Tag: Tomoe River
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Paper Comparison: NEW 52gsm Tomoe River vs old
I believe it was this blog post that started widespread panic in the fountain pen community world wide! Tomoe River paper has become a staple amongst the community for its unique characteristics and notable friendliness to fountain pen ink. From its distinctive crinkly crackle, to its proclivity to long dry times; from its high sheen…
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Notebook Review: Desk Bandit A5 Tomoe River Notebook with Cover
In late 2019 Desk Bandit released an A5 notebook that comes with a cover. There are lots of A5 notebooks out there so what sets this one apart from others? The notebook uses established fountain pen friendly 68gsm Tomoe River and a simply bound cardboard cover. But it does have some extras to it!Thanks to…
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Stationery Review: Lochby A5 Field Journal, Tool Roll and Tomoe River Notebooks
Three reviews in one! Lochby, based in the US, offer three groupings of products: a Tool Roll, an A5 Field Journal, and three different A5 Tomoe River Notebooks. The Tool Roll is a pen-wrap type product that has some extra pockets and different ways of folding or wrapping; the Field Journal reminds me a lot…
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Stationery Review: Galen Leather Zippered Notebook Folio – Crazy Horse Brown
Galen Leather Co. are a family company based in Istanbul, Turkey which has been around for only 7 years, since 2012, but they feel like such a staple today having blown up in popularity. I bought my first Galen Leather product in mid 2018 and and have been delighted to buy and use more since…
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Notebook Review: Endless Recorder “The World’s Most Ink Friendly Notebook”
The Endless Recorder is an A5 hardcover notebook made with what I believe is 68gsm Tomoe River paper. The Notebook, that was sent to me by The Pen World in India, is full featured and without burying the lede too much it is definitely fountain pen friendly.
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Triple Ink Review: inkArt Robert Oster Ten Dollar Note Blue, Teal, and Green
The Reserve Bank of Australia is releasing a new $10 note on the 20th of September this year. Featured on this note is a couple of fountain pen nibs to represent the fact that the people featured on the note both wrote. There was a suggestion somewhere that an ink should be made to commemorate the…
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Swatch Card Comparison
I like to keep swatches of all my inks in a binder. In the past I’ve used Rhodia 80gsm but paper never felt right; too flimsy and I was never good at cutting accurate and consistent rectangles. In the past there was Maruman Mnemosyne Word Cards (which I never used), this year (2017) there is…