Is Southworth paper any good for fountain pens?

[Warbler]

I am, believe it or not, writing out the whole KJV Bible, thus combining my love for fountain pens with my Christianity. I have run out of paper and am deciding which paper to go to next. I was looking at various Southworth papers. i just wondering if anyone here has used them with fountain pens and which Southworth papers, if any, are good with fountain pens and would work with what I am doing? Thanks in advance for your advice and/or information.

[OCArt]

The ones I've used have been "laid" papers and had that characteristic rougher texture.  In my limited experience they took the ink well-- I don't remember more than that-- but I found the texture unpleasant for long writing sessions.  If I was doing your project I'd choose Tomoe River or Claire Fontaine.

[rickap]

Hi Warbler,

 

I use Southworth Business, 20 lb, 25% cotton, bar code 83514 82170. It takes ink well. The texture is variable, at times very smooth and at other times rough enough to make me think the nib is scratchy. This is not enough to make me give it up. I want 8.5 x 11  paper and the very smooth European papers are not made in that size. I have used Claire Fontaine and I really like it but it's not available in 8.5 x 11 that I know of.

 

[WalterC]

9 hours ago, rickap said:

Hi Warbler,

 

... I want 8.5 x 11  paper and the very smooth European papers are not made in that size. I have used Claire Fontaine and I really like it but it's not available in 8.5 x 11 that I know of.

 

clairefontaine  does make 8.5x11 notebooks punched for 3 hole binders;  they are kind of expensive and not always easy to find.  I don't like their ruling (too wide for me).  Amazon sometimes has them and Dromgoole's has them:  dromgooles notebooks  I use HP paper when I need 8.5x11.

 

I think I've used old Southworth onion skin and it was terrible for fountain pens; they make a lot of different papers and I imagine some of them are fine for us.

[rickap]

Hi WalterC,

 

Thanks for the Claire Fontaine tip. I’ll look around for it.

[Runnin_Ute]

This is actually really nice. The sheet laid across I used a Pelikan MK10 fine nib inked with Edelstein Sapphire. Very nice. Not super smooth, but not rough like a laid paper either. Our good friend Amberlea Davis gave this to me some time back.

 

Southworth may have something similar if you are married to the brand.