Category: notebook

Rhodia Webnotebook (A5, lined) notebook review

6 March 2014 By ian

Rhodia paper (made by Clairefontaine, if we’re being particular) is the paper by which I judge all others. It is lovely to use with fountain pens. It’s very hard to get pens to bleed or feather or even show through. Inks shine. It’s the paper that makes the Rhodia Webnotebook wonderful. Webnotebooks (silly name), also […]

Yeovil and the SlimNote notebook giveaway winner

15 February 2014 By ian

Thank you everyone who read the interview with Michael of SlimNote fame and then entered the giveaway. It was really interesting reading everyone’s facts about where they live. What an amazing and diverse world we live in. I thought it only fair that, while announcing the winner, I shared something about where I live. The […]

SlimNote Interview and Giveaway

4 February 2014 By ian

SlimNote notebooks are rather lovely little notebooks, as I explained in my review. As well as being rather lovely little notebooks, they are, each and every one of them, carefully made by hand. This is a splendid thing and so, obviously, I wanted to find out more. Michael, one half of Tiny Toe Press, maker […]

Monsieur Notebook (Fountain Pen Edition)

23 January 2014 By ian

Monsieur notebooks have been promoted as a better quality alternative to Moleskine. They’re made with leather covers and come in a wide range of styles. This is the fountain pen version. The paper is good: much better than Moleskine, that’s for sure. Not as good as Rhodia though. There is some feathering with wet nibs. […]

SlimNote pocket notebook review

16 January 2014 By ian

SlimNote pocket notebooks are handmade by Tiny TOE Press. They are 3.5 by 5 inches, 50 pages, plain except for the rather mad hex set. Thus very pocketable and lovely. The paper is reasonably friendly to fountain pens. As the samples show, there is a little feathering and bleeding with wetter pens. It is perfectly […]