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Pinkys.Brain
July 23rd, 2012, 06:46 PM
Time for my first review. It is a semi handwritten one, so excuse the little smudges. They are not a fault of the paper but of me being a lefty m(_ _)m

Maruman Mnemosyne ring notebook, 5mm ruling

The writing/ruled part is 13x21 cm. I bought the notebook with 5mm ruling but there is also a blank version. The grid is only printed on one side of the sheets and the pages have a perforated line for ripping out the pages -> as the name suggests its main purpose is for writing little notes.
The paper is a little beige with a dash of greyish green and I would say it is about 80g/mē. There is some showthrough, no bleedthrough, and almost no feathering - I have the feeling that there is less feathering than with my 90g/mē Clairefontain paper! The paper is as smooth but not as smooth as Clairefontaine.

The have a pretty strong cardboard back so you use it even when there is no table available.
Did I mention that it looks pretty nice ^_^

Price of admission: 525 yen for 70 sheets, so it is on the expensive side.
Would I buy it again: Nice for business meetings, but too expensive for everyday writing.

Text written with a Kaweco Sport Classic with an 90's M nib (wetness: 5-6/10)

The front:
http://i49.tinypic.com/jb2075.jpg

Ruled on only one side:
http://i45.tinypic.com/1418mk4.jpg

Mainly written with a wet Kaweco Sport, 90's M nib):
http://i46.tinypic.com/33m8zlt.jpg

Comparison with a Clairefontaine 90g/mē school notebook:
http://i45.tinypic.com/2rf7rjc.jpg

Two close-ups
http://i49.tinypic.com/121v87t.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/3492ogw.jpg

Backside: showthrough, but no bleedthrough:
http://i48.tinypic.com/nb3yip.jpg

Bogon07
July 23rd, 2012, 11:46 PM
Thanks for the review Pinkys.Brain.
The grid colour is nice an unobtrusive and probably a good idea they did bother to print on both sides.
Could be easily used in either portrait or landscape too.

I might see if the Sydney Kinokuniya has some, although they often double the price of Japanese stationary.

Pinkys.Brain
July 24th, 2012, 01:18 AM
I forgot to mention that there are also versions with the ring binding on the left side. But since I am left-handed I opted for the top-binding version.

They can also be found at Jetpens.com (http://www.jetpens.com/Maruman-Mnemosyne-Notebooks/ct/765), but they don't come cheap.

KrazyIvan
July 24th, 2012, 08:55 AM
Looks interesting. I still need to go through one more Rhodia #16 Dotpad and I will be hunting for a new work task list notebook. Maybe.

Pinkys.Brain
August 5th, 2012, 12:22 AM
Just found out that Brad Dowdy reviewed the Mnemosyne, too:
http://penaddict.com/blog/2009/5/13/review-maruman-mnemosyne-inspiration-notebook.html

Brilliant Bill
September 20th, 2016, 04:05 PM
I just got a few notebooks with this paper.

To the touch, it may be the smoothest paper I've ever felt. Writing feels like walking in a few inches of freshly fallen, powdery snow -- unlike anything I've experienced before with a fountain pen.

Lady Onogaro
September 20th, 2016, 06:29 PM
I picked up one of their little jot pads for my to-do list, and I like it very much. The only problem is that the paper is ruled on only one side. I guess that gives the writer some flexibility in the way the pad is used, but I would have preferred a pad that is ruled the same on both sides. Considering how expensive it was at $10, I would expect it would be more if it was ruled on both sides.

http://www.jetpens.com/Maruman-Mnemosyne-To-Do-Notepad-Long-3.3-X-6-Special-Rule-Perforations-50-Sheets/pd/4788

I see that Jetpens no longer carries it--maybe this factor plus the expense is why.

Sherbst
February 23rd, 2017, 02:24 PM
The Mnemosyne are by far my favorite notebooks

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