When I first started my journey on fountain pens, I was still a student. And being a student, I tend to write a lot and would need to stock up on paper and notebooks, however I was shocked at how much fountain pen friendly paper cost! When I was still using rollerball and gel pens, I would normally get cheap paper that cost less than $7 for 5 – 70 Sheets A4 pads. But they are not fountain pen friendly and have massive bleedthrough and feathering, and thus i started my quest on searching for cheap, affordable paper and notebooks for everyday use. Many people recommend getting Rhodia pads, however they are not very cheap here in Singapore. As I can write up to as much as 20 pages a day, Rhodia is just not an option for a poor student like me. The search for affordable paper, started my craze over paper! Unknowingly I have accumulated over 1000 sheets of B5 paper and notebooks, and at least 400 sheets of A5 paper and notebooks. And thus, today, I would like to share about paper and notebooks which are student- and also fountain pen-friendly! All notebooks and papers are tested with the […]
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