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cwent2 (September 27th, 2013)
Cw
“Life is short, Break the Rules.
Forgive quickly, Kiss SLOWLY.
Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably
And never regret ANYTHING
That makes you smile.”
― Mark Twain
fiberdrunk thanks again for posting the information about this paper! And cwent2 appreciate your additional writing sample and confirmation of the paper's qualities, as well.
I got a ream of this today, and can confirm the paper's FP friendliness. Even my wettest nibs (no European broad nibs, FYI) showed no bleed-through! While there is show-through it's not the annoying kind of heavy show-through. The paper puckers a wee bit from the ink in the wettest spots. Backside is totally writeable, and causes no illegibility in the reading of either side.
At first, the paper felt so much like regular copy paper I pulled two other 20# papers from my office closet to compare: a Donmar 20# FSC "office" paper and another Staples 20# 100% recycled paper. The latter bled through like crazy even with the finest, dryest nib. The Donmar was a surprise and performed with only one hint of bleeding using a wet Levenger True Writer F inked with Sailor Grenade. Well, neither here nor there, because the Donmar is used exclusively in my printer. I just never knew how FP friendly it was before today!
The Staples Sustainable Earth 20#: no bleed-through, very pleasant to write on. Smooth but not "premium" smooth. Just kind of innocuously smooth. Definitely am going to use this paper to make notepads!
Cheers,
Julie
Here's my scan of the Staples Sustainable Earth. The show-through is not as noticeable as seen in the scan. (Scanners are wonderfully sensitive, aren't they?)
Last edited by jde; November 5th, 2013 at 05:38 PM. Reason: To add scanned image
@jde
I do not have a nib larger than medium unless you count my Speedball dip nibs. I did put down a few blobs of ink and let it set for a bit and it resulted in " The paper puckers a wee bit from the ink in the wettest spots." as you stated and I quote here. Overall I came to the same conclusion - I will be, and have made a couple of Madori Style - size notepads/books for the Madori Traveler style notebook I made.
Just a note the scan I did the blank area on the left is running it through the copier print side up - to show there was no bleed through or ghosting of the sample on the right side.
Hope it was useful
Cw
Cw
“Life is short, Break the Rules.
Forgive quickly, Kiss SLOWLY.
Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably
And never regret ANYTHING
That makes you smile.”
― Mark Twain
This is a heads up. Staples is having a "Daily Deal" today (11/19/13). This paper is $19.95 for a case for today only. Free shipping, too. This is the cheapest I've ever seen it.
Last edited by fiberdrunk; November 19th, 2013 at 09:47 PM.
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jde (November 19th, 2013)
I'm glad you were able to get some. I wasn't sure if the link would work or not. Did you get free shipping with it? That's what the email said, but when I called Staples to order, they told me it was only free shipping for orders over $40. But then they messed up my rewards card, and so gave me free shipping anyway for all the trouble. I couldn't resist ordering when it was this cheap. Now if the Sustainable Earth composition books would go on sale for $1 again... I missed that last time.
Last edited by fiberdrunk; November 19th, 2013 at 09:47 PM.
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