Oberon Help

April 27, 2014

I have a very nice Oberon tooled leather cover with a green bark effect and a central red circle with a tooled dragonfly. I love the cover, and as I have stated elsewhere, I despise the paper refill which feathers and bleeds and....well, to be perfectly honest is quite possibly the worst paper I've ever tried. So, I'm looking for a suitable refill. The insert book is 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches and is an inch thick. Could anyone recommend a paper refill of this size that I could put in it? I love Rhodia paper, but all we can get here are the flip up pads, or the tear off ones which won't fit in this cover. Suggestions would be gratefully received!

April 28, 2014

I had a small leather notepad that I wanted to use more, but it came with rather non FP friendly paper. I went on Amazon and purchased a pack of parchment paper, in a large size. I wanted to be able to cut it down to different sizes for writing letters, etc. and found that it takes fountain pen ink beautifully. So with help from my wife and her handy paper cutter, we sized some to fit this small leather notebook cover and using a standard stapler, I was able to craft a small and disposable notepad that fits perfectly into the odd sized notepad. I used a manila file folder for back and front covers, as they tuck into the pockets of the notebook to hold it in. I bet you could craft something similar to fit your Oberon cover, even if you have to take the paper to an office supply store to have it cut and/or stapled. Parchment paper is really smooth to write on ad the ink dries pretty quickly, with no bleed through.. I bought an off white antique colored paper but I think it comes in different colors as well.

April 28, 2014

Leuchtturm 1917 large size fits your Oberon cover, so does Stillman & Birn Epsilon.

April 28, 2014

Thanks Kp

April 29, 2014

@Uncial: My apologies, but it's the Leuchtturm 1917 medium size journal which fits the 8.5 x. 5.5 dimensions, not the large size, that fits your Oberon cover. Sorry for the confusion. I know what I meant: large Oberon cover with medium insert, but didn't express myself very effectively did I?

I also read that Oberon recommends ProArt sketch books for fountain pen friendly paper, that also fits the dimensions of their covers. I have not tried this paper myself, however. Not sure if you are able to source this locally.