Mini review: Explorer, Made by Endless with 80gsm Regalia paper

[Mansi]

I recently splurged on the beautiful refillable notebook from Endless, with their proprietary Regalia paper.

 

The package arrived yesterday and I have tried out a few sample inks on it to see how they behave. Firstly, the quality of the product is incredible. The leather is supple and feels really. I love the blue color that I chose... it leans slightly teal and is beautiful in touch. 

 

It came with a dot grid notebook that goes inside with their Regalia paper. I feel the notebook could have been a bit thicker.... however, once nested inside, the entire thing has sufficient heft. You also have the provision to hold upto 3 notebooks, so maybe I'll add one with a different style, do a DIY with watercolor paper for my urban sketching.

 

Now, onto the paper. It felt slightly toothy (in a good way), very smooth and has a slight sheen from certain angles. Being 80 gsm, its thick enough that I did not see even a hint of ghosting, but that's also based on very limited trials right now,, with any old nib I had lying around. Where it shines, is the sheen!! All my inks looked incredible on it. It just makes their colors pop, and the sheen and shading stand out.

 

Here are some quick, unprofessional pics where I tried to capture the sheening as best as I could

[cvk]

Nice notebook where do you purchase this from? Also where do you get the krishna inks from. 

[Mansi]

On 9/11/2022 at 9:49 AM, cvk said:

Nice notebook where do you purchase this from? Also where do you get the krishna inks from. 

The notebook from madebyendless.com

And the inks from krishna's own site though they are available on penworld as well