I'm A Sad, Pathetic Stationery Junkie.

[DilettanteG]

I won a $50 gift voucher from a major Australian on-line supplier, and I am beyond excited. Even though my frequent orders from them are always way more than $50, I’m putting considerable thought into how I’ll spend my $50.

 

The only thing better than a good deal is free stuff you actually want. Congrats!

[Misfit]

When my brothers were visiting, we went to our collegiate Alma mater. At the bookstore I was good and only bought one mascot branded notebook. There were some deep beautiful colored 5-subject notebooks. Could not justify buying that. The paper is likely not fountain pen friendly. We were at two different Universities, and both bookstores had Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks.

[Newjelan]

Well, this is my ridiculously expensive reed diffuser. Does it smell like stationery? When i opened the bottle, I was disappointed, but now that it's been "diffusing" for a few days, I have to admit that there is a stationery type smell as well as some other fragrance. However, I love how it looks on my desk and will definitely refill it when it dries out.

 

[Misfit]

@Newjelan that is such a cute setup. The face on the holder looks like a Sad, pathetic stationery junkie.

[Bookman]

I really am a junkie. When my psychiatrist diagnosed me with OCD last year I quickly realized my uncontrollable penchant for buying notebooks was a product of my OCD. I've bought well over 200 notebooks in the last several years. (I took the time to count. I have retained 194, but I've thrown away/given away/recycled at least three dozen.) Maybe it's like fountain pen collecting. You've got 100 pens and you think you're terminally unique but then you discover there are 100 people with 200 pens. Maybe 200+ notebooks put me smack in the middle of the buying spectrum.

 

Anyway, my latest find was a kind of holy grail for me, a semi B5 hardcover doublewire-bound notebook with smooth, fountain pen friendly paper that allowed me to write on both sides of a sheet. It's easy to find a notebook sort of like this, but I've never seen a notebook with all these qualities. (B5/semi B5 tends to be the eliminating factor. With B5 notebooks, hardcover doublewire-bound is the culprit.) I found it at my alma mater's bookstore, but it is available from Amazon Prime. It's a Hamelin "8x10" 1-subject notebook. (I put quotation marks around the size because it actually measures 7.75" x 9.75".) Hamelin is a French paper company. It's been around since 1864. I've been around since 1954 and I never heard of it.

 

Nearly all my nibs are wet. In my writings thus far, broad, wet nibs have produced partial bleed-through. My wet EF, F, and M nibs have not. Wet EF and F nibs produced minimal or no show-through; wet Ms, moderate.

 

Cheers.

Edited October 27, 2019 by Bookman

[inkypete]

I really am a junkie. When my psychiatrist diagnosed me with OCD last year I quickly realized my uncontrollable penchant for buying notebooks was a product of my OCD. I've bought well over 200 notebooks in the last several years. (I took the time to count. I have retained 194, but I've thrown away/given away/recycled at least three dozen.) Maybe it's like fountain pen collecting. You've got 100 pens and you think you're terminally unique but then you discover there are 100 people with 200 pens. Maybe 200+ notebooks put me smack in the middle of the buying spectrum.

 

Anyway, my latest find was a kind of holy grail for me, a semi B5 hardcover doublewire-bound notebook with smooth, fountain pen friendly paper that allowed me to write on both sides of a sheet. It's easy to find a notebook sort of like this, but I've never seen a notebook with all these qualities. (B5/semi B5 tends to be the eliminating factor. With B5 notebooks, hardcover doublewire-bound is the culprit.) I found it at my alma mater's bookstore, but it is available from Amazon Prime. It's a Hamelin "8x10" 1-subject notebook. (I put quotation marks around the size because it actually measures 7.75" x 9.75".) Hamelin is a French paper company. It's been around since 1864. I've been around since 1954 and I never heard of it.

 

Nearly all my nibs are wet. In my writings thus far, broad, wet nibs have produced partial bleed-through. My wet EF, F, and M nibs have not. Wet EF and F nibs produced minimal or no show-through; wet Ms, moderate.

 

Cheers.

I have seen some Hamelin stock over the years back in my paper merchant days. Haven't heard or thought of that brand for a long time. My recall is they had specialist, upmarket grades that we sold. Nice to know they are still making quality stuff.

[inkypete]

I was down to my last 5 packs of Nock cards so I ordered another 10 packs. Need to have plenty of stock in case there is an international mail breakdown and I cannot get them for a while. Better safe than sorry.

[Newjelan]

@Newjelan that is such a cute setup. The face on the holder looks like a Sad, pathetic stationery junkie.

 

I know, it speaks to me. After 10 days, I can report that my study does indeed smell like a stationery cupboard and I am in 7th heaven. Now, I’m wondering if I can get refills of the fragrance. If so, I’ll need to buy several to ensure I never run out.

 

Sadly, I just checked and they don’t sell refills. However, they also sell a candle with the same fragrance: “Pencil Shavings”. It’s only £50 and there’s a waiting list. So I am not the only one.

[WalterC]

I have a brick and mortar store that is close to a route I drive weekly. I stopped in there yesterday and was horrified to find their Clairefontaine shelves almost empty. I asked and they say it is just because they sell a lot -- some people go in and buy 8 notebooks at once. So they will be restocking my favorite notebooks.

The store is Quill and Pen in Acton, MA (Boston suburb). They carry Clairefontaine and Rhodia notebooks and Waterman, J. Herbin and Lamy bottled ink.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

At check-out day of my Hall of Residence I visited the rec room and found a bunch of stuff in the used corner and there were 3 A4 notebooks! The paper is fountain pen friendly, they're mostly blank and for free! Guess who's a happy writer? hehe~

[Misfit]

I have been wanting these, and picked them up at Barnes and Noble today.

 

[Misfit]

As if I didn’t have enough Field Notes, I ordered these on Fountain Pen Day, and they arrived today.

 

[Newjelan]

Well, my gift voucher didn’t last long. I added some of my own money and bought some more Nuuna notebooks, because I love them and apparently 2 lifetimes’ worth of Tomoe River notebooks are not enough.

 

Then I needed some more Col-o-Ring cards for my constantly expanding ink collection, and just had to buy another TR notebook. Finally, today I ordered some more ink and somehow, 3 packs of dotted A4 sheets of TR paper mysteriously jumped into my shopping cart.

Now if I could only find some time to sit at my desk, enjoy my stationery fragranced diffuser and use my pens, inks and paper.

[A Smug Dill]

Milligram (an Australia stationery retailer) sent out an email at 11:50AM to subscribers of its marketing communications that it is doing a 3-for-the-price-of-2 promotion for items on clearance (uh, "closeout sale" for those of you who prefer different terminology), and by noon the site was already choking and timing out from what I presume is just from customers browsing, while I was trying to finalising an order.

Stupid me as usual, to make the threshold for free shipping (and a A$5.99 shipping charge to anywhere in Australia is very reasonable, even in my tight-arse opinion), I placed an order 39 units of French-made A6 reporter notebooks that I have previously bought from Milligram many months ago, and know perform well with fountain pen inks. Let's see if Milligram can actually fulfil it, because from subsequent "testing" it appears that its online Web platform does not keep track of available stock levels to the minute.

 

I still don't know why my wife would put up with my idiosyncrasies and foibles such as this.

 

Edit:

Order revised to 36 units in total, as they didn't have sufficient stock of one of the better designs, and as I've since discovered (in communications with Milligram, and through my own testing) that its online shop platform indeed fails to track actual stock levels and adjust for newly accepted orders.

Edited November 25, 2019 by A Smug Dill

[inkypete]

Milligram (an Australia stationery retailer) sent out an email at 11:50AM to subscribers of its marketing communications that it is doing a 3-for-the-price-of-2 promotion for items on clearance (uh, "closeout sale" for those of you who prefer different terminology), and by noon the site was already choking and timing out from what I presume is just from customers browsing, while I was trying to finalising an order.

 

Stupid me as usual, to make the threshold for free shipping (and a A$5.99 shipping charge to anywhere in Australia is very reasonable, even in my tight-arse opinion), I placed an order 39 units of French-made A6 reporter notebooks that I have previously bought from Milligram many months ago, and know perform well with fountain pen inks. Let's see if Milligram can actually fulfil it, because from subsequent "testing" it appears that its online Web platform does not keep track of available stock levels to the minute.

 

I still don't know why my wife would put up with my idiosyncrasies and foibles such as this.

 

Edit:

Order revised to 36 units in total, as they didn't have sufficient stock of one of the better designs, and as I've since discovered (in communications with Milligram, and through my own testing) that its online shop platform indeed fails to track actual stock levels and adjust for newly accepted orders.

Some good bargains to be had there.

[Misfit]

As I noted on page 23 of this posting, a certain notebook needed me. I was at Target this evening, shopping for frozen appetizers and holiday chocolate. I had to get the sweetest Snowman on the wrapper of a Hersheys chocolate bar.

 

After I had done my shopping, I walked all the way across the store to look in the notebook area. And down on a bottom display, what did I find...

 

A little the worse for wear with a crease down the middle. But it needed me to find it. Even the inside covers are kind of cool.

Edited December 12, 2019 by Misfit

[Stompie]

I got these today from Nero's Notes UK. Handmade and signed! Awesome material used by Dapper Notes and really stunning note books - which I really needed!

 

 

 

 

 

[mhguda]

As I noted on page 23 of this posting, a certain notebook needed me. I was at Target this evening, shopping for frozen appetizers and holiday chocolate. I had to get the sweetest Snowman on the wrapper of a Hersheys chocolate bar.

 

After I had done my shopping, I walked all the way across the store to look in the notebook area. And down on a bottom display, what did I find...

 

A little the worse for wear with a crease down the middle. But it needed me to find it. Even the inside covers are kind of cool.

Wow that is a very cool cover. I would never say No to one of those...

[Misfit]

@mhguda

I do like space themed notebook covers. I was surprised to find it.

 

@Stompie

That is a truly attractive notebook.

Edited December 12, 2019 by Misfit

[Stompie]

@Stompie

That is a truly attractive notebook.

 

 

It looks good and the feel is amazing, like a soft, very soft suede type feel to it.