Handmade Journal With Parchment Paper

[warblerick]

I received a beautifully made leather journal from my daughter for Christmas. It's handmade by a woman in Ontario Canada. It has parchment paper which I have never used before. Any ideas how it will work with fountain pen ink? It seems well made and the paper seems very smooth.

 

Thoughts??

[scrivelry]

Congratulations! It sounds like a very thoughtful gift from a lovely person!

 

Actual parchment is very different from parchment paper, and it seems to my not at all scientific or thorough perusing of art supply shelves that what is called parchment paper can vary. So I am not sure what I have to say will hold for the parchment paper you've got, but in my experience, it worked fine.

 

I use fine nibs, though, use pretty calm inks and I don't have lots of trouble with paper in general, so I may be less picky, or it may be my choice of nib, so take it with a grain of salt. (Waterman in several shades, Parker Black, one or two colors of PR - that's as much ink as I've experimented with so far, and none of those are known for being unusual or difficult, to the best of my knowledge, )

 

The woman's website may specifiy which paper she uses, which would be easier to ask about.

 

At any rate, enjoy!!!

 

T

[warblerick]

Congratulations! It sounds like a very thoughtful gift from a lovely person!

 

Actual parchment is very different from parchment paper, and it seems to my not at all scientific or thorough perusing of art supply shelves that what is called parchment paper can vary. So I am not sure what I have to say will hold for the parchment paper you've got, but in my experience, it worked fine.

 

I use fine nibs, though, use pretty calm inks and I don't have lots of trouble with paper in general, so I may be less picky, or it may be my choice of nib, so take it with a grain of salt. (Waterman in several shades, Parker Black, one or two colors of PR - that's as much ink as I've experimented with so far, and none of those are known for being unusual or difficult, to the best of my knowledge, )

 

The woman's website may specifiy which paper she uses, which would be easier to ask about.

 

At any rate, enjoy!!!

 

T

Thanks for the input. I hadn't thought to check her website. She included a handmade cardcase inside the journal, with one of her business cards, so that's where I will begin.

[dcwaites]

Unless the maker says explicitly that the paper is fountain pen friendly, the only way is to try it out.

 

Whenever I try a new notebook or journal, I make some test writing samples on the inside back page. That way they don't show up unless you specifically look for them. This way I found out that my new (but half-price) Modena Journal only really worked with Noodler's Black in a fine pen.

[Paddler]

I use a dip pen to write tests on the last page with any ink I am likely to use in the book. The test consists of writing the name of the ink and nib used. You could also send a SASE to the book maker and request a scrap of the paper used to make the book.

[Gloucesterman]

Sometimes I test a notebook by writing near the middle of the book and as close to the binding point as possible. That way, if the book is not fountain pen friendly I will usually sell it after pointing out the test writing. The three books I have sold so far have all be accepted with the test "page".

 

It's so inconspicuous they might not even notice and that's not the way I want to sell something.

[warblerick]

Well I did send an email to the artist/crafter of the journal but never got a response, so I tried writing on the very last page where her info was, and it seemed ok. So now after two days of entries, I can state for the record that the parchment paper is extremely nice to write on with a fountain pen. Seems to dry a lot faster than either Rhodia or Clairefonatine, with no feathering whatsoever. Really smooth to write on. It will make daily journal keeping a real pleasure.