Blotter Paper

[Siv]

Hi, do any of you know an online source to get blotting paper? I can't seem to find anything online with the exception of 'collectable' blotters.

[jbb]

Pendemonium.com sells smalled sized sheets for rocking blotters. Are you looking for full sized desk sheets? Dick Blick sells some: http://www.dickblick.com/zz104/22/. When you search try the word "blotting" as well as "blotter." Domtar and Verigood are two manufacturers of it. My local print shop was able to order it for me a couple of years ago and then cut it to size.

Edited May 23, 2008 by jbb

[James P]

J. Herbin produces packs of blotting paper. And, wouldn't you know it - they happen to be available at the Pear Tree Pen Company.

 

Exclaimer: That's me.

[pengoddess]

Just remember when you go blotter shopping that there is real blotting paper and then there are papers out there masquerading as blotter paper .... more like thin cardboard that doesn't blot worth a hoot!

 

The best, the old fashioned stuff is made by Verigood and is 110lb weight. This is what we carry and unless we turn up a source for an equivalent will continue to be the only blotting we'll carry. If you want to find it locally, you'll have to go through a printer who can order it for you from their local paper house. Chances are they won't have it in stock, and you'll probably have to find the "old guy" in back who will know what blotting paper is!

 

Sam

[JDlugosz]

J. Herbin produces packs of blotting paper. And, wouldn't you know it - they happen to be available at the Pear Tree Pen Company.

 

Exclaimer: That's me.

 

Is the card you include with your orders a blotting paper on one side? I thought it might be, but my wife thought it was a scrap and wrote on the back, and it wrote normally -- I would have expected it to soak up a lot of ink and feather.

[Songwind]

I got one of Richard's 5-packs of blotters with classic ads printed on one side. They are working nicely for me.

[kudzu]

jbb was kind enough to send me an 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet of brown Verigood blotter paper some months ago. It's wonderful. I use it daily. (jbb - I'm glad you told me I could use it until it was disgustingly filth, er, well used. And it's definitely well used. I need to go find me a source.)

[Bart]

Mr. Binder's advertising blotters are quite beautiful but I've found them ineffective. Their surface is very irregular, "dimpled", and does not create anywhere near full contact with the writing, so there are many "gaps" in the writing that remain as wet as they started. Also, the absorbency is low, I can touch a nib tip to it and it just makes a dot, instead of the ever increasing circle of ink as in blotters past.

 

I remember back when all notebooks came with blotters, with very smooth surface and high absorbency. (some high grade notebooks of the TOPS brand still have that, they're a pleasure to use.) I'll give Pendemonium's blotters a try and report on those.

Edited May 23, 2008 by Bart

[Shangas]

For general blotting paper, go to an art-supply shop, a post-office or a large stationery store (Officeworks, Staples, whatever...). They come in huge sheets about two feet square or even bigger. You can just take it home and slice it up into pieces which are convenient for you.

Edited May 23, 2008 by Shangas

[Siv]

Thank you all for your input!

 

As it has been a while since I last used a fountain pen, the blotting paper I was used to was that green stuff which was commonly available everywhere (well, in England). I saw another thread with someone in search of exactly the same stuff with little success.

 

Anyway, now that I'm living in Texas, it looks like Pendemonium's offering is decent value.

[orpheus]

I've just been using regular card stock. Seems to work fine. (I keep a slice of it in my Moleskine as a combination blotter/bookmark - I don't like their ribbon bookmarks)

 

Am I missing out on the real blotter experience?

[inkypete]

White blotter is readily available in Australia but, unfortunately, the green is no longer made. I bought a heap of sheets (desk mat size) from an office supplies store and a friendly printer cut them for me to A4, A5 and smaller sizes to fit my notebooks. Very handy.

[Philip1209]

I have an order in the mail as we speak/type that includes my first ever purchase of blotting paper. I bought it from Pendemonium.com, and I bought their, for lack of better words, "house brand" of blotters. They seem reasonably priced, and they list the weight of the paper, which is some ridiculous number over 100 pounds (compared to 24 pound standard office paper). They also have many vintage blotters and blotter desk sets too. I'd suggest checking it out. I'll be sure to report back here when my paper arrives (along with my other pen goodies )

[Songwind]

I have an order in the mail as we speak/type that includes my first ever purchase of blotting paper. I bought it from Pendemonium.com, and I bought their, for lack of better words, "house brand" of blotters. They seem reasonably priced, and they list the weight of the paper, which is some ridiculous number over 100 pounds (compared to 24 pound standard office paper). They also have many vintage blotters and blotter desk sets too. I'd suggest checking it out. I'll be sure to report back here when my paper arrives (along with my other pen goodies )

 

I am sure it's great blotter paper, because as near as I can tell, Sam doesn't sell anything that I'd be tempted to characterize as junk.

 

However, I thought you might like to know that when you see weights of 80lb, 60lb, etc, it is not in the same system that gives you 20-28lb printer paper. It has to do with the size of the original sheet stock before cutting, and how much a set amount (500 sheets, maybe?) weighs. So, you can have 80lb text vs 24lb bond, which I believe is equivalent.

 

That said, > 100 is still crazy high.

[encephalartos]

For non-collectible, plain white, really large sheet of blotter paper, 10 at

a time, shipped wrapped up and taped down in a really big box, check

out Daniel Smith, the art supply dealer on the web. They have a big

printmaking and paper section. They are located in Seattle, Washington

area. For US customers, they should be a reasonable source. If

you aren't in this country, I'd suggest trying to find an art supply

dealer catering to printmakers. (The blotters are used to prepare the

paper that is run through an intaglio press.)

 

After you get these, you can then contemplate how to divide them up

into what might be a lifetime supply of small blotters, share them with

your friends, or whatever.

[lak611]

Does anyone with an online store still sell the old-fashioned green blotter paper in the USA?

[hardyb]

Does anyone with an online store still sell the old-fashioned green blotter paper in the USA?

 

http://www.dolphinblue.com/office-products...s-Recycled.html

Look near the bottom of the page. Wide choice of colors.

Edited June 24, 2008 by hardyb

[JeffB]

I've found large white sheets at Art Brown's in New York (www.artbrown.com), green sheets at America's Office Products, also in New York (www.aop52st.com) and brown sheets at Office Max.

[Siv]

Does anyone with an online store still sell the old-fashioned green blotter paper in the USA?

 

http://www.dolphinblue.com/office-products...s-Recycled.html

Look near the bottom of the page. Wide choice of colors.

 

Hardyb, that's perfect - I was almost going to get the green when I saw the blue. Absolutely beautiful blotter paper... and for $25 probably a lifetime supply.

[Blue Fingers]

Thank you all for your input!

 

As it has been a while since I last used a fountain pen, the blotting paper I was used to was that green stuff which was commonly available everywhere (well, in England). I saw another thread with someone in search of exactly the same stuff with little success.

 

Anyway, now that I'm living in Texas, it looks like Pendemonium's offering is decent value.