Student Notebook Reccomendations

[ktred]

Hi all. I hope the holidays treated you well!

I am looking for some recommendations for FP-friendly notebooks. The spring semester is rapidly approaching and I will have to get new notebooks for classes. I was introduced to good paper as a Christmas gift, so I am looking to get something other than my typical 5 Star notebooks for this coming semester.

Any recommendations for a notebook that is enjoyable to write on, while also cost-effective enough to purchase multiple?

Thank you!

[sodiumnitrate]

When I was in undergrad I was using wirebound rhodia notebooks. Relatively cheap, easy to use, and superb paper. Clairefontaine is another option, but it's a little bit more expensive.

[SallyLyn]

The Apacia brand has a notebook about 7”x10” 100 sheets. Paper not quite as attractive/white as the less page versions. There might be reviews on Apacia from years ago. Think they can be found in some of the Japanese stores. I live far from cities so no experience. Use to get in large packs from an eBay seller.

[View from the Loft]

If you can find it in the US, Black n Red notebooks are good value for the money, and fountain pen friendly.

[Runnin_Ute]

Another fan of Black N Red notebooks. I pick mine up at Office Depot/OfficeMax stores. In fact, just picked one up earlier this week. I use the A4 (11.75 x 8.25)24 lb/90 gsm paper lined 140 pages. Pages are perforated so you can pull them out pretty easy. I think I paid about $10.

 

Another notebook I use are the Made in Brazil composition books. A lot cheaper, but the paper isn't as good as the Red N Black either. The Brazil ones are becoming more difficult to source though. When I looked the other day, I saw mostly Egypt and Vietnam books. I am not sure how those compare to the Brazil ones.

[JakobS]

Miquelrius spiral bound notebooks can often be found at college bookstores or Barnes & Noble, and are very fountain pen friendly, the 6 x 8 version has 300 pages and is ~ $6, it could hold two classes worth of notes I imagine. The 8 x 11 is about ~$8.95, with ~150 pages I think.

 

Composition notebooks have often been found to be rather good with fountain pens too. Searching the forum for these will provide a few that worked well for others.

 

Kokuyo campus notebooks are pretty decent as well, Jetpens sells them in packs of five for a reasonable price.

[KLscribbler]

I can attest to the goodness of Black n Red notebooks. Another brand I've used that was both cost-effective and FP-friendly: Environotes recycled paper notepads. Have tested it with pens up to wet Western mediums with minimal bleedthrough or feathering.

 

Additionally, if you can find any notebooks made with sugarcane paper, do give them a try - I've found most types and brands of sugarcane paper to be FP-friendly. They are also usually cheap, being made with recycled waste material from the sugar industry.

 

Happy New Year and may your upcoming semester go smoothly! Cheers.

Edited December 30, 2017 by KLscribbler