Cheap(er) Fountain pen friendly paper

[metalhead]

I find that store67 paper is a really good low(er) cost alternative to costly imported french or japanese paper, I have tried M to OBB nib sizes, and decently wet inks, and it does not ghost or feather easily or at all. it shades ok, but its not TR. At less than or around 300 for a 192 page A5 notebook, I think this will be my default choice unless i need to see fancy ink magic. The books come with decent hardcover and binding so i think they may last longer than Camlin/ITC notebooks etc (YMMV). I have the following setup now which allows me to use fountain pens in most places -

• for personal journal - TR (or CF if TR isn't available), as I like to try different ink for each page and scribble and draw as well, and to generally show-off/chonchle stuff to myself.
• for work - store67 A5 unruled notebook
• for rough sheets (and printing B&W) - ulamart sugarcane paper, rhodia notepad for ink and nib testing

 

Pictures (the blue-black is written with OBB nib)-

 

Do you have any other recommendations?

[Estycollector]

I am using this as a journal, $9. No bleed through using Waterman ink which allows me to use front and back of each page. 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZGZ5CF5?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

[amberleadavis]

3 hours ago, rnjn said:

I find that store67 paper is a really good low(er) cost alternative to costly imported french or japanese paper, I have tried M to OBB nib sizes, and decently wet inks, and it does not ghost or feather easily or at all. it shades ok, but its not TR. At less than or around 300 for a 192 page A5 notebook, I think this will be my default choice unless i need to see fancy ink magic. The books come with decent hardcover and binding so i think they may last longer than Camlin/ITC notebooks etc (YMMV). I have the following setup now which allows me to use fountain pens in most places -

• for personal journal - TR (or CF if TR isn't available), as I like to try different ink for each page and scribble and draw as well, and to generally show-off/chonchle stuff to myself.
• for work - store67 A5 unruled notebook
• for rough sheets (and printing B&W) - ulamart sugarcane paper, rhodia notepad for ink and nib testing

 

Pictures (the blue-black is written with OBB nib)-

 

Do you have any other recommendations?

 

Where did you find the paper?

[metalhead]

3 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

Where did you find the paper?

I live near Bangalore city, couple of years back i bought it to try from a bookstore called Sapna in Bangalore, its an old institution here, (and i realised store67 is their brand). They sell online as well, but ship only within India.

[Aravind_A_2310]

I find drapvision, matrikas notebooks also to be a great low cost solution, but IMO, if you write with mostly fine to medium nibs, the cost to performance of classmate is pretty hard to beat.

[metalhead]

3 minutes ago, Aravind_A_2310 said:

I find drapvision, matrikas notebooks also to be a great low cost solution, but IMO, if you write with mostly fine to medium nibs, the cost to performance of classmate is pretty hard to beat.

Thanks Aravind, I have tried drapvision but it didn't work for me, for very wet nibs it was ok, but otherwise i didn't feel the best writing feedback from it. its a good paper and i will use for roller ball when needed. will try matrikas also, thanks again for the recommendation.

[a.m]

Parts of the this post may be helpful:

 

[a.m]

This also seems to be an interesting option (₹ 499 for 160 pages, 100 gsm acid free paper): https://atelierneorah.com/collections/classic-hardcover-notebook/products/a5-classic-notebook

 

The same company sells on Amazon India too.

[aruneshgupta]

On 8/28/2023 at 10:14 PM, metalhead said:

I find that store67 paper is a really good low(er) cost alternative to costly imported french or japanese paper, I have tried M to OBB nib sizes, and decently wet inks, and it does not ghost or feather easily or at all. it shades ok, but its not TR. At less than or around 300 for a 192 page A5 notebook, I think this will be my default choice unless i need to see fancy ink magic. The books come with decent hardcover and binding so i think they may last longer than Camlin/ITC notebooks etc (YMMV). I have the following setup now which allows me to use fountain pens in most places -

• for personal journal - TR (or CF if TR isn't available), as I like to try different ink for each page and scribble and draw as well, and to generally show-off/chonchle stuff to myself.
• for work - store67 A5 unruled notebook
• for rough sheets (and printing B&W) - ulamart sugarcane paper, rhodia notepad for ink and nib testing

 

Pictures (the blue-black is written with OBB nib)-

 

Do you have any other recommendations?

What do you mean by TR & CF. Are these types or brands of paper 

 

[Aravind_A_2310]

2 hours ago, aruneshgupta said:

What do you mean by TR & CF. Are these types or brands of paper 

 

TR - Tomoe River paper. Considered the gold standard for fountain pen friendly paper.

 

CF - Clairefontene. Another well known option in the FP friendly paper discussions. Oftentimes mentioned alongside Rhodia.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Cheap?  Fap-capable?  Anything coming from India.

[metalhead]

18 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Fap-capable?

apologies am i missing some slang here, or is this a typo

[Sailor Kenshin]

4 hours ago, metalhead said:

apologies am i missing some slang here, or is this a typo

Typo!  FP-capable.