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Smooth, absorbent, and resistant to feathering and bleed through, the Franklin-Christoph Firma-Flex Journal is designed with fountain pens in mind but also performs well with ballpoints, rollerballs, and mechanical pencils. Filled with 96 sheets of pH neutral, acid free, 90 gsm paper that’s made from sugar cane extract, the pages may have a light lavender hue in certain types of indoor light Read More
Franklin-Christoph has a good reputation in the fountain pen world. Unfortunately these notebooks do nothing to reinforce that reputation. The paper is poorly cut and too porous for fountain pen use. The binding is sub standard, and all three of my notebooks have separation of the pages from the cover at the binding after only a few pages of writing. There seems to be almost no adhesive between the cover liner and the cover. Many pages are stuck together because of poor edge cuts. I would guess that these are a rebrand of some overseas supplier who also sells “premium” notebooks on Amazon with funny names that no one ever heard of. AVOID!!!
Received mine last week (dot grid). Nice paper, amazing binding, so-so printing (dots are a little darker than I Like). My main issue is that one of the journals was clearly the result of an erroneous print job. There are about 40 sheets that have a strange crease in them, and the dots are essentially blurred on all of these sheets. I already started to use this but feel like I should be sent a replacement.
I received mine yesterday, but one of the books was non-ruled (I ordered all three ruled). What is the process for exchanging?
Leftymlb
Feb 18, 2018
I just got the notice that the drop is complete, and they charged my account. That's the good news.
The notice says I can expect shipment "by March 26th." That's the horrible news. Why does it take more than six weeks to package up and ship a product, especially when I'm paying a premium price for the shipment? Sadly, I now remember why I don't spend much with Massdrop.
Live and learn.
lal1If you click on "Join Drop" it checks how much it cost to ship to your country automaticly. It's on the right side of the page with in total value.
I've bought this drop twice and would again if it comes up. The price is easily competitive with other major notebook makers and the paper is superior to most in terms of being very 'fountain pen friendly' and they are hardcover, which is preferable to some of the other A5 sized competition. The slight tint is different from the cream color of some other papers but it is not very noticable, if at all, in the more recent journals I've gotten from FC. Two thumbs way up.