Voyager Notebooks (Peter Pauper) - Does Anyone Have Experience?

[Nerdyhistorian]

Hi all,

 

Does anyone here have experience with the Voyager Notebooks from Peter Pauper? Is the paper fountain pen-friendly? Can refills from other brands be used? Or is the Travelers Notebook (from Midori?) a better system?

[Honeybadgers]

I have only used a peter pauper essentials notebook for a lab notebook, and the paper was ALMOST good enough for me to buy another, but not quite.

 

Some inks shade, some can BARELY sheen (like, sailor souten sheen, but when I'm using organics studios nitrogen... so only when the ink is bananas can you get sheen) some inks feather really badly and others don't at all, paper is not catchy but not smooth (little more tactile than fabriano paper, nowhere near rhodia/clairefontaine) and overall, I was left very meh. Showthrough and bleed wasn't bad at all.

 

If you want to stick with very tame inks and nibs no wider than medium, I'd say go for it. Otherwise, go for midori.

Edited October 25, 2019 by Honeybadgers

[essayfaire]

I have had nothing but good experiences with Peter Pauper Essentials; the only inks that have bled through I blame on fault pens that also left marks on my fingers and not on the paper. I have used Herbin ink that sheens without issue.