Tomoe River 52gsm in 3 post binder

[atbat82]

Has anyone tried Tomoe River 52gsm in a 3 ring or 3 post binder? Someone gifted me a Murdy Creative 3 post binder (this one: https://murdycreative.co/products/slim-cut-refillable-leather-binder). I only write with fountain pens (at least when I can) and I've been looking for decent paper. I've tried some typical 3 hole paper and punched some HP premium laser jet paper. I don't love either. I recently found some loose leafe 8.5X11 Tomoe River 52gsm (my favorite paper). Does any know if this is "sturdy" enough to be punched and put in a binder? It's the right size and obviously wonderful FP paper, but I'm concerned it might be too thin. 

 

Anyone have any experience or ideas? 

 

Thanks!

-Tom

[WalterC]

Back in the day, we had little donut shaped reinforcements for the paper holes for 3 ring binders. I used them only when the holes in the paper were ripping for important school notes. Here is a modern equivalent I found on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08J1G38DT/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B08J1G38DTp13NParams&smid=A32RLE08M2N1D1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyODQ2NzNLT0NFN1E1JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjU5NzM1Mzg4VVIyQTJWMExJSSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzExMzcxMUk3QkFBQjQxRDBQUSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbDImYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

       If you want to reinforce every page, perhaps put some sort of paper tape run down the length of the page before punching the pages.

[atbat82]

That's a very interesting idea... I'm wonder if even a strip of scotch tape or something might work well enough. I certainly don't want to lay 400 of those little circles one by one (I could, but gosh that would be tedious!). But I wonder if I could just punch right through the tape. I'll have to give that a shot! Thanks! 

[alexwi]

1 hour ago, atbat82 said:

I'm wonder if even a strip of scotch tape or something might work well enough

Scotch tape works. That's what I would use to fix torn pages when I still used 3-ring binders.

 

Alex

[mhguda]

Not sure if this is equivalent, but I have used a Kokuyo hole punch to make a spiral bound notebook, 200 pages more or less, with 52gsm Tomoe River paper. About 20 small holes, close together, and you wind a plastic covered spiral through them. It works perfectly - the paper is strong enough. This is in fact my current notebook.

[atbat82]

Just to circle back to this, in case anyone is considering something similar in the future, some observations:

1) Scotch tape works very well! Just lay a strip of tape on the left edge of the page and then punch through the page and the tape. It's holding very well. 

2) 52gsm TRP is very thin and it can be hard to align all the pages to punch them exactly. My binder has a bit of a ragged edge now. Not a problem for me, but if you're more OCD than I, it might be good to either measure, or use larger than desired paper and then trim at the end. 

3) The Murdy 3 post binder is probably better suited for reading existing material than for using as a daily writer. The cover is a bit cumbersome to flip back and forth and it's definitely not lie-flat. You almost have to fold the cover full back on itself to get it out the way (otherwise it flops shut) and then do the same with the back cover to write on the other side of the page.