Torn between saving a bit after just dropping a lot of money (for me, not actually that much) on pens and ink and getting the least objectionable notebook I can find at the dollar store OR spending $13 on an actually nice looking fountain pen friendly notebook
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There is a lot of sensory pleasure to be had with a nice notebook. And. Quite a lot of cheap ones work just fine, esp with the nibs and ink you told me about
Very seriously, my three favourites are: plain Midori A5, dots Leuchtturm (sp?) B5 and the actual cheapest lined A4 notebook from the office supply store. I only use F and EF nibs on the cheap one, and only plain ink (not shading, glitter or sheen) but damn, it is super satisfying and I never hesitate bc it was so cheap
@forestfjord thank you!! This is good to hear.
@idzie notebook, so you can enjoy your fountain pen!
@idzie get the nice notebook. Paper quality matters.
@idzie ...not that you asked for advice. Sorry! Sudden strong feelings about paper!
@alexhaist it's okay, I appreciate your strong feelings about paper haha 💚
@idzie @alexhaist I agree with Alex, tho the soft compromise here is if you have access to a Daiso, a lot of their notebooks are super smooth and very good quality for like three dollars.
@alexhaist I want a blank clairefontaine a5 age bag notebook (in either tobacco or green). The fact I'm being that specific probably means I should go for that 😅
Have you tried Claire Fontaine paper before? It's thick, satin smooth, exceptional for sheening ink. Many people love it. I certainly did in high school, especially for the French rule. But I'm now a hater; I need more feedback than that from both my nib and paper
@forestfjord @idzie @alexhaist
(joining the haters club. i find it way too smooth. it's also extra smeary if you're left handed) (i'm ambivalent but predominately left) (and have smeary ink issues)
Also a lefty; I rotate my pages 90 degrees clockwise to avoid ink issues and still run into them bc Claire Fontaine takes forever to dry
@forestfjord @idzie @alexhaist
for me, it's a bit like when i've experienced towels that have been tumble dried and had fabric conditioner put on them. they're just ... not real? and sort of slide the water around *shudders* ...
i prefer them when they've just come in off the line and are kinda stiff and textured. also paper. 😂
One billion percent agree, this is the perfect description for how I currently feel about it, zero notes
(I wonder if it's a hypermobile weird connective tissue low proprioception thing)
@forestfjord @moonrabbit @alexhaist this is really interesting, I did order it and I'll see what I think! I'm right-handed fwiw, no clue if that'll make a difference, and don't write by hand often enough (yet?) to have particularly developed feelings on feedback or the like (though pretty sure I don't like smearing. And am now thinking of the Over the Garden Wall quote, "You guys don't like rocks, right?" "No we don't like rocks." Anyway 😅)
@idzie @forestfjord @alexhaist
all i can think now is that it's almost over the garden wall time ... 
(also, enjoy the stationery delights!)
