Amazing and very detailed review of different papers with different types of inks. I was looking for a paper which I could write on both sides and this review provided me exactly what I was looking for. Greatly appreciated.
Fantastic video! Thank you for the time and effort you put into making standard tests applied to all the paper samples. Sure it takes a lot of time, but it really helps highlight the difference in performance and colour between them, which really helps a lot. Would've liked you to include the Muji and Daiso paper (though not all Daiso papers are the same), as well as the Midori Cotton and Japanese Life Noble paper as those two are pretty well loved in the fountain pen community too. If you ever get the chance to do a part 2 to this some other papers to test include: Bank (used in the Musubi notebooks iirc), Graphilo, Original Crown Mill 100% Cotton, J Burrows, some other printer papers like Fuji Xerox or Reflex Ultra White, and Stralogy. Maybe even onion skin/tracing paper or yupo which I've seen calligraphers and especially Japanese fountain pen enthusiasts use online. Also keen to see if there are any good recycled papers for fountain pens like the Zap books I've seen from Milligram?
snoozleblob yes, I may very well do another video in a little while, but I can only review the paper I actually have blank pages of... so once I have ‘collected’ pages of those, I will do the same tests with the same pens and inks as these.
Great video, you covered in a little time a wide range of papers and classified them very well. Many thanks for the suggestions, many compliments from Italy from a little colleague :)
Wow, so much thought and work went into this. Outstanding and informative video. Great job. For so much repetitive information, you kept it going at a great pace, IMO. From your one downvote, looks like you might have a moleskine fan in your sub 😂.
I've found that the performance changes a lot with really light inks. These tend to look fairly ugly in absorbent paper like Fabriano and they also change color on paper like the cream Rhodia Heritage.
Namiki black + fine nib + moleskine paper is a perfect workhorse combo. A typical page of writing will have one or two specks of bleed through, the ghosting is unnoticeable once you’ve written over it, and it dries instantly. Just thought I’d throw that out there for folks like me who are attached to the moleskine format (I hate hate hate A5), want a super quick dry time (am smear-prone), and aren’t primarily looking for the elevated fancy ink experience. (I was just tired of having to throw out a rollerball every few weeks.)
@@theoffstageme 👍 Loved this video! My life calls for the boring-est of inks and papers, so I love living vicariously through lovely paper and ink tests like this. And this one’s probably the most systematic-yet-enjoyable that I’ve seen! Thanks :-)
Great work, helpful. One thing that keeps me away from paper like the Rhodia Webnotebook is how the dots are just too large and too dark (the DotPad even suffers from this some but they appear to be not quite as bad). I see this sort of thing ruin otherwise fantastic paper. I wish more companies did their markings/lines like Midori or Kokuyo - subtle.
Thanks for a great video, Mick. I assume the Apica is Apica regular, not CD. I am pretty keen on the latter, but I find the regular Apica a bit absorbant (in a way I don't enjoy).
You said there was very little feathering on the Rhodia but the letters all looked like the edges were a bit wiggly; is that a result of the paper texture and not technically feathering?
I have been looking for loose paper for making notebooks that is fountain pen friendly in our legal size or A4. Any suggestions? Not Tomoe River or Rhodia😄
Nice review. I did find everything a bit too fast, talking, showing the writing on the page, etc. Of course can pause video but had to pause constantly to get a real look at things.
Timestamps:
0:52 Rhodia (Dot Pad)
3:45 Rhodia (Heritage)
4:30 Rhodia (Web Notebook)
6:05 Rollbahn
7:14 Fabriano (Milligram)
8:38 Apica
10:10 Leuchtturm 1917
11:40 Midori Traveller’s
12:57 Tomoe River (52 gsm)
14:54 Tomoe River(68 gsm)
16:22 LAMY
17:48 Moleskine (standard)
19:34 Clairefountaine
21:12 Baron Fig
22:45 Optix (Black N’ Red)
24:23 Maruman Mnemosyne
25:40 Top Three Papers
I typed up some timestamps because this vid is such a great reference, cheers
This is my third time referencing this video thanks for the help!!
Thank you so much for the detailed review on the papers. Just getting into paper for my fountain pens and this helps A LOT!
You did a great job in comparing the papers, very useful indeed. Wish I could subscribe again.
Amazing and very detailed review of different papers with different types of inks. I was looking for a paper which I could write on both sides and this review provided me exactly what I was looking for. Greatly appreciated.
This was FAB!! I love ClaireFontaine and Rhodia but want to try some of the others.
Fantastic video! Thank you for the time and effort you put into making standard tests applied to all the paper samples. Sure it takes a lot of time, but it really helps highlight the difference in performance and colour between them, which really helps a lot.
Would've liked you to include the Muji and Daiso paper (though not all Daiso papers are the same), as well as the Midori Cotton and Japanese Life Noble paper as those two are pretty well loved in the fountain pen community too.
If you ever get the chance to do a part 2 to this some other papers to test include: Bank (used in the Musubi notebooks iirc), Graphilo, Original Crown Mill 100% Cotton, J Burrows, some other printer papers like Fuji Xerox or Reflex Ultra White, and Stralogy. Maybe even onion skin/tracing paper or yupo which I've seen calligraphers and especially Japanese fountain pen enthusiasts use online. Also keen to see if there are any good recycled papers for fountain pens like the Zap books I've seen from Milligram?
snoozleblob yes, I may very well do another video in a little while, but I can only review the paper I actually have blank pages of... so once I have ‘collected’ pages of those, I will do the same tests with the same pens and inks as these.
Great video, you covered in a little time a wide range of papers and classified them very well. Many thanks for the suggestions, many compliments from Italy from a little colleague :)
Great and informative video.
Wow, so much thought and work went into this. Outstanding and informative video. Great job. For so much repetitive information, you kept it going at a great pace, IMO. From your one downvote, looks like you might have a moleskine fan in your sub 😂.
Nice comprehensive testing! Would be good to have timestamps to quickly navigate to a paper of interest though :)
I've found that the performance changes a lot with really light inks. These tend to look fairly ugly in absorbent paper like Fabriano and they also change color on paper like the cream Rhodia Heritage.
Amazingly useful. Thank you.
Great info, Mick....Thanks!
Namiki black + fine nib + moleskine paper is a perfect workhorse combo. A typical page of writing will have one or two specks of bleed through, the ghosting is unnoticeable once you’ve written over it, and it dries instantly. Just thought I’d throw that out there for folks like me who are attached to the moleskine format (I hate hate hate A5), want a super quick dry time (am smear-prone), and aren’t primarily looking for the elevated fancy ink experience. (I was just tired of having to throw out a rollerball every few weeks.)
erikawithac that’s really great feedback!
@@theoffstageme 👍 Loved this video! My life calls for the boring-est of inks and papers, so I love living vicariously through lovely paper and ink tests like this. And this one’s probably the most systematic-yet-enjoyable that I’ve seen! Thanks :-)
Excellent video, very comprehensive!!
Great work, helpful. One thing that keeps me away from paper like the Rhodia Webnotebook is how the dots are just too large and too dark (the DotPad even suffers from this some but they appear to be not quite as bad). I see this sort of thing ruin otherwise fantastic paper. I wish more companies did their markings/lines like Midori or Kokuyo - subtle.
Thanks for a great video, Mick. I assume the Apica is Apica regular, not CD. I am pretty keen on the latter, but I find the regular Apica a bit absorbant (in a way I don't enjoy).
You said there was very little feathering on the Rhodia but the letters all looked like the edges were a bit wiggly; is that a result of the paper texture and not technically feathering?
Ooooooh I wish you would have tried the stalogy paper
Have you ever tried Mossery threadbound notebook paper? It's quite a popular journal but I have seen precisely 0 fountain pen users review it.
Good video mate
I'm so tired of smearing with TRP. Which paper would you recommend for a faster drying time?
What is the fountain pen name you used , @ 0:34 I could not get the correct spell ( pfakaju folda medium nib)
Parker Duofold
It's too bad that my favorite ink is Baystate Blue, which only works on old Tomoe River.
Wow those Waterman inks, they are so well behaved.
I have been looking for loose paper for making notebooks that is fountain pen friendly in our legal size or A4. Any suggestions? Not Tomoe River or Rhodia😄
I think the best bet would be premium printer papers. They make lots and lots of variations and good copy stores let you buy individual sheets.
Nice review. I did find everything a bit too fast, talking, showing the writing on the page, etc. Of course can pause video but had to pause constantly to get a real look at things.
Baystate blue is a terrible fucking ink, cant understand the circlejerk at all.