Favorite January start Weekly Engagement or Page a Day Planner?

[Misfit]

I was given some William Hanna sheets of paper, and they fit in the Circa and Tul. I have no experience with ARC.

[Mechanical]

1 hour ago, Misfit said:

I was given some William Hanna sheets of paper, and they fit in the Circa and Tul. I have no experience with ARC.

@Misfit How did the William Hannah paper get along with fountain pens?  A win?  Or something less...  Looking at their website just now, they say their stock is 115 gsm, so I wonder if it's hyper absorbant.

 

Absorbancy -- some people say that's exactly what you want in a planner since ink dries quickly.  You can make a quick note, close the notebook, and no smudgy smudge.  On they other hand, heavy duty paper can be the destroyer of all thing sheeny, shaded, and shiny...  I usually lean towards smudginess.

[LizEF]

2 hours ago, Mechanical said:

Absorbancy -- some people say that's exactly what you want in a planner since ink dries quickly.  You can make a quick note, close the notebook, and no smudgy smudge.  On they other hand, heavy duty paper can be the destroyer of all thing sheeny, shaded, and shiny...  I usually lean towards smudginess.

I use a piece of blotting paper as a bookmark.

[Penguincollector]

  I’ll stop by the office supply stores when running errands near them and see what disc systems they have. I was given some Séyès ruled paper that is meant for a disc bound notebook and it is a good size. I’m glad I thought of this so early, there’s a lot to take into account. 
 

@Mechanical if you do a site search on Google, another member reviewed William Hanna paper while looking for an old Tomoe River replacement. It may answer your questions. 

[Misfit]

@Mechanical please check the review @Penguincollectormentioned as I haven’t tried the William Hanna paper yet. 

[Mechanical]

10 hours ago, Misfit said:

@Mechanical please check the review @Penguincollectormentioned as I haven’t tried the William Hanna paper yet. 

Here it is… and what a nice review!   It looks really promising.

[Mechanical]

13 hours ago, LizEF said:

I use a piece of blotting paper as a bookmark.

Well, that’s a smart idea.  I have bits of blotter paper on my desk, but I am at my smudgy best when I’m out and about.  I’ll rummage about and find a good length for my A5 notebook.

[Runnin_Ute]

This is a future day/month of my Franklin planner. The bottom photo is with some notes in fountain pen. I don't recall what pen and ink it was.

 

You can get January, April, July and October start dates. I use January and having been using it since January 1986.

 

The binder in the photo is the storage binder and holds all twelve months. My regular binder holds 3 months. Last,current and next. The pages are drilled for 7 holes. This is the original 2 page per day layout. They also have one page per day and weekly formats. This is the Classic size (A5/half letter), both larger and smaller sizes are available too.

[Penguincollector]

  @Runnin_Ute, I ended up ordering something rather similar to your system. I have found TR 68 Filofax refills in a weekly format where I can write in the dates on Etsy. I have a couple of filofax planners that I can use with it already, so it works out. I did check out the Franklin site and will keep it in mind because the TR 68 won’t last forever. 

[RedPie]

 

I ordered a planner from Temu. Very cheap. Less than $10.00. It is called Notebook, Manage time. It has 365 pages. I was surprised how well it works with fountain pens. 

[Penguincollector]

That’s a nice looking notebook, @RedPie. I really like Chinese Daolin paper, which that notebook reminds me of.  I like the page header especially. 

[RedPie]

Thank  you @Penguincollector. I am using it every day now. I have to correct my post: The notebook has 400 pages.