Cavallini journals

[inkypete]

Bought my first Cavallini journal today - the 8x5 with a travel cover to use as a travel diary. Very disappointed to find the variance in how it accepts fountain pen. For the price and reputation I expected much better.

My Parker Duofold (modern) with an itallic nib skips over the paper and leaves blanks. Never happened on any other paper. Tried another Duofold with a fine nib and it hates it too.

Anyone else had any experiences - Cavallini are everywhere. Over priced - ordinary quality.

Just can't find a decent travel diary anywhere.

[Lennart Wennberg]

Sorry to hear your dissapointment over the Cavallini journals.

 

Personally I have only good to say about the QV Habana jounals, the European made ones I must add. (Some posts have indicated that there has been some disappointment with the American made journals.) I order them from: http://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/acatalog/HABANA_NOTEBOOKS.html

 

I´m also very pleased with the Swiss Canteo journals, but the problem there is that they are hard to find outside Switzerland.

 

Lennart

[inkypete]

Sorry to hear your dissapointment over the Cavallini journals.

 

Personally I have only good to say about the QV Habana jounals, the European made ones I must add. (Some posts have indicated that there has been some disappointment with the American made journals.) I order them from:

http://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/acatalog/HABANA_NOTEBOOKS.html

 

I´m also very pleased with the Swiss Canteo journals, but the problem there is that they are hard to find outside Switzerland.

 

Lennart

 

I am an Habana fan too - the notebooks I have are fantastic to use and very FP friendly. I was very surprised and most disappointed with my Cavallini experience, although the paper is a little better than Moleskin. Then again I have napkins that are more FP friendly than Moleskin.

[inkypete]

I am curious if anyone else has had such a bad experience with these journals. I tried it again with a range of fountain pens and they all had some problem, mainly skipping or the ink not writing evenly on the paper. These journals aren't cheap and the paper is very ordinary.

[BillZ]

Just noticed this thread. Sorry for being late.

I bought 3 of the small Cavallini journals at my local Waldenbook store. They were on special at 75% off which made them attractive to me. Not very well pleased with the paper. Doesn't take FP well AT ALL! At first it looks like the ink doesn't stick to the paper. Like writing on greasy paper. Then you aee the terrible bleed through on the other side. Tried 3 different pan/ink colour combos. No go. My rollerballs are fine,though including two Parkers with gel refills. Don't understand all I know about this. Plus there is no ribbon to mark one's place. I am debating whether to just toss them as I only paid about 4 for them.

[inkypete]

Just noticed this thread. Sorry for being late.

I bought 3 of the small Cavallini journals at my local Waldenbook store. They were on special at 75% off which made them attractive to me. Not very well pleased with the paper. Doesn't take FP well AT ALL! At first it looks like the ink doesn't stick to the paper. Like writing on greasy paper. Then you aee the terrible bleed through on the other side. Tried 3 different pan/ink colour combos. No go. My rollerballs are fine,though including two Parkers with gel refills. Don't understand all I know about this. Plus there is no ribbon to mark one's place. I am debating whether to just toss them as I only paid about 4 for them.

 

 

Yes - same here. They are much worse than Moleskin. Just don't bother trying them if you are a FP user. I binned mine after trying a few pen ink combos.

[OboeJuan]

I agree, inky. I love the covers, but the paper was a letdown.

[jk0592]

I have the large Roma Lussa from Cavallini. The paper is fine with all my fountain pens, and with all the inks that I have. The leather cover is great. I do not have any of their other products though.