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What notebook do you keep in your pocket? Mine varies, but right now it's a Field Notes one. When it's used up, I think I'll switch to Rhodia -- more pages. Pocket sized notebooks are not usually fountain pen friendly, which is why I carry a ballpoint around.

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ive been carrying a pocket sized staple bound Clairefontaine for a while now

Clairefontaine paper, with Field Notes convenience 

 

but I DO carry a ballpoint (flighter jotter with a space pen refill) because it just bounces around in a pocket and gets abused... kinda makes the paper overkill :) 

 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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A Parker Jotter makes a good pocket companion and especially with a custom refill of choice. I use the OHTO .5mm. 

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52 minutes ago, Estycollector said:

A Parker Jotter makes a good pocket companion and especially with a custom refill of choice. I use the OHTO .5mm. 

I got hooked on the space pen refills when I worked a job where pen failure in the field was absolutely unacceptable, they are terrible to write with, but dead reliable. 

I just wish the oversized jotter flighters weren't priced as by a lunatic. I refuse to pay that much more for a slightly bigger version of the same product!

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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23 minutes ago, IThinkIHaveAProblem said:

I got hooked on the space pen refills when I worked a job where pen failure in the field was absolutely unacceptable, they are terrible to write with, but dead reliable. 

I just wish the oversized jotter flighters weren't priced as by a lunatic. I refuse to pay that much more for a slightly bigger version of the same product!

You taught me something. I was not aware of a Jotter XL. 

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36 minutes ago, Estycollector said:

You taught me something. I was not aware of a Jotter XL. 

Oh please don’t buy it!  As nice as it is!  Please don’t let Parker think that it’s ok to over price things like that!  

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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9 minutes ago, IThinkIHaveAProblem said:

Oh please don’t buy it!  As nice as it is!  Please don’t let Parker think that it’s ok to over price things like that!  

Oh, I wouldn't. My Jotter is an old brass thread blank button type. 

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1 hour ago, Estycollector said:

Oh, I wouldn't. My Jotter is an old brass thread blank button type. 

Tks. What they want for the XL is insulting. 5-10% more to cover material costs? Fine. But OVER double the price of a regular jotter?! Get bent Parker. 

Sadly, I don’t know enough about jotters or their history to understand your description 😕 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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32 minutes ago, IThinkIHaveAProblem said:

Tks. What they want for the XL is insulting. 5-10% more to cover material costs? Fine. But OVER double the price of a regular jotter?! Get bent Parker. 

Sadly, I don’t know enough about jotters or their history to understand your description 😕 

I got into the Jotter weeds a few years back. The early ones had brass threads rather than plastic. The button the later ones have a logo. 

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1 hour ago, Estycollector said:

I got into the Jotter weeds a few years back. The early ones had brass threads rather than plastic. The button the later ones have a logo. 

well, that got me curious, mine has no logo on the button, but the threads appear to be a VERY coarse thread, and made of pressed steel 

*off to go look up jotter stuff... ugh...*

 

edit: oh, I see the threads is the threads inside the CAP... yeah, plastic.

 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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    I only use fountain pens and occasionally, a pencil. I have used Somnium,Daiso, Sanrio, Clairefontaine, Moleskine (Vietnamese paper, good for EF), Sakae TR68, notebooks with paper from India, and these:

 

Pocket notebooks bulk pack

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 30 currently inked pens:

Parker Duofold Centennial IM, RO Rose Gold Antiqua

Parker Duofold Lady needlepoint, MB Cool Grey

Pelikan M800 needlepoint, Kuretake Shikon

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

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Right now, this: https://www.midori-store.net/SHOP/19003011.html

 

Sometimes this: https://www.e-maruman.co.jp/products/detail/n670am.html

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I do like the Midori Traveller (both sizes) but for "stick it in the back pocket" job I'm currently using a Tradix - a German notebook that looks like a Moleskine but performs a whole lot better. Slightly smaller than A6 it has a pen loop which securely holds a Kaweco Brass Sport.  Paper is fountain pen friendly for, say, a wet 1.1mm stub nib.  I think they're sold by Ryman's in the UK. 

I also like Muji's A6 "High Quality Paper" notebooks but they're spiral bound so they aren't something i feel comfortable putting in a pocket.

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17 hours ago, daniel_art said:

Mine varies, but right now it's a Field Notes one.

I use Field Notes and my fountain pens are not bleeding through or ghosting. I like them a lot. Good choice.

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12 hours ago, IThinkIHaveAProblem said:

well, that got me curious, mine has no logo on the button, but the threads appear to be a VERY coarse thread, and made of pressed steel 

*off to go look up jotter stuff... ugh...*

 

edit: oh, I see the threads is the threads inside the CAP... yeah, plastic.

 

You may also enjoy an all steel Parker 45 cap actuated pen with the refill of your choice. I've found one with gold appointments. 

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32 minutes ago, Estycollector said:

You may also enjoy an all steel Parker 45 cap actuated pen with the refill of your choice. I've found one with gold appointments. 

sounds nice. and it's a good idea, but considering the abuse I put the pen through, probably not a great idea.

It sits clipped inside the notebook and get's jammed into a leg pocket in my pants and essentially gets forgotten about until I need it. 

I wouldn't want to put an actually nice/older/collectable pen in that situation. :)

 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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A Silvine pocket notebook for me and a Kaweco Sport:

 

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Currently most used pen: Parker 51 Aerometric <F> -- filled with Waterman Mysterious Blue ink.

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10 hours ago, Mechanical said:

A Silvine pocket notebook for me and a Kaweco Sport:

 

 

Neat. Never heard of that brand before. 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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Lately, I have become quite fond of the Maruman Mnemosyne A7 #193.

 

FP/Zebra Sarasa/Parker Jotter friendly and small enough to fit in any suit/shirt pocket.

 

Easy to tear out sheets as they are bound via a top “spiral” ring.

 

Sub 3USD as a singleton.

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On 3/30/2025 at 6:49 PM, daniel_art said:

Pocket sized notebooks are not usually fountain pen friendly

 

 These are. TR paper, various sizes and page counts

Add lightness and simplicate.

 

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