What Do You Do When Paper Is Too Crappy For A Fp

[RudyR]

No paper is crappy when you use Iron Gall ink. But paper that has no life in it gets either tossed or given away. No need to suffer.

[senzen]

Soldier on! Waste not! Of course you then find that the reason why a pen stops writing is because the feed is full of fibres from cheap paper...

 

 

[prf5]

I bought a Mead notebook at a drug store, across the street from a tire store while I was waiting for an emissions test. The paper is terrible, which makes it suitable for testing. My Pelikan XF feathers and drags. My Sheaffer Imperial 330 XF and Parker Sonnet do not feather, but they drag somewhat. The Parker is usable, but not fun. However, a Jetstream .7mm ballpoint works beautifully.

[FountainPenCowgirl]

Fortunately, I'm not forced to use any paper than what I buy personally. If I make my own mistake, it would find a home with a colleague or student at the university where I work.

 

When I'm out and about and needing to write on something given to me (e.g., meeting handouts or receipts), if it's truly awful I'll use one of the ballpoints or gel pens I always have on me. (My pen fetish is a long one. I have drawers of pens hoarded.)

[Kuhataparunks]

Toss it out and get better paper! Actually sometimes with dry ink and fine nibs you can write on about anything. I fill out newspaper crosswords every day with my fountain pens.

Newspaper, really? What ink do you use or recommend that behaves decently on such thin paper?

If an ink performs at least decently on newspaper, it'll likely be sufficient to use on any paper

[Kuhataparunks]

my school has quiz booklets that seem to have like 50 gsm recycled paper... guess what happens when that meets an FP... YES XF doesnt cut it... I may have to get a Pilot PO ot a Platinum XXF just for it

Pilot penmanship has to be among the finest out there. Don't worry though, just switch out the nib with a metropolitan or prera

[Garageboy]

Give it to someone who'd use it? I pawned off a moleskin that way

[itspentime]

I like Pilot V5 precise rollerballs for when I'm not using a fountain pen. I keep one in my bag and have a bunch in different colors. They write on a lot of paper that doesn't lend itself well to my fountain pens. If the paper is too bad even for that...I don't know, it's probably tissue paper.

[fpenluver]

I use a fine nib with dry ink.

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