[_virtu]

Slightly off topic, but I'm a bit of a paper snob at this point. While Moleskine is not the bottom of the barrel I still find for use with fountain pen inks they're not the best. You haven't lived until you try out some Tomoe river paper.

Check out TarokoShop's notebooks: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TarokoShop?ref=simple-shop-header-....

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The Clairefontaine paper used in Rhodia's Rhodiarama notebooks are also excellent. The soft cover Rhodiarama are some of the best paper for really watery inks. Another fantastic option is Midori's notebook paper, their whole design and the open grid option are really pretty. https://www.midori-japan.co.jp/md/en/products/mdnote/ Also if you're willing to over pay, the Kleid 2mm grid notebook with OK Fools paper are among the highest quality I've used. It has handy feature of detachable pages too.

[jen729w]

While we’re on paper, I have a Field Notes “Expedition” special edition. [0] It has waterproof paper which is ‘fun’ but actually pretty useless as ink doesn’t really hold.

So I had it for years and it went unused. And then I used a pencil! (Mitsubishi 9850 HB, thanks for asking.) [1] Oh and it is the most fun in the world! It’s like writing on a pat of butter with the tail of a fox. It’s the smoothest thing you’ve ever felt.

Now it lives in the kitchen and I record meat temperatures and whisky cocktail ratios and it is my favourite book.

That is all.

[0]: https://fieldnotesbrand.com/products/expedition

[1]: https://pencilly.com.au/product/mitsubishi-9850-hb/

[gcheong]

Fun fact - I worked for a bit in Japan for Yupo (the company that makes the paper of the same name and used in this notebook) as part of the project team that was overseeing the construction of the Yupo plant in Virginia. I was originally hired through an English language school on contract to help with editing the English translations of their technical documentation but also got to do some things like porting a sheet temperature simulator from MS-DOS to Windows.

[noahbradley]

If you want some waterproof notebooks that aren't quite as impractical as those Expedition ones (they always smeared for me too), you might try Rite in the Rain. Had a great time using those over the years.

[nephanth]

Clairefontaine paper is my go-to whenever I want to do ink-intensive writing (think calligraphy) I has beared the high debit of my noodlers ahab, and even my dip pens with flexible and/or large nibs, all of that with relatively watery ink (l'artisan pastellier's), and without ever bleeding through

Too bad that since I moved to America, I haven't been able to find paper that good for this affordable a price

[allenu]

I may have to try out Tomoe some time. I used Moleskine long ago but eventually moved away to Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks. I find their paper works really well for my fountain pen usage. I even write on both sides of each page, something I avoided on cheaper notebooks.

[Tcepsa]

If you're on board with loose-leaf, I haven't found a better paper than HP's Premium LaserJet paper for use with fountain pens at a reasonable price point. I know it's a bit counterintuitive ("Printer paper? Seriously?!") but it has worked great for me for years. Not too scratchy or feathery, and no bleed through. Given that I'm often doing the equivalent of semi-throwaway rubber-ducking with it I greatly appreciate being able to use both sides!