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This doesn't work like that in fountain pen users' universe. The good notebooks change the behavior of the pen and the ink a lot, and you want to write things y

This doesn't work like that in fountain pen users' universe. The good notebooks change the behavior of the pen and the ink a lot, and you want to write things you want to save on these notebooks. When written, and finished, a notebook written with your favorite inks and fountain pens become an art piece for yourself, and you want to write something you want to return to. If it was about money, I'd be using a nice rollerball with a nice refill and run of the mill or recycled paper. It's akin to liking vinyls, you want it for the experience, and spend time with it. I have the same experience with the author. I use my fancy notebooks for diaries and software projects (like lab notebooks). Daily notes go to cheap notebooks with decent papers, and written with the best behaving, easily replaceable inks with easily replaceable pens. When these notebooks end, they're scanned, converted to PDFs, and then shredded for recycling.

egypturnash 4y ago
Maybe in your universe, not in mine. I use nice notebooks and nice fountain pens for the most banal shit. I can afford to go through a few $30 journals per year even if they're filled up with nothing but my daily to-do lists. Whatever works though.
- bayindirh 4y ago
  I don't know what $30 gets there, but I don't mind to use a Rhodia block or notebook for most banal things. Also, while they don't leave the desk much, most of my nicest fountain pens are also in rotation. However, my hand-bound leather notebooks are reserved for design and journal work only, and written with archival inks most of the time.
iLoveOncall 4y ago
My father actually collects fountain pen, he got published many times in fountain pen related magazines and he is no doubt in the top 100 collectors in the world, and top 1-5 for specific brands. He never has expressed anything about the quality of paper. Actually, he takes his notes on whatever is available, which often means the back of an envelope lying around and otherwise printer paper. I have never seen him use a notebook actually, let alone an expensive one.
- dunefox 4y ago
  Note taking isn't writing.
- bayindirh 4y ago
  You're very lucky. I wish I had a chance to chat with your father. I also collect fountain pens, but not with that laser focus. He probably has a favorite ink to use with his fountain pens, since inks change both a pen's behavior and their interaction changes from paper to paper. There's a list of popular, run of the mill inks which work very well with lower quality paper. I also use these inks with my daily driver pens and notebooks, since they're easy to maintain, looks nice, and works with almost any notebook out there. However I had some notebooks which were not writable unless you use a gel, ballpoint or some rollerballs. Fountain pen ink just stayed as little droplets and never dried on them.

egypturnash 4y ago

Maybe in your universe, not in mine. I use nice notebooks and nice fountain pens for the most banal shit. I can afford to go through a few $30 journals per year even if they're filled up with nothing but my daily to-do lists. Whatever works though.

bayindirh 4y ago
I don't know what $30 gets there, but I don't mind to use a Rhodia block or notebook for most banal things. Also, while they don't leave the desk much, most of my nicest fountain pens are also in rotation. However, my hand-bound leather notebooks are reserved for design and journal work only, and written with archival inks most of the time.

iLoveOncall 4y ago

My father actually collects fountain pen, he got published many times in fountain pen related magazines and he is no doubt in the top 100 collectors in the world, and top 1-5 for specific brands. He never has expressed anything about the quality of paper. Actually, he takes his notes on whatever is available, which often means the back of an envelope lying around and otherwise printer paper. I have never seen him use a notebook actually, let alone an expensive one.

dunefox 4y ago
Note taking isn't writing.
bayindirh 4y ago
You're very lucky. I wish I had a chance to chat with your father. I also collect fountain pens, but not with that laser focus. He probably has a favorite ink to use with his fountain pens, since inks change both a pen's behavior and their interaction changes from paper to paper. There's a list of popular, run of the mill inks which work very well with lower quality paper. I also use these inks with my daily driver pens and notebooks, since they're easy to maintain, looks nice, and works with almost any notebook out there. However I had some notebooks which were not writable unless you use a gel, ballpoint or some rollerballs. Fountain pen ink just stayed as little droplets and never dried on them.