Franklincovey Planner?

[ParkersAndPaper]

Hi there! Long time lurker, first time poster.

 

In the past I've used Barnes & Nobel Desk Diaries. Today I was given a very nice FranklinCovey leather binder. I'd like to use it, but are the calender refills FP friendly?

 

I tend to go for fine nibs, but I have a few mediums in my collection.

[doggonecarl]

Welcome to the Fountain Pen Network.

 

I write in a FranklinCovey planner every day. I've done so with a multitude of inks and fountain pens and have found the paper to be very much fountain pen friendly. Just to clarify, I am using the classic size, ring-bound ORIGINAL Planner Refill. There are other styles of planner refills, and I assume they use the same paper. But I can only attest to the Original.

 

With most pens and inks I have observed no feathering, very little bleedthrough. If there has been any issue it has been smearing with some of the slowing drying inks. I just note which inks those are and make the appropriate accommodations.

[bogiesan]

Yes, welcome to the family.

 

I've been using a Franklin for 20 years and using my fountain pens on and off for five or so. I revert to equipping the binder with a mechanical pencil in the right loop and a nice rollerball or micro felt tip in the left loop.

Each of the many filler designs may come from a different printer. The forms and blank pages are NOT generally FP friendly.

 

When the original Franklin Day Planner company was headquartered in Salt Lake City and did everything on shore, the leather work and the paper was superb. Now...not so much. I'd also like to suggest that if you get a chance to take the Franklin training, do it. Silly as it sounds, learning how to use a planner is more complicated than you thought and the Franklin system is about as totally refined as a time management theory can get. It's the perfect tool for their system. If you're not using it properly, you're not getting any of the value out of the tools. You can spend hours on the interwebs researching enthusiastic Franklin users.

 

I carry my fountain pens separately from my binder, I always have a notebook with me, too, so I'm not usually writing in the Franklin with my fine writing instruments.

[whych]

You can also print your own diaries and inserts.

Look at:

http://www.diyplanner.com/templates/dynamic

and

http://philofaxy.blogspot.co.uk/

for insert and diary templates.

[migo984]

You can also print your own diaries and inserts.

Look at:

http://www.diyplanner.com/templates/dynamic

and

http://philofaxy.blogspot.co.uk/

for insert and diary templates.

 

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[bogiesan]

Yeah, I've tried to print my own. Rather like mixing one's own inks. Reasons it didn't work out (based on your needs and tolerances, your mileage should vary, of course):

1. Too many interesting paper stocks from which to choose (a good problem but unresolvable)

2. Aligning the verso and recto print runs precisely enough not to bug me every time I turned a page

3. Trimming and punching 180-200 leaves (in my case, obtaining that unique 6-hole punch, too)

4. Finding the page template that was right for me (never did)

5. Attempting to design the perfect template for me (I hate Adobe Illustrator)

6. Realizing the commercially available products included interesting quotes, moon and solar events, holidays and packs of preprinted sections for all kinds of organizational and planning needs

 

That's how I keep circling back to Franklin, year after year. For about $30 I get everything I want and need.

[Moshe ben David]

Yes, welcome to the family.

 

I've been using a Franklin for 20 years and using my fountain pens on and off for five or so. I revert to equipping the binder with a mechanical pencil in the right loop and a nice rollerball or micro felt tip in the left loop.

Each of the many filler designs may come from a different printer. The forms and blank pages are NOT generally FP friendly.

 

When the original Franklin Day Planner company was headquartered in Salt Lake City and did everything on shore, the leather work and the paper was superb. Now...not so much. I'd also like to suggest that if you get a chance to take the Franklin training, do it. Silly as it sounds, learning how to use a planner is more complicated than you thought and the Franklin system is about as totally refined as a time management theory can get. It's the perfect tool for their system. If you're not using it properly, you're not getting any of the value out of the tools. You can spend hours on the interwebs researching enthusiastic Franklin users.

 

I carry my fountain pens separately from my binder, I always have a notebook with me, too, so I'm not usually writing in the Franklin with my fine writing instruments.

 

My own experience with the forms etc is that the papers vary based on style/collection. I've found the Monticello to work nicely with my FP.

[bogiesan]

My own experience with the forms etc is that the papers vary based on style/collection. I've found the Monticello to work nicely with my FP.

Very true. The Monticello series also has the least amount of overlaid silliness.

 

Franklin once offered blank pages in a very FP-friendly stock. That was long ago.