I'm A Sad, Pathetic Stationery Junkie.

[Mark from Yorkshire]

5 hours ago, Stompie said:

Strange that they have not responded, maybe recovering from the Budget shock!?! 😁

 

I have made contact with them in the past and they have always responded promptly and most generously - I asked about a certain type of paper once and they sent me an entire notebook of it, for free!

 

Have you tried Nero's Notes site as he does keep some stock of Silvine stuff. I normally buy online but occasionally I have seen their stuff in retail outlets, very occasionally.

Aye I have tried Neros but they do not have the A5 writing pads, I will wait and see if they respond to my letter or online contact us form in the week.

[ParramattaPaul]

3 hours ago, Mark from Yorkshire said:

Aye I have tried Neros but they do not have the A5 writing pads, I will wait and see if they respond to my letter or online contact us form in the week.

Have a look at Amazon.co.uk.  They have Silvine A4 and A5 listed.  They may have what you want.

[Mechanical]

9 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

  This is what I know about Tomoe River paper: there were always 2 machines, #7 made the 52 gsm and #9 made the 68gsm. #7 started having problems and was on the struggle bus for a long time. Sometime in the end of the last decade the manufacturer decided that the maintenance #7 required was getting to be too difficult. The 52 gsm was then also made on #9 (“new” TR 52). The paper recipe and machine (s?) were sold to Sakae. Sakae makes 52 gsm Tomoe River Successor (TR “S”).  Meanwhile, the 68 gsm is in some sort of purgatory. I have old stock, some that was sold to me as new but turned out to be old, and there’s talk that 68gsm is gone and that Sakae is trying to develop a higher gsm TR paper. 

 

Thanks for this @Penguincollector!  Several of these versions have passed through my hands over the years, but I never understood what was what.

 

I'm currently working through my TR 68gsm from #9 that I got at Barnes and Noble.  Hopefully Sakae will succeed with their new TR paper.

[Penguincollector]

13 minutes ago, Mechanical said:

 

Thanks for this @Penguincollector!  Several of these versions have passed through my hands over the years, but I never understood what was what.

 

I'm currently working through my TR 68gsm from #9 that I got at Barnes and Noble.  Hopefully Sakae will succeed with their new TR paper.

  You’re so welcome! I do have to give a disclaimer that I’m just working from memory, so I may be incorrect.

[Stompie]

Decided to give my Muji B6 Slim notebooks a go - wow, they are super good with pen ink. I used a dip pen and flexed it like crazy, no feathering and no bleed through, not even a slight shadow on the reverse size.  Very happy!

[Penguincollector]

@Stompie  I just bought a few of these at MUJI last month, it makes me excited to try them.