Crown Mill Correspondence Cards

[Englander]

I've just invested in a box of Original Crown Mill correspondence cards in white. I usually use the pure cotton for letters and I've been really happy with it. Has anybody used the cards and put together a review? I write with a broad nib if that has any bearing.

[NeelsK]

I don't have a review for you. I use the cream coloured cards with a fine nib usually, but I've used medium nibs too. You can expect very slight feathering, and I mean VERY slight, on some portions of the card. Maybe it is just the batch I have though. You will love these cards, I think. They surely work for me

[indigirl]

I love these cards. They're my mainstay for short notes. But don't try to use your scratchy fine dip nibs on them, unless you're very good with the feather-light upstrokes. The ridges of the laid finish catch.

[Englander]

Thanks for the responses guys - I hope that I get on all right with them and feather-light upstokes are most certainly not within my capacity regardless of pen and paper. :embarrassed_smile:

[SamCapote]

Their 100% cotton line is a whole other world beyond the Classic category you are showing.

[indigirl]

Thanks for the responses guys - I hope that I get on all right with them and feather-light upstokes are most certainly not within my capacity regardless of pen and paper. :embarrassed_smile:

 

Don't worry. My fountain pens all play nicely w/ these cards.

[Englander]

Just to finish off this one (not usually very tidy with my threads) the cards arrived and I'm really pleased with them. If you're looking for nice plain cards for a quick note I'd give these ones a try.

 

E.

[meghan]

Are the 100% cotton cards very thick? I'm wondering how well they'd take an impression for a letterpress application -- then I'd have fountain pen-friendly letterpress cards!

[Jimothy]

What about the Smythson cards, Meghan, that I use for your letterpress?

[Englander]

I've used the Smythson ones and now quite a few of the Crown Mill. Not used the 100% cotton cards; although that is my mainstay correspondence paper.

 

By comparison both cards are really nice and tactile and take a nice record of the ink I've tried. The Smythson are a little more 'showy' in terms of ornamentation but basically both are great cards.