Big Scratch Pad By Norcom

[Bookman]

This isn't a review or even a mini review really, but more of a look-what-I-found, which I found in a grocery store.

 

 

 

It's called Big Scratch Pad. And for $1.50USD you get a whopper: 4x6" and 220 sheets. It's so big it's funny to look at. I like it.

 

 

 

 

Norcom distributes it. Made in India. The paper is ruled, white, and smoothish, not unlike the paper it uses in its composition notebooks. You could write your novel on it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feathering, bleed-through, and show-through might not be considerations when considering what to use for a scratch pad. I wasn't even looking for a scratch pad when I found this one. But I'm pleased to report that I've seen no feathering whatsoever, no bleed-through, and less show-through than I see on most papers. Certainly much less than you should expect from a scratch pad that costs a buck fifty.

 

Look for it at your local supermarket.

[rockydoggy]

In which store did you find this?

[Bookman]

In which store did you find this?

 

Winco, a store I don't normally visit. (It was the middle of the night and this was the only place open where I could walk around.) I haven't looked for this pad anywhere else. But it's a Norcom product. For all I know, you might stumble onto it anywhere.

[Auspice]

I nabbed a 'journal' at the dollar store yesterday. The sheets are a variety of colors that pull out easily and I had grabbed my new Pilot MR in the mail on my way out the door, so I bought it just for testing while out at dinner...

 

... turns out to be a pretty good pad. The sheets are the perfect size for small doodles. There is some show-through and a bit of bleed on the wetter pens. No feathering.

 

Just goes to show that you can find fun paper to work with anywhere

[Bookman]

I nabbed a 'journal' at the dollar store yesterday. The sheets are a variety of colors that pull out easily and I had grabbed my new Pilot MR in the mail on my way out the door, so I bought it just for testing while out at dinner...

 

... turns out to be a pretty good pad. The sheets are the perfect size for small doodles. There is some show-through and a bit of bleed on the wetter pens. No feathering.

 

Just goes to show that you can find fun paper to work with anywhere

 

Exactly. Even when I'm someplace that shouldn't and probably doesn't have a single worthwhile writing-paper product, if it's there I'll look at it, see what it is, where it was made. I can't help myself. I was at an office last week to pick up a former colleague for lunch, and while I waited I helped myself to a sheet of copy paper from a stack on a nearby table, just to see if it was any good. It was. I asked the assistant about it: 22lb Staples Multi-Purpose. I'll keep it in mind.

Edited June 17, 2014 by Bookman