In Search of Fountain Pen Friendly Paper - Traveler's Company MD Paper Refill

[@TheAnalogLeftie]

what are your go to fountain pen friendly papers? do you have any recommendations for this newbie? 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@loukios]

Love your process, very similar to mine. Being a leftie myself, I have the same smudging/“reactivating” issue you discovered. I also live in a hot country, which makes things even less ideal. Fountain pen friendly a paper is coated and less absorbent than other papers, which means that more of the dye dries on the page and not in the fibers. Because of that reason, i don’t see how this issue can be overcome with anything less than what you suggested yourself (waterproof ink and absorbent paper). I have come to learn how to work around it and embrace it as part of my writing experience. From the paper you have in the states, Rhodia is a good choice for me, as the ink dries faster than on Clairefontaine or Tomoe River. Hope this helps! Thanks for another great video, and hope you keep writing.

[@TheAnalogLeftie]

you’re so right, i don’t experience smudging on “normal” paper but the ink bleeds and feathers because of it being more absorbent. i haven’t tried rhodia, i’ll look into it. thank you for the suggestion and for watching!

[@DarkSide3211]

Hey! I just recently found your channel and I love your insights. I've also started my fountain pen journey for 3 weeks now. I got a fine tip Lamy Safari pink cliff and all I had was this journal notebook that I had from the big box stores. The smudging was insane especially on my Lamy Mango Ink. So now Im looking for good places to get good paper/notebooks Let's have this journey together!

[@TheAnalogLeftie]

@@DarkSide3211 hello! if you want to try MD Paper, you can try out this passport size refill even if you don’t have a traveler’s notebook. it might be a cheaper option to start out this way instead of fully committing to a full size Midori MD notebook. thank you for watching and best of luck to both of us in this fun journey! 😊

[@torres870rem]

Dollar tree notebooks are inexpensive. That is expensive.