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jaguarish
147
Feb 23, 2018
Kaweco sport, fine nib, J Herbin Poussiere de Lune in Fabriano Ecoqua. I favor slim A5 notebooks for daily journalling and quick sketches. I like that they take up less space and can be changed often - my favorites so far are Life Stationery but I also like Clairefontaine, Rhodia, JustWrite... I was sad to find that Leuchtterm had show through because I do like the paper and form factor otherwise.
At work I like B5 notebooks that can be refilled eg. Lihit lab, Kurufit, King Jim etc. which I can move pages around or remove for archive.
freshmaker
28
Apr 18, 2018
jaguarishI bought a L!fe notepad, with high hopes based on what I had read, and was really disappointed. It feathers badly with Colorverse Supernova and my Aurora stub.
jaguarish
147
Apr 19, 2018
freshmakerI'm sad to hear that Yomri. I have used the A5 notebooks and even accidentally spilled a full coffee over one page that only stained the page brown. No rippling or other ill effects. Have you tried other inks?
freshmaker
28
Apr 20, 2018
jaguarishHopefully you didn’t have anything important wrecked! The paper feels solid in the hand so that doesn’t surprise me. But most recently I tried Pilot Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku and Colorverse Supernova - both feather on the L!ife paper. I’m using the “stenographer“ notepad, which I’m assuming is the same paper they use in their notebooks, but maybe I’m wrong?
jaguarish
147
Apr 20, 2018
freshmakerIt was hard for me to find out the difference between various Life products. I ended up emailing the retailer, who told me that the same paper is used in every notebook. However I not know that's not the case as I have used the Kappan and Schopfer. The Kappan paper is definitely thicker (this is the one that took a cup of coffee). The Schopfer paper, while slightly thinner, handled fountain pens and light watercolour. I have read that the Noble Note paper is more like laid paper (I.e. with horizontal lines formed in the grain of the paper). I have not tried it. I also have a pad of airmail paper. It is good quality but I don't enjoy using fountain pens on it - the texture makes my pens drag a little and act dry.
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