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My absolute favourites are these old Daiso notebooks that look like faux Life Noble notebooks. They easily beat some expensive brands that claim to have luxury, fountain-pen friendly paper. I also find that brands sometimes make cream paper to seem more fancy, but rarely live up to expectations. These $2 SGD notebooks on the other hand.... /chefs kiss.

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Full review here.

Bleed-through: 4.5/5 - None
Show-through: 5/5 - None
Feathering: 5/5 - None
Smoothness: 4.5/5 - I love that glide. 

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So are these still available at Daiso? (I ask because you used the word "old")? I'm not finding them in their online USA site. 

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2 hours ago, Paul-in-SF said:

So are these still available at Daiso? (I ask because you used the word "old")? I'm not finding them in their online USA site. 

I'm afraid I don't know. I bought these from a brick and mortar store in Singapore a long time ago and now live in Thailand where Daiso here does not carry many paper products. They were around for a few years when I first got them but I can't tell if they're a staple anymore.

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On 9/2/2021 at 3:47 PM, Paul-in-SF said:

So are these still available at Daiso?

 

The colours of the covers are not as shown in @psycrybe's photo, but the notebooks with fountain pen friendly paper in that format are still available from Daiso here in Sydney, Australia. Now, I understand that while Daiso in Australia does not take online orders at all, while they do take orders for some items in its range on its US-facing web site for delivery to US addresses, but it doesn't list every item you could get in store (from time to time). Buying from Daiso is pretty much a matter of getting to the particular store and trying your luck on the given day, and not like dealing with Amazon or some other online retailer; there is no, “if you have it, then you should offer it for online orders to customers everywhere in the country far and wide.” (Same goes for Muji.)

 

Is there a Daiso store in the San Francisco area you can check out?

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The Bay Area has so many Daiso stores nowadays. The B7 lined pad has a navy blue cover. Sometimes I write down something for reference, and cut it down to Filofax pocket height and punch it.

 

We used to have a Muji store, but it went away.

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The Daiso notebooks are very good quality and value. They are inexpensive enough to buy and try. I thought they were more Apica style but doesn't matter - try them.

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We just got our first Daiso store in Las Vegas. Next time I go, I'll pick some up and let you know.

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I went to a store in LA last week and didn't see them.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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