Maleden Notebooks

August 12, 2024

Has anyone tried these notebooks from a company called, “Maleden”? Seven A5 120 gsm notebooks for a few bucks more than a single Leuchtturm notebook seems a little too good to be true. Amazon reviews are quite high but I don’t always trust those. Has anyone tried them? I did a search on FPN and didn’t see anything.

February 17

Have not heard of them or encountered any mention. Did you end up taking a chance? If so, how were they?

2025-02-23T21:46:56Z

On 2/16/2025 at 9:54 PM, GutSchrift said:

Have not heard of them or encountered any mention. Did you end up taking a chance? If so, how were they?

I didn’t give them a go. I have a backlog of notebooks I’m trying out since the SF pen show.

2025-02-23T22:51:51Z

There is a review that states the following:

"Writing on the paper was pleasant as it was very smooth and did not feather any ink. As it says 120 GSM I was wondering if it woukd bleed through and show sheen of my ink. To my surprise ,using Diamine Polar glow in medium nib, there was no bleed through. Even when I tried to put generous ink in one spot, the paper absorbed it and to my surprise even showed the red sheen of this blue ink.
This ink has been notorious with some of my other notebooks bleeding through or ghosting heavily.

The paper took the ink, made it sheen as it is suppose to, no bleed through, and ever so little ghosting on the back of the page. Making the full page usable front and back is a major benifit."

I have taken the plunge and ordered a set, which should arrive tomorrow.