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J**A
Dot grid paper is only printed on one side.
I love Tomoe River paper for its weight and my fountains pens write beautifully. I like to get the loose A4 sheets and make my own notebooks. I thought this dot grid paper would be perfect but unfortunately every sheet is branded with the Tomoe River logo at the bottom center and the dots are only on one side of the paper. See pics. I wish this had been noted in the details on the listing.
D**O
Good Paper, but Not as Good as Rhodia
I'm an experienced fountain pen user who's tried lots of papers with various pens. I bought this paper after reading many glowing reviews, & tried it with several pens/nibs combinations. The pad arrived sealed in plastic. Apparently, the plastic and/or storage affected the paper adversely, because out of the plastic, this pad performed horribly, with even a fine nib/dry ink producing severe bleeding through. After a few hours in my house, I tried again, with much better results.Pros: the paper is very thin; normally, that's a bad thing, but in this case it was good because the paper holds ink well (in most cases) without feathering or bleeding. I used 3 nibs (18K medium, 18K fine, & 14K medium, all with no customization, with good results.Cons: the paper is very expensive, at 16 cents per page at the time of purchase. So I wanted to see how it fared with an "extreme" nib, a broad stub with customization. Not so well, with a slight amount of bleeding.Recommendation: this is a good paper for most common uses, but not so great at handling a broad nib. I recommend Rhodia pads, which are smoother, do not allow bleeding even with a broad nib, & are not cheap, but considerably cheaper per page than this Tomoe River paper (10 cents per page).
M**S
I know itâs expensive but itâs also unparalleled...
Iâve purchased many Tomoe River notebooks as well as other brands/paper. As a result of my purchases and my love of fountain pens- I only use 52gsm Tomoe River. This notebook is my favorite- there is no comparison- no other notebook lays flat like this notebook. The cover is somewhat hard- more like hard/flex. When I want a softer cover I peel one layer of the cover off and then collage the top so itâs pretty- I love that this is an option. I love these notebooks and I love that they are not the beastly size of the nanami notebooks which are also good but just too thick for my taste. The dot grid is not dark but more subtle and not a distraction but a pale guide. I know these are expensive but in my opinion VERY worth it and yes I used the word love several times but when you feel this strongly about something - is there a word more suitable? I think not.
D**D
Gorgeous!
I love this notebook. It's no-frills, that's for sure: No margins, and you have to number the pages yourself, but. The paper is gorgeous, it's sturdy (comes with a stiff clear plastic cover to protect it) and did I mention the paper? Wow.There's shadowing, to be sure, with paper this thin, but it's nothing you can't live with. No bleeding, no feathering. Also, if you like to sketch in pencil, go back over it in ink, and erase stray marks, be aware that -- did I mention this? -- the paper is thin. It will wrinkle in a heartbeat if you're not careful.Trivial in the scheme of things. I love this notebook. It has the most pages of any notebook of good quality that I could find, and I write a lot. Getting about two months to a notebook just was not cutting it for me. I'm hoping to get three out of this one.It is pricey, though. Whew! Double the price of my last one.
S**U
Gives breath-taking sheen!
This Tomoe Paper will be my only drawing paper when using fountain pen inks. I didn't know that so many of my inks have sheen, and I'm a biiiig fan of ink sheen.One thing to notice about these paper is that fountain pen ink takes significantly longer time to dry (depending on the ink flow, from minutes to an hour). But look at the beautiful sheen! Totally worth it!Pictures attached were both drawn with Sailor Jentle Ink Yama-Dori and Hero 616 fountain pen. The bookmark was picked up from a local Michaels, and the other ones were these Tomoe River. The ones with purple red sheen were taken under direct desklamp light.
K**K
Just what I needed!
This paper is amazing! So I like to write my friends letters, and like the nerds we are we like to write letters like we're in the 18th century, complete with letter locking and sealing with wax. We were having a heck of a time finding appropriate paper for many reasons. for one, the size was always a problem, as US standard paper sizes are wacky and just not right for folding a sheet in half so you have 4 leafs to write on. This paper is historically correct in terms of size, as it's a quarter sheet of paper (if one were to split an old fashioned full size of paper twice which is what they would have done). My only option for paper similar in size was to buy sheets of art paper, which is costly, and tear them down. The other problem was that in order to not get bleed through so bad you could not read the letter we needed fairly thick paper. As this is meant for calligraphy ink (pen and brush) that isn't much of a problem. All the while remaining thin enough to fold and place in an envelope (unfortunately we can not send the letters without a modern envelope as they are not a size the USPS will accept) without it being super bulky. I will purchase this again!
A**M
The best paper for letters.
It's the Tomoe, it's simply the best.
S**.
_DAS_ Papier
Das Tomoe River Papier ist eines der Lieblingspapiere vieler FĂŒllhalter-Freunde, da beinahe alle Tinten auf ihm ihre beste Seite zeigen, aufleuchten, shaden, es ist einfach eine Freude, auf ihm zu schreiben. Da es sehr dĂŒnn ist, scheint die Schrift auf die RĂŒckseite durch, allerdings ohne dass die Tinte direkt durchschlĂ€gt, sodass man dennoch gut beide Seiten verwenden kann.Schade, dass es in Europa kein vergleichbares Papier gibt. Die Papiere von Clairefontaine (Rhodia) sind zwar auf ihre Art auch erstklassig und auĂergewöhnlich, aber wesentlich dicker und daher fĂŒr andere Einsatzzwecke perfekt.Ich fertige mir aus den losen BlĂ€ttern Einlagen fĂŒr meine Midori Traveler Notebooks in der "Regular"- und der "Passport"-GröĂe, pro Monat ein Heft Ă 8 Blatt = 32 Seiten, wofĂŒr ich einfach einen Streifen von 7 x 21 cm abschneide, den Rest (ca. 22x21 cm) falze, ein festeres Papier als Umschlag verwende und mittels eines Langarmhefters alles zusammenhefte. Aus einem einzigen Block mit 100 Blatt kann ich somit gut 12 Einlagen bauen, das reicht fĂŒr ein ganzes Jahr.
C**H
DAS FĂŒllerpapier.
Tomoe River ist einfach DAS FĂŒllerpapier. Ich weiĂ nicht, was die Japaner da machen, wie sie es machen und warum anscheinend kein anderer es so macht. DAS IST ES!Egal, welche Tinte, welche Federbreite (auch Pilot Parallel ist kein Problem). Nichts schreibt durch, nichts franzt aus. Mir ist fast schon jeder Schreibfehler peinlich auf so perfektem Papier.Gut, zugegeben, es ist sehr dĂŒnn (Ă€hnlich wie das blaue Luftpostpapier, das es frĂŒher mal gab) und damit fĂŒr grobe Behandlung nicht gut geeignet. Und dunkle, breit geschriebene Tinten sieht man auf der RĂŒckseite durchscheinen (nicht durchschlagen, sondern nur gegen einen hellen Hintergrund durchleuchten). Aber ich habe kein anderes Papier, welches ich so bedenkenlos zweiseitig vollschreibe mit allen Federbreiten und allen Farben, die ich möchte. Und statt nur drei Bögen 80g oder 90g - Papier kann man 5 oder 6 Bögen zum Normalporto versenden (falls jemand 0,15⏠sparen muss).
F**B
Sans doute le meilleur papier au monde
A la recherche du Graal, beaucoup de "review" positives m'ont fait acheter ce papier. (livraison en 10j : impeccable)Celle de Matt Armstrong (PenHabit) aura fini d'abattre certains doutes. Je reste quand mĂȘme un peu sceptique. AprĂšs avoir Ă peu prĂšs tout essayer, du pire (autrefois au top) au presque pas mal en dotted, Ă chaque fois, on trouve une encre, une plume, l'association des deux qui ne va pas. Donc, par dĂ©pit, on se rĂ©signe Ă avoir 5 ou 6 marques de papiers diffĂ©rents que l'on utilisera avec certaines encres et certains stylos plutĂŽt que d'autres. Alors un papier de 56g...Eh bien, je ne sais pas si cela relĂšve de la magie ou de la prouesse technologique mais ce papier est une pure merveille. EssayĂ© avec du vintage flex ou non, du moderne ; plumes EF, F, MF, M, B, Stub, Ms, NM, acier ou or ; encres Pilot, Diamine, Sailor, Private Reserve, Pelikan (...) ; tout est absolument rendu Ă la perfection. Et pour traverser, il faut y aller fort. On peut donc l'utiliser recto-verso sans souci.La seule chose que l'on pourrait lui reprocher c'est d'ĂȘtre trop fin... :) Fallait bien mettre quelque chose de nĂ©gatif...Achetez-le sans hĂ©siter. 200 pages de bonheur (100 f) en perspective.NB : si vous rechercher ce papier en "bloc", un site aux USA le propose (PaperForFountainPens.com).
M**E
Tomoe River â 100 feuilles blanches unies A4â 52 g/mÂČ
Code ASIN : 4 909171 694109Les feuilles volantes sont conditionnĂ©es dans une pochette refermable finement pelliculĂ©e, transparente (crystal). Une feuille de garde de mĂȘme grammage prĂ©sente succinctement le produit, une autre lĂ©gĂšrement cartonnĂ©e soutient la liasse.La premiĂšre impression fut un Ă©tonnement quant Ă la faible Ă©paisseur du paquet, mĂȘme si jâĂ©tais consciente de la finesse du papier, une des particularitĂ©s de la marque.Les feuilles sont douces et lisses au toucher. Ah ! Ces mains curieuses et baladeuses ne peuvent sâempĂȘcher de les caresser (il faut bien trouver une excuse). En fait, ce geste est un rĂ©flexe Ă la vue de tous papiers (la fille qui sâenfonce !).TrĂšs fine, souple, particuliĂšrement nerveuse, la Tomoe River est extrĂȘmement sensible aux manipulations, la marquant facilement. Elle est donc Ă prendre avec grand soin. Mais elle est solide, ne se dĂ©chire pas pour autant sans raison apparente. Quant Ă sa blancheur, je la trouve toute relative, une fois comparĂ©e Ă une Clairalfa plus blanche. Cela mâa déçu dans la mesure oĂč je prĂ©fĂšre une mise en valeur, par un contraste maximal des encres par rapport au papier.La surface est trĂšs lisse et dĂ©licieusement lustrĂ©e. Je mâattendais Ă une glisse exceptionnelle. Si elle sâavĂšre des plus honorables, je lâai sentie moins prononcĂ©e par rapport Ă du papier français de haut grammage. Ce qui influe probablement sur le rĂ©sultat des sensations.Une chose est manifeste : une encre des plus fluides (J. Herbin) ne fuse pas. Lorsque dâordinaire elle sâĂ©tale empĂątant les tracĂ©s, ceux laissĂ©s sur la feuille Tomoe River semblent ĂȘtre contenus. Comme si une barriĂšre les entoure. Lâeffet est homogĂšne. Jâai pu remarquer un peu dâombrage avec une encre qui dâordinaire est assez rĂ©servĂ©e sur ce point. Les contours des sillons sont plus nets et donnent un certain relief visuel aux Ă©crits. Lâeffet me sidĂšre agrĂ©ablement.Lâencre ne transperce pas la feuille. La lisibilitĂ© des Ă©crits est prĂ©servĂ©e, dâun recto Ă un verso du papier. Jâutilise des plumes extra-fine europĂ©enne et medium-fine japonaise Ă encrage de moyenne intensitĂ©. La qualitĂ© du papier est identique, que ce soit aux rectos comme aux versos. Ce qui nâest pas toujours le cas pour dâautres marques.La transparence du papier permet une trĂšs bonne visibilitĂ© Ă travers un guide-lignes.La feuille Tomoe River est indomptable : trĂšs fine, souple et nerveuse, elle sâĂ©croule entre les doigts. Jâaime Ă©couter son bruissement, ses notes claquent, aussi aigues que la dĂ©licatesse et la lĂ©gĂšretĂ© la caractĂ©risent.Quinze euro la centaine coupent court Ă la poĂ©sie. Mais le baptĂȘme « Tomoe River » a enfin eu lieu. Il faut bien redescendre sur terre. Jâen tire un avantage lors de lâaffranchissement des correspondances.Afin de prĂ©server ce trĂ©sor de performances papetiĂšres, jâai dĂ» renforcer le dessous du paquet avec un carton plus Ă©pais. Lâemballage pelliculĂ© est trĂšs fragile. DĂ©jĂ dessoudĂ© sur un cĂŽtĂ© et dĂ©chirĂ© par endroit, des bandes adhĂ©sives ont Ă©tĂ© posĂ©es.Tomoe River est une des marques les plus apprĂ©ciĂ©es des amoureux de stylos-plumes. Je me devais de la connaĂźtre : sa rĂ©putation est Ă la hauteur de cet enthousiasme.Edit : DeuxiĂšme commande effectuĂ©e pour moins de dix euros, c'est dĂ©jĂ beaucoup mieux ;-)
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