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Creative Project - Stationary for wax-sealed scrolls


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Hello, all!

 

Kind of a strange ask, I'm sure, but since I've gotten more comfortable writing with the pens I have, I've been thinking of all of these creative ideas. One of them actually came from a TikTok - making spell scrolls for props to use at the DnD table. Does anyone know of a particular brand or design of stationary the would be good for this? Ideally, it'd look similar to what you'd expect, but I'd like to be able to use it for just writing letters as well. I also don't know whether some types of stationary take wax seals better than others, still kind of new to this. 

 

Thanks!

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Simple observation: the flexible wax will do better at this than the stiff wax, I think.  Unless you really want the wax to break when they open the scrolls.

 

As to the wax sticking, I think any stationery that will take fountain pen ink will also be held by wax.  Really slick (like glossy brochure paper) might not take the wax well, but I think regular writing paper will.

 

Searching Amazon for "parchment writing paper" will get you lots of results, including some with the edges already deckled (they claim it's FP-friendly).  Or you can burn or deckle the edges yourself...

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Thanks for the reply. Still a newbie, though, so I have a couple of questions. Does "deckled" just mean it's distressed? And how do I know if the wax is flexible or not? I was looking at seals and stuff on Etsy, if that helps.

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54 minutes ago, tygor_tora said:

Thanks for the reply. Still a newbie, though, so I have a couple of questions. Does "deckled" just mean it's distressed? And how do I know if the wax is flexible or not? I was looking at seals and stuff on Etsy, if that helps.

Deckle on Wikipedia. It basically means to give the paper edge a rough, torn look.

 

Read the descriptions of the King's wax (brittle) vs supple wax by J. Herbin.  Descriptions of the wax when you go to buy should say whether it's supple, flexible, or some synonym.  If it doesn't say that, I would assume it's brittle.

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