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Currently, I use the old Tomoe, but someday that will run out, and it's hard to know what shows off ink the best.

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[–] vadsamoht@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unlined A5 Clairefontaine for journals, Kokuyo B5 Campus Notebooks for study, and whatever is available for loose-leaf or temporary notes (I do have a lined A4 Rhodia pad in case I need to write something good on a single sheet, but I never do).

Perhaps if I got into letter-writing I might be more interested in exotic papers, but I'm quite content with using things that are pretty easy to find and shouldn't be disappearing from sale anytime soon. I also don't use anything larger than a western M, so I don't need super amazing paper for a lot of my general notes.

[–] coys25@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Mostly Leuchtturm, mainly because I really like their notebooks and the variety of them that are available. The paper is fine, but not like tomoe or anything like that. I mostly write at work during meetings etc., so the notebook is equally important to me. Open to other suggestions though!

[–] gangstamouse@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Clairefontaine/Rhodia and new (I think) Tomoe River. My main thing is avoiding feathering, so we may have different priorities.

[–] samleum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Mostly Clairefontaine and sometimes Leuchtturm1917. I recently bought Rhodia dotpads and dotbooks. I also have an Itoya Oasis light notebook and two Apica notebooks, just for trying them.

[–] moosemoosemoose@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

My go to is TR 68gsm. I really love CAL too. I have no idea what I will replace them with yet since they both are discontinued. I enjoy Midori MD, but I wish it came in ivory. For notepads I use as scratch pads, I use Rhodia since it's relatively cheap and FP friendly.

That being said, I am in the middle of trying out new paper to replace my go to paper. So far I like Maruman Nmemesoine, but the lack of non-spiral bound notebook variety is a big sticking point. Kokuyo Perpernap is up next. I have high hopes.

I'm told the latest iteration of TR is very close to old TR classic 52gsm. I guess that will be my fallback.

[–] antony@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Anything but Moleskine because that bleeds and feathers heavily. Leuchtturm1917 adnd Clairefontaine daily, and a Cornell A5 weekly diary that seems to take virtually any ink despite being 'only' 70gsm. I veer towards 90gsm usually.

[–] kentucky444@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In no particular order.

  • Oxford Optik Paper 90gsm - it does wonders for me because here it is cheap, widely available at any stationery-related shop and comes in a variety of formats (spiral, bound, loose-leaf, planners, etc). The value/price in the Euro zone is unmatched IMHO.

  • Clairefontaine A5 bound notebooks, specifically the My Essential line


designed to answer Leuchtturm bullet journal offers. While a little bit pricey, to me it still beats Leuchtturm1917 in the value/price ratio. They're priced similarly, but the Clairefontaine just offers a better experience with FPs than L1917.

  • I specifically try to use Navigator 80gsm when I print something and then intend on taking notes with my FPs. Cheap, widely available and a really good value/price ratio.
[–] AmalgamatedIllusions@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Tomoe river in my bullet journal, which I got from a pen show.

Another notebook I use is an Apica, and it's probably my favorite paper. It won't show off shimmer and sheen like tomoe river, but it's very smooth and has a fast dry time. For a lot of my inks, I find the long dry time of tomoe river to be inconvenient at times.

[–] garp@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I usually cycle between Midori MD, TR and Clairefontaine.