink and experienced no feathering, spread, bleedthrough or even showthrough. When I got home, I tested the paper with a few other pens and, apart from when I was using a very wet flex-nibbed pen, the paper did a great job. The flex-nib writing had some mild-moderate feathering and showthrough with a touch of bleedthrough in places. Still acceptable if one were to write on only one side. I tend not to use flex-nibbed pens at work, so for an "office notebook" this is perfectly acceptable for my purposes.

 

The notebooks are made in Canada by Spector & Co . The notebooks looked like these ECO notebooks with the black spiral binding, but instead of the 90% recycled paper, the paper seems to be more like that used in these ECO single meeting notebooks. Our corporate logo was printed simply in black on a blue card-stock cover. Depending on the notebook style, the minimum quantity is 75-150 pieces, so if you are looking for a corporate or bulk-order item, this may be an option to consider. I noticed that they have a button to request samples if you are interested.

 

I am not affiliated in any way with Spector & Co.

[melodiousb]

My employer has also provided Spector & Co. notebooks, and I'm using mine for the first time today. I don't like that the lines don't extend to the end of the page, but the paper is holding up better than I expected. I'm using Diamine Blue Velvet in a Wing Sung 698 with a fine nib. It's pretty wet, but I'm only seeing the tiniest bit of feathering. Lots of showthrough but no bleedthrough.