Paper Comparison
Today is a review of a set of items from Midori that work quite nicely together. These arenβt an official set but I think they could easily be and would be great to buy together. They are the Midori MD Fountain Pen, the Midori MD Lined A5 Notebook with the Paper Notebook Cover. These are affordable products from an established Japanese brand that have a certain minimalist-like aesthetic about them.
A big thanks to Inkβd Pens for sending these in for review!
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I believe it was this blog post that started widespread panic in the fountain pen community world wide! Tomoe River paper has become a staple amongst the community for its unique characteristics and notable friendliness to fountain pen ink. From its distinctive crinkly crackle, to its proclivity to long dry times; from its high sheen capabilities, to its glossy look Tomoe River has been used in countless loved fountain pen stationery products. To hear that it will be changing is quite troublesome! Hopefully this comparison between new and old 52gsm Ivory (off white) and Cream Tomoe River Paper will be helpful. There are also some alternatives presented.
A huge thank you to Desk Bandit for getting me samples of these papers as soon as they have!
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The Endless Recorder is an A5 hardcover notebook made with what I believe is 68gsm Tomoe River paper. The Notebook, that was sent to me by The Pen World in India, is full featured and without burying the lede too much it is definitely fountain pen friendly.
Read MoreLAMY recently entered into the world of Notebooks with three sets of LAMY Paper Notebooks in both A5 and A6 sizes. A smaller booklet styled Cahier notebook, a larger Soft Cover notebook and this (also larger) Hard Cover notebook. The notebooks are designed to be colour-coordinated with the LAMY Safari and AL-star pens.
The Notebook is somewhat feature-rich and has a brushed metal looking casewrap, black book edges, a pen loop, two ribbon/bookmarks, an elastic band and a back pocket. The Notebook also has a Lamy ruled paper which is a combination between lined and graph paper.
Thanks to LAMY Australia for sending the Notebook and the AL-star for review purposes.
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