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Quantum Sailor
August 5th, 2014, 06:10 PM
I use a ton of composition books and so I tend to go for the cheap ones rather than the more expensive. Turns out some of the 50 cent back to school ones aren't that great for fountain pens but I have found a brand called yoobi at target (note I don't work for either one) that seems to work well they are like 2.50 where I'm from. Here's a sample I was using a sailor sapporo with shin - kai ink. There is a little feedback from the paper while writing but not much. 13170

You can see a little bit of the page underneath but it doesn't seem to actually bleed through the back any more than a sharpie pen did.

Oh and as an added bonus they donate one notebook to under supplied classrooms in the U.S. for every one you buy.

Sorry about the picture size I chose a smaller one but it seems to be huge, I don't know how to edit that....

jadehawk
August 5th, 2014, 09:16 PM
Nice I may swing by target and pic one out for practice material... The picture came out just fine in the iPad..

inlovewithjournals
August 6th, 2014, 08:06 AM
Love Composition Books. Good to know this brand is fountain pen friendly. Thanks!

Shockdub
August 7th, 2014, 06:22 PM
I think it looks good as long as you use a fine nib. Your handwriting looks more on the small side, but it is a bargain nonetheless!

Nomdeplume
August 7th, 2014, 07:28 PM
Dollar stores sometimes have composition books "made in Brazil"....the Brazilian paper is very friendly!

TMac
August 7th, 2014, 07:41 PM
Dollar Tree sells composition books made in India. I just picked one up and it performs better IMO than the Brazilian paper. It does not feel as smooth however.

GING GING
August 7th, 2014, 08:11 PM
I use a ton of composition books and so I tend to go for the cheap ones rather than the more expensive. Turns out some of the 50 cent back to school ones aren't that great for fountain pens but I have found a brand called yoobi at target (note I don't work for either one) that seems to work well they are like 2.50 where I'm from. Here's a sample I was using a sailor sapporo with shin - kai ink. There is a little feedback from the paper while writing but not much. 13170

You can see a little bit of the page underneath but it doesn't seem to actually bleed through the back any more than a sharpie pen did.

Oh and as an added bonus they donate one notebook to under supplied classrooms in the U.S. for every one you buy.

Sorry about the picture size I chose a smaller one but it seems to be huge, I don't know how to edit that....

Never trust anyone who writes something in English and you still can't understand it

ac12
August 7th, 2014, 08:50 PM
If you don't mine spiral bound notebooks, Staples had/has them for 17 cents each (made in Brazil).
I bought 30 of them.

mrcharlie
August 9th, 2014, 01:37 PM
After last year's back to school season at Target, I bought about a dozen Tops college rule composition books. They say "Made in Vietnam" and work really well for such a cheap book (I think they are selling for $0.50 right now). There is no bleed through on most inks, but a little with some inks especially at punctuation marks or other especially wet places.

Here are some images from a book I'm using to record what ink samples look like.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/mistercharlie/fpgeeks/TopsNoodlerspage_zps004b6256.jpg~original (http://s96.photobucket.com/user/mistercharlie/media/fpgeeks/TopsNoodlerspage_zps004b6256.jpg.html)

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/mistercharlie/fpgeeks/TopsDeAtramentispage_zps8523c171.jpg~original (http://s96.photobucket.com/user/mistercharlie/media/fpgeeks/TopsDeAtramentispage_zps8523c171.jpg.html)

Thumbs to the reverse to see the bleed if you want; click through to see the full size image.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/mistercharlie/fpgeeks/th_TopsDeAtramentispagereverse_zps1f336e56.jpg (http://s96.photobucket.com/user/mistercharlie/media/fpgeeks/TopsDeAtramentispagereverse_zps1f336e56.jpg.html)

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/mistercharlie/fpgeeks/th_TopsNoodlerspagereverse_zps034b8ae0.jpg (http://s96.photobucket.com/user/mistercharlie/media/fpgeeks/TopsNoodlerspagereverse_zps034b8ae0.jpg.html)

Quantum Sailor
August 9th, 2014, 11:10 PM
Those turned out really well in the tops book. Might have been the lamy ink I was using when I tried it. It just didn't work how I wanted it to. I'll have to try again because you can't beat 50 cents.

As for the stuff on the page I showed that's actually math if you can believe it, so english may be a loose term for it lol.

jacksterp
August 10th, 2014, 01:47 PM
Looks very nice.

I see essentially no feathering even when slightly magnified.

A good inexpensive composition book.

betsypreston
August 10th, 2014, 01:51 PM
Dollar Tree sells composition books made in India. I just picked one up and it performs better IMO than the Brazilian paper. It does not feel as smooth however.

I got one of these yesterday. My test with a Visconti with a "M" nib and Diamine Salamander ink had a lot of showthru and a little bleedthru. No way would I be able to use both sides of the paper.

YMMV.