Recommendations For Affordable Fountain Pen-friendly Stationery ...

[cmeisenzahl]

Anyone have recommendations for affordable fountain pen-friendly stationery? Thanks in advance!

 

Chris

[sombrueil]

I think if you want any responses you have to define 'affordable'.

And you might want to check out stationery reviews already posted.

[WillSW]

Strathmore calligraphy paper. Full sized or cut in half for A2. Haven't found an ink that bleeds through or feathers yet.

 

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[jniforat]

depending on what you considered affordable will greatly help us in giving recommendations for fountain pen friendly paper

[eilu]

If there are Japanese thrift stores in your area (the type that stocks all sorts of Japanese gewgaws for one price), all of their stationery are cheap & FP-friendly

[lalindsay225]

I prefer Clairefontaine Triomphe. It is available lined or unlined and also in two different sizes.

[welch]

Tough question, and one I've discussed with fountain-pen using friends.

 

- one answer is to find yourself a time-machine. Roll back to 1965. I remember using good 20-pound college-ruled three-hole punch notebook paper. That's letter-size, US-standard.

 

- it might be interesting to ask he data if blotter-quality paper accelerated the move to ball-points in the '70s, or if paper companies stopped bothering to make decent paper because ballpoints write better on mushy-soft paper that is one step above "news-print"

 

- Joking aside, I use the "eco-friendly" or "bagasse" paper from Staples. The formats are limited, but it is inexpensive and it takes fountain pens. Most ink will show through, but the paper does not encourage bleeding or feathering. The only composition-book is wide-ruled; no grid paper.

 

- Red&Black is better paper, and more expensive.

 

- Agree: look for a Kinokuniya (sp?) for Japanese paper

 

- I like Clairefontaine, but it is very slick. Ink takes longer to dry, and some, such as Noodlers Eel, just seems to coagulate until you touch it a few days later. Then smears. I'm not sure it's worth the extra cost, but Clairfontaine is very smooth.

[GreenVelvet]

Need more parameters. Affordable = what price per page? Matching envelopes? How many sheets per envelope? What size or color? Laid or smooth? Plain or with designs/decoration?

[tekkie]

Try Ampad Gold Fiber from Staples. I like the ivory.

[tekkie]

Woops.......sorry.......Ampad is not for correspondence,

[framos917]

I recently asked this same questions and received some great recommendations. I tried some of the recommendations and I settled on the following.

 

Clairefontaine Triomphe with matching envelopes. Writing pads come in both lined and unlined. Unlined comes with 1 lined sheet to place under the sheets to quide your writitng. I use Chinese (Hero and Duke) fine nibs and Lamy fine nibs with Private Reserve ink. This combo works great on the Triomphe and to me looks elegant.

 

I went to Staples for a spiral notebook(6 by 9.5 inches of their bagasse paper. It is thin yet takes ink well. This is a bit cheaper than the Triomphe and I use for everyday notes.

 

I would like to know what you wind up using.

 

Thanks

[framos917]

I forgot to mention, if you do a search in this forum for my user name you will find my previous post n this subject. There were some very helpful contributions in that post.

[kiavonne]

Anyone have recommendations for affordable fountain pen-friendly stationery? Thanks in advance!

 

Chris

 

 

Hi, Chris.

 

I prefer G.Lalo Verge de France for my regular correspondence. Has a slight laid texture, and I very much like it. I use the A5 size, with matching envelopes. The envelopes are purchased separately, and the Verge de France comes in tablet form. My preferred colors are Ivory, Champagne and Gray, though the Gray is being replaced with "Graphite." I'll look forward to trying it when it is available.

Edited December 8, 2010 by kiavonne

[brettttt]

Chris,

 

Mentioned in the other thread that framos917 referred to, but not here, so I'll put in a plug for the Made in Brazil "Corner Office" writing tablet sold at Walgreen's. For more formal occasions I use G Lalo or Clairefontaine, but for everything else this stuff is my favorite. Big cautionary note, though: I was careless on my last trip and didn't look at the country of origin (just under the barcode), and came home with pretty much unusable paper made in Vietnam. Live and learn, I guess.

 

Brett

[ehoh]

This is the thread in which good stationery was discussed. I also listed some general prices so you can see if they meet your criteria for 'affordable.'

[framos917]

This is a bit late, but I finally got to Walgreen’s and got a pad of the Corner Office Made In Brazil writing tablet as recommended by Bretttt. That is a great value for 99 cents. It takes my PR ink and fine nibs (Lamy, Duke, Hero) very well. I will continue to use the Clairfontaine Triomphe pads and envelopes, they are just so elegant. However, I will also keep a pad of this around, it is a great bargain. As Bretttt mentioned watch out for the Made In Vietnam paper, it feels like a Big Chief tablet. I had to dig around for the Made In Brazil. Although I think I will go back and get a pad of Made In Vietnam and use my crayons on it for old times’ sake

 

This post along with my previous post has been a great help and has provided some great recommendations and comments. Thanks