Rakuten Tomoe River

[YugiRider2]

Can anyone tell me if purchasing from Rakuten is legitimate? Has anyone purchased the bulk 4000 leaf paper from there?

[Algester]

you could purchase from rakuten... just provided you can actually afford it

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/shoei1918/c/0000000190/

this was the shoop I posted on FPN-P I'm not sure if anyone bought from them... yet

[Dhruv_Sood]

Purchased it on Friday.

Will be on it's way to me by the end of this week. Had it shipped to someone I know in Japan.

[YugiRider2]

What about the 4000 sheet one?

[Dhruv_Sood]

Yes, I purchased the 4000 sheet one only.

 

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/auc-shikisai/item/50602/?s-id=borderless_browsehist_en

[YugiRider2]

Do I need a forwarding service and what does 'specifying eyes' mean?

[Dhruv_Sood]

Yes, you need a forwarding service in case you don't know anyone in Japan.

 

Select longitudnal. That's what I did.

[thecla]

Do I need a forwarding service and what does 'specifying eyes' mean?

 

"Specifying eyes" is a machine translation for choosing the grain direction of the paper. Grain direction only maters if you plan to use the paper for bookbinding or glue it into pads or something. Paper expands more against the grain when it's moistened. Gluing the side that is against the grain will cause buckling. For a book the grain of the paper needs to be parallel to the spine.

 

Grain long, i.e. the grain is parallel to the long side of the paper, is the usual grain direction. For bookbinding the sheet needs to be folded twice (or any even number of times) so that the grain is parallel to the spine of the book. For example A4 sheet will make an A6 sized book (or A8 but that's getting very small).

 

Grain short is a more unusual grain direction. It can be used for bookbinding with an odd number of folds i.e. A4 is good for A5 sized book (or A7 etc.).

Edited September 8, 2015 by thecla

[Dhruv_Sood]

Just received the tracking number for the parcel with 4000 sheets of Tomoe River paper.

[LeonW]

Congratulations, time to ink up all your Fountain Pens.

[Notgatherox]

Yes, it's possible to get the 4000 sheet one. If you need to use a forwarding service, the whole package comes to about 15kg, which will cost around 15000+ yen (which is more than the paper itself)

 

This is according to a member in our local FP group who bought before.

 

 

~Epic

[Dhruv_Sood]

I didn't use a forwarding service.

I know somebody in Japan so it was cheaper.

 

Shipping is indeed 15,000 yen, but that's standard for entire Asia from Japan. Tha package weighs 16kg in total (15kg paper+1kg packing material). I just hope that I don't have to go to the post office to collect it. That would be very painful.

 

Congratulations, time to ink up all your Fountain Pens.

Already inked up.

Also ordered 3-4 78G so that I can use more inks at the same time.

Just had 4-5 pens before these came.

[Moynihan]

A good source for smaller bulk ordering:
http://www.nanamipaper.com/products/tomoe-river-paper-bulk-buy-500-sheets.html

[fly_us]

A good source for smaller bulk ordering:

http://www.nanamipaper.com/products/tomoe-river-paper-bulk-buy-500-sheets.html

You might want to check from time to time, as the stock goes very fast each time they stock up.

[Dhruv_Sood]

My parcel of 4000 sheets is in customs. So the wait beings.

It takes more time in custom clearance than in the time taken in taking the parcel from one place to another. That's indian customs for you.

[Dhruv_Sood]

Received it today.

 

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[billy1380]

4000 sheet seller will not ship to the UK any thoughts?

Edited February 10, 2017 by billy1380

[Mon34480]

4000 sheet seller will not ship to the UK any thoughts?

Need to use a forwarder which is not cheap typically they take a service fee based on weight and you need to pay for shipping to the forwarder on to of that that's 15kg domestic shipping to forwarder + forwarder service fee + international shipping to you :S

Edited February 10, 2017 by Alteyz

[billy1380]

Thanks Alteyz... this is a bit of a bummer!

 

Alright... so first thing first... find a forwarder.