PART 2- COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO FOUNTAIN PEN FRIENDLY PAPER

Fountain Pen Review
Vincenzo PRESENTS PART 2 OF HIS COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO FOUNTAIN PEN FRIENDLY PAPER
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ABOUT FOUNTAIN PEN THERAPY
We are passionate fountain pen enthusiasts whose mission is to spread fountain pen therapy as a source of relaxation, personal wellness, pleasure, health, and calmness. Whether it’s crafting your to do list, writing notes, doodling, sketching, drawing or scribbling your private thoughts in a journal, fountain pens stir your cerebral, creative and artistic juices

FOLLOW US:

00:00:00 - Intro Video
00:01:25 - Opening remarks
00:02:44 - Methodology for this guide
00:05:00 - Baseline for Comparison

TOMOE RIVER PRODUCTS
00:06:29 - Yamamoto Sanzen Tomoe River Pad
00:09:00 - Sterling Notebooks
00:11:41 - Galen Every Day pad
00:13:06 - Nebula Notepad
00:14:01 - Nebula Casual Notebook
00:15:00 - Pluma Paper TRP
00:16:20 - Aura Estelle Planner
00:17:25 - Kinbor Year Planner
00:19:00 - Sakae TP Tomore River Plain and A6

TOMOE RIVER ALTERNTIVES
00:19:49 - Yamamoto Cosmo Air Light Pad
00:21:30 - Yamamoto Cosmo Notebook
00:23:04 - Stalogy A4 Sheet Pad
00:25:08 - Graphilo Notebook

OTHER FOUNTAIN PEN FRIENDLY PRODUCTS
00:26:38 - Itoya Oasis Notebook
00:27:38 - Penbook notebook
00:29:19 - Penbbs Notebook/notepad
00:30:51 - Yamamoto Bank Paper
00:32:58 - Fabriano Ecoaqua Notebook
00:34:21 - Muji Recycled Paper
00:36:22 - P di Pugna Notebooks
00:38:48 - Delfonics Rollbahn
00:40:12 - Kokuyo Campus Loose Leaf
00:41:44 - Filofax Paper
00:43:54 - Regalia Paper
00:47:16 - Amazon Basics
00:49:56 - Ayush Paper
00:52:00 - Panobook
00:54:02 - Kokuyo Loose Sheets
00:55:59 - Wearingeul Swatchbook and Cards
00:58:36 - My favorite- Sakae TP Iroful
01:03:37 - Conclusion

LINKS
TOMOE RIVER NOTEBOOKS AND JOURNALS

TOMOE RIVER SUBSTITUTES

OTHER FOUNTAIN PEN FRIENDLY NOTEBOOKS

[elainenabors]

You are Thank you soooo much!!! I’m so excited to try these

[toddpayne]

Thanks for an exhaustive, but not exhausting, overview. I'm glad you picked a winner at the end. Perhaps make a best value winner too? Top 3 value Top 3 overall etc to make the review more TLDR and less encyclopedic. Great work.

[fossilimprint]

After watching Part 1, I was very happy to see this Part 2. Thank so much, greatly appreciated.

[irvintepper]

Thank you for all your hard work and research, I greatly appreciate the effort.

[annienigro]

Grazie mille, Vincenzo! So informative! I still haven’t used up all the papers you suggested in part 1. Shout out to The Wet Pen—I am subscribed to his channel as well. His inkvent 2022 videos are beautifully produced.

[dtaggartofRTD]

I like Kokuyo paper. I wasn't aware they sold it in reams like that. I'll need to keep an eye out next time I'm paper shopping.

[Peter-ebpt]

Great comparison.
I use all three papers. I find the bank paper too smooth at times but the inkes are coming out beautifully. I love the Cosmo air. Unfortunately, Yamamoto does not produce the notebooks anymore.
Just last week I bought a new planner at Maruzen bookshop called, Discover Daily. A very nice and a little more affordable planner than the Hobonichi cousin. The planner has the new Tomoe river paper and behaves very well. I am looking forward to the start of next year.
Another paper I appreciate very much is OK Fools paper.
I am glad to be living in the country of the wonderful paper.

[ratgerms]

I also saw the wet pen swatches the awesomeness of the way it acts sold me after a couple videos.. I was like "what's going to happen " have 2 notebooks inbound

[lagreenwitch]

Again : thank you for your amazing work ! I'm surprised by the Muji recycled paper !!! I thought that recycled always means absorbant so bad for fountain pens. I'm so glad to see I was wrong.

[wildwolf]

Wow thank you so much for these - what a lot of work! Saving both of these!

[kookatsoonjan]

you music...is sooo much nicer...still a bit loud...but loving it WAY MORE...THANK YOU!...JANIS

[brianlenz]

After watching your remarkably comprehensive review, I ordered some Sakae TP Iroful paper from Amazon ($11.02 for the pack of 100 loose sheets A5 75 gsm dot grid and $13.91 for the 160-page A5 75 gsm dot grid notebook). They arrived yesterday and I am very impressed. I tried several inks and even some watercolor (lightly-applied to color an image outlined with permanent black ink) and there was no bleedthrough. I doubt I would have found this paper without your recommendation. Thanks!

[UneFontaineDePlumes]

Hi Vincenzo, the part 1 was top notch (I've watched the part 1 at least 3 or 4 times: I discovered the life noble note, that I wanted to try: very nice). The part 2 is also top notch. The part 1 and 2 together will be for me without any doubt some excellent references. Additionally I know the time it is needed to create a youtube video like this, and you have probably spent a lot of time. This video deserves a double thumb up ! (Edit: forgot to tell: iroful notebook exists at least in japan)

[Volkmannx]

Thank you so much, this is very helpful!

[nope]

Part 1 was really useful. I am currently using specially tuned pens with dollar store brand composite notebooks. About to finish those notebooks and looking for my next bulk buy.

[natalalagezo]

Thank so much for your guide. It is a really great work

[gihanzohdy]

I regularly use Fabriano ivory and champaigne coloured A4 sheets for note taking in my file using fountain pens. Never had a problem and they are affordable.

[elborracho]

Can I request a review of HP Premium 32 paper for you next paper review? It comes highly recommended as a cheap paper for calligraphy practice and I was sent a small notebook of it from Edison Pens when I made a purchase.

[remyvegamedia]

I watched the first part in full and I'm about 40 minutes in. Thanks for your hard work.

I keep wondering if anybody has tried Beechmore Books notebooks. They advertise as being fountain pen friendly, I think. I don't really have the extra to test multiple notebooks so I'm trying to make a wise decision, but I'm still stumped. Probably gonna go with Rhodia and call it a day.

[pauldavidartistclub]

Hi Vincent, loved this, and your previous notebook/paper video, and have watched through a couple of times, plus have used your info on purchasing (or avoiding) some already. Luckily the YOSEKA STATIONARY store in Brooklyn NYC had a number of your recommendations, and I see now that Barnes &Noble has some too, surprisingly (given the mediocre stock of that chain this past decade or so).
My wife had a question which she thought you may be able to answer…concerning AYUSH (which you’ve listed on your website), she saw they have or had a notebook with printed columns to write down your pens and inks, etc, but can’t seem to find it. Do you have any idea, or who might stock it, or if you have that particular journal where you purchased it? Many thanks in advance