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On 7/30/2021 at 8:30 AM, Detman101 said:

CVS - Caliber (5 Subject Notebook)
Fountain Pen friendly and only $5 for a buttload of pages.
No dot-grid though...lined only.

Hmm. I may go for this option. Do you have a picture or sku number I should look for?

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19 minutes ago, TitoThePencilPimp said:

Hmm. I may go for this option. Do you have a picture or sku number I should look for?

Sure thing...let me grab my CVS - Caliber notepad...one sec...

 

The little scan code thingie says:

 

# 297213

Then all the scan code bars

0 50428 26434 8

 

Gah, lemme just scan it in...

 

 

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34 minutes ago, Detman101 said:

Sure thing...let me grab my CVS - Caliber notepad...one sec...

 

The little scan code thingie says:

 

# 297213

Then all the scan code bars

0 50428 26434 8

 

Gah, lemme just scan it in...

 

 

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Thank-you so much. There is a CVS a block away from my home. I tend to avoid it due to rude staff. I will report back today!

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5 minutes ago, TitoThePencilPimp said:

Thank-you so much. There is a CVS a block away from my home. I tend to avoid it due to rude staff. I will report back today!

Awesome, happy hunting!
NOTE: All of the "Caliber" products use the same Fountain-Pen friendly paper...so if you see another product that says "CALIBER" you can be sure it will work for you. :D

"She who proclaims: “Ink is my preferred delivery system, because crayons melt in Vegas.”

In desert heat, above the Joshua trees,

God scribbled her the sky."

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21 hours ago, Detman101 said:

NOTE: All of the "Caliber" products use the same Fountain-Pen friendly paper...so if you see another product that says "CALIBER" you can be sure it will work for you. :D


I have just got back from CVS and bought me 4 notebooks that I’m perfectly pleased with. I especially like the six by nine one as it is so wieldy and easy to carry around. At the same time, I appreciate the two others which are eight by eleven, both of which have 200 sheets. What a great find! The best of the best! No bleeding, no ghosting, and excellent price. Thank you so much. 

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Thanks for the updates on the CVS Caliber notebooks! It probably isn't exactly what I'm looking for due to spiral binding and lined format, but may snag one for ink testing anyway since they are so cheap!

 

An update on the Midori Codex Journal: after 2 weeks of use, the front and back cover and first and last signatures of the binding started to separate from the spine. It is an exposed spine to help it lie flat, but the downside clearly seems to be durability (I did use a faux leather cover too). It might hold up if I baby it, but I don't trust it. I also found that with such a thick notebook, the squared (rather than rounded) corners felt sharp on my hand. Dunno if that makes sense. Anyway, might be a great notebook for some folks! Just not for me.

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On 9/11/2021 at 3:12 PM, Detman101 said:

Awesome, happy hunting!
NOTE: All of the "Caliber" products use the same Fountain-Pen friendly paper...so if you see another product that says "CALIBER" you can be sure it will work for you. :D

I was extremely surprised.Thanks for the hidden gem. I purchased the ones in your image (10 of them).

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14 hours ago, TitoThePencilPimp said:

I was extremely surprised.Thanks for the hidden gem. I purchased the ones in your image (10 of them).

Awesome, rock on!!
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Yeah, I forget who put me on to them...but I'm never buying another overpriced rhodia/tomoe-river/clairefontaine notepad EVER again.

"She who proclaims: “Ink is my preferred delivery system, because crayons melt in Vegas.”

In desert heat, above the Joshua trees,

God scribbled her the sky."

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17 hours ago, ibrahim said:


I have just got back from CVS and bought me 4 notebooks that I’m perfectly pleased with. I especially like the six by nine one as it is so wieldy and easy to carry around. At the same time, I appreciate the two others which are eight by eleven, both of which have 200 sheets. What a great find! The best of the best! No bleeding, no ghosting, and excellent price. Thank you so much. 

Awesome!! Glad that you like them! I don't use anything else but "Caliber" brand notepads/notebooks nowadays...they are just so much better of a value.
And they do everything that is needed by a fountain-pen user. :)

16 hours ago, HobbitLife said:

Thanks for the updates on the CVS Caliber notebooks! It probably isn't exactly what I'm looking for due to spiral binding and lined format, but may snag one for ink testing anyway since they are so cheap!

Absolutely! That's the great thing about the "CVS - Caliber" products, they're economical and come in different sizes/shapes for your every ink-test need. I'm currently searching for the perfect pocket-sized "Caliber" pad to replace my current EDC notepad...which I only use because it's what I have that fits my cargo pants. Horribly thin pages though...bleeds, feathers...ugh.

🤔You know what...let me get my butt over to the downtown CVS and see if they have a pocket-sized "Caliber" pad to fix my EDC issue. :thumbup:

"She who proclaims: “Ink is my preferred delivery system, because crayons melt in Vegas.”

In desert heat, above the Joshua trees,

God scribbled her the sky."

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On 8/30/2021 at 8:07 PM, JakobS said:


Stalogy just recently, as in this past week or so, came out with a blank/plain version of their 365 notebook, it may not be available at all retailers yet, but in the U.S. it is available at Yoseka. Happy customer, no affiliation…

 

 

On 8/30/2021 at 8:43 PM, ISW_Kaputnik said:

Much obliged.  Bookmarked.

 

Actually bought one from Jet Pens, but I am liking it.

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