Do You Use Cheaper Or Expensive Journals

[Keyless Works]

I know there are engravers locally in the Bay Area that have access Fabriano papers. It's one of the largest mills in Europe.

[pepsiplease69]

I just checked john neal and did a search for fabriano on their site.

 

I'm seeing paper that is close to 200 gsm or beyond. It may be a bit difficult to fold and make signatures out of that thick of a paper.

 

I tried once with original crown mill paper and although it turned out okay, I found tomoe ideal for making my signatures.

[Keyless Works]

They make a huge range of products, office printer type paper, fine arts, notebooks(mostly bad for fountain pens), and correspondence paper with lines like Medioevalis and Minerva which are some of my favorite papers all under 100gsm.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Thanks for your replies. I live in the UK and we don't seem to get composition books but we do get exercise books which I guess are about the same.

How thick are the comp books? Our exercise books don't have a lot of pages so for a lot of writing would fill up quickly. How long do you find they last?

Would you recommend top bound pads for left handers? The only snag with these I feel would be that they are awkward when reading them back.

I don't think they're the same. Comp notebooks are usually thick, with anywherenfrom 80-100 pages.

 

This is pretty typical for composition notebooks.

 

As for top-bound pads, I've used them now and then, but I really feel most comfortable with the notebook format.

[FOUR X FOUR]

I like a variety of notebooks, but yes, I do like the expensive books

[Macy200200]

I actually just bought a "Peter Pauper Press" brand notebood for serveral dollars and I like it enough so far. Look on Amazon, they come in tons and tons of amazing designs. The paper inside has stood up to my Pilot Cavailier Fine and Diamine Turqouis very well. Tonight for my entry I plan to try a broader, more wet, writting pen and see how it takes it.

[______Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

I go the cheap route and get Rhodia Notebooks.

 

Or may Paperblanks.

[Dragonmaster Lou]

I guess there is a bit of a range of opinion as to what's "cheap" vs "expensive" here, at least to me.

 

For me, cheap is anything $5 and under. Expensive is $10 and over. A Rhodia web notebook at $16-$20 (which is what I've seen it sold for, and what I just ordered one for) would be "expensive."

 

At work, I use what's available. Usually it's obviously on the cheaper side, but we also have these available and they seem to work quite well with fountain pens: http://www.amazon.com/Computation-Inches-Double-Numbered-Quadrille/dp/B000F78JLU

[EricaTX]

For notebooks, I like Rhodia and Moleskine.

 

For journals/diaries, I prefer leather-bound. My daily journal is a beautiful non-refillable handmade leather journal I got in Venice, I have passport Midori with me in my purse and a passport Renaissance Leather in my suitcase for my travels.

[luvpens]

I feel I go in the middle maybe?

I use Ciak, Rhodia webbies and Paperblank. I like them all and kind of flit between them.

[roklpokl]

I mostly use Rhodia and Leuchtturm notebooks. For pads just Rhodia. Stopped using Moleskine after finding the first two since they're in the same price range and their quality is a lot better. Rhodia is widely available in Europe and usually well priced.

[Keyless Works]

I guess there is a bit of a range of opinion as to what's "cheap" vs "expensive" here, at least to me.

 

For me, cheap is anything $5 and under. Expensive is $10 and over. A Rhodia web notebook at $16-$20 (which is what I've seen it sold for, and what I just ordered one for) would be "expensive."

 

At work, I use what's available. Usually it's obviously on the cheaper side, but we also have these available and they seem to work quite well with fountain pens: http://www.amazon.com/Computation-Inches-Double-Numbered-Quadrille/dp/B000F78JLU

 

I guess I should read the title more carefully. I don't like Rhodia journals because of the price and hideous branding BUT I do like their notepads. I buy my Rhodia pads in packs for instance fab.com has 5 packs of A4 Rhodia pads for $30.

[Buzz_130]

I've wandered through the land of journals before my fountain pen passion started. When I started with fountain pens, I found that some of the journals I was using were simply incompatible with the ink and nibs I used. So I tried Clairefountaine, Rhodia, Quo Vadis, Apica, and Black N Red. I settled on Rhodia A4-sized notebooks because the paper simply works with everything and the books lay flat. I'm tempted to try a notebook with Tomoe River as I enjoy writing with that paper in looseleaf, but I'm afraid the drying time may be a bit much for my inks and writing style.

 

Buzz

[Mr. Pink]

I use Fiorentina. A little over $20.00. Price per day? - - a few cents.

 

It's perfect with fountain pens.

Edited July 26, 2015 by Charles Rice

[Sailor Kenshin]

I've wandered through the land of journals before my fountain pen passion started. When I started with fountain pens, I found that some of the journals I was using were simply incompatible with the ink and nibs I used. So I tried Clairefountaine, Rhodia, Quo Vadis, Apica, and Black N Red. I settled on Rhodia A4-sized notebooks because the paper simply works with everything and the books lay flat. I'm tempted to try a notebook with Tomoe River as I enjoy writing with that paper in looseleaf, but I'm afraid the drying time may be a bit much for my inks and writing style.

 

Buzz

I'm the same way with TR paper. Don't have a TR journal because the individual sheets always cause havoc with a southpaw like myself. I think my favorite all-around paper is Staples Bagasse. I'd love to find some more bound Bagasse journals.

[CajunNib]

I use Moleskine pocket notebooks with a grid pattern in them. I use a fine nib pen so there is sometimes ink showing through the page. I will put up with that leakage if I can get the ideas onto the page.