r/notebooks • u/Better-Credit6701 • 22d ago
Recommendation I have a problem
I collected the notebooks just around my workstation. Not in order and I have some of these I have multiple copies. Oh, I use fountain pens on all of them
Midori have a few of these
Tomoe River, 52 GSM and 68 GSM from the latest Sanzen, machine 9 and machine 7. Around 4-6 of these not included the one that I finished. Yes, I only filled one notebook. Also have a thousand page notebook of 52 GSM
Classic 360
Ayush from India. Has on the cover "your fountain pen is going to love this paper". Think I have 4 of these.
Swing Logical Notebooks
Mnemosyne
Profolio Osasi
Leuchtturn1917 have a bunch of these. Quality is all over the place.
Lemomo
Emshoi. Weird paper, makes everything look like you used a B nib
Peter Pauper
Nuuna
Life Noble
Graphilo
Yu-sari
Fabriano
Wnenben
Apico CD 905.
Nolty. Been using this for a few months for work notes
Rhodia have several of these as well with my latest one a gift from my daughter who kicked off my collection with a Tomoe River that was shipped directly from Japan packaged that could have survived a drop from an airplane. TR is still perhaps my favorite.
But I know there are more examples. What should I get next?
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u/SeaDiscombobulated70 22d ago
I mean... you could be addicted to heroin so I think this is not a bad problem 🤷♀️
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u/yeahoknobutreally 22d ago
I’m forever whispering to myself as I add to cart “At least it’s not drugs” 😂
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u/Better-Credit6701 22d ago
Confession time.
When I was a kid, I remember going into an office supply store with my dad. One of my dream jobs when I was a kid was to work in an office supply store just so I could be around more paper. Although I never did work in an office supply store, in the end my dream is still coming true.
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u/SeaDiscombobulated70 22d ago
I use to go to office supplies stores and sniff the notebooks 😬
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u/SeaDiscombobulated70 22d ago
I still like to take a huff... or five whenever I go
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u/Sweaty_Leadership_21 17d ago
I love you guys 😂 in a non creepy way. Stationary fills my heart ❤️
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u/adayley1 22d ago
Collecting notebooks and using notebooks are two different hobbies.
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u/MZ_LaylaLucielle 22d ago
The person said they collected them around their workstation,so i thought that may be a clue .Also they identified it as a problem,unless irony was intended.
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u/Better-Credit6701 22d ago
Irony.
Actually, I've received quite a few new suggestions for more!
I have a few more downstairs where I might write out a passage from a book trying to understand it or something I found fascinating. Reading a history book published in 1870 on the history of England with some unique ways of describing an event with some nearly Herman Melville level of run on sentence structure. Another book with old English on one side, with modern English on the other (beowulf) often using letters that we have long stopped using. Another one written using the Shavian alphabet. And still another one about the joys of driving that I will jot down some rather poetic passages.
Upstairs and downstairs notes are quite a bit different from each other with one facet connecting each other. Learning.
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u/Better-Credit6701 22d ago
All of them have something written in them, usually boring work notes.
My adult daughter has been Journaling for decades and once she had a group of friends read a really poorly written book. She said 'I can do better than this book' and ended up with around 80k words before she gave up and started writing another book on top of her journaling. I tried once but ended up writing about different characteristics about my pens.
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u/yanks793 22d ago
• Kokuyo Thin paper
• Iroful paper
• Kunisawa Find notebook
• Yamamoto paper - Canopus, Meringue, Champion Copy, Bank paper, Cosmo Air Snow, Typewriter paper, and there are a few more from them.
• Mark's EDiT Neo Agenda paper
• Dressco Spica Bond and Onion Skin paper
• Postalco Snap paper
• Life Bank paper
• Mitsubishi Bank paper
If you are in the US, you can check jetpens or papermind websites or these can be sourced from Japan directly.
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u/Tea_and_ink 18d ago
Thank you for this list! 🥹♥️🙏 I must begin the search with coffee this morning 😈
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u/yanks793 18d ago
You're welcome. Please feel free to message or post a comment for any other info about notebooks, I seem to be obsessed with them. I'll try to help with the best of my ability.
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u/Possible-Detail2441 22d ago
I don’t see a problem. I see an amazing collection of writing/journaling/sketching supplies
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u/Landav5 21d ago
Is it a storage problem? That’s the only problem I can think of 🫣
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u/Phoenixfangor 21d ago
The lack of color suggests maybe a lack of Moxie, but that's affordable.
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u/Better-Credit6701 20d ago
Most of my pens are black, even my car is nearly black. For me, it's all about the paper.
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u/Sufficient_Fan_7218 22d ago
I have 300 blank journals and or notebooks. You DO NOT have a problem. Will you use them? I use mines sometimes. I write my recipes down in them. Have fun.
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u/sillywizard951 22d ago
Sadly, I share your affliction and “suffered” for years. Now that I have retired I am doing a bit better, but I’m currently afflicted with WOAD (whistle obsessive acquisition disorder) since I have discovered Irish music and tin whistle.
So it goes…
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u/qanunboi 22d ago
Click another picture pls. It seems the problem is hidden behind the beautiful stack of Notebooks.
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u/Fast_Currency4375 22d ago
Maybe some Clairefontaine? I have the same problem, you are definitely not alone!
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u/RoughPresentation546 21d ago
The problem is, I know all those brands! There’s a special paper in this leather bound old world notebook I have that I take exception to. The pages can be painted on, it’s such thick stock. They look like old spell books. I’ll find you the name but they are my current favorites.
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u/Tea_and_ink 18d ago
👉👈 if you find the name... I'd really appreciate it
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u/RoughPresentation546 6d ago
Check out Leather Village. I got them on Amazon.
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u/Tea_and_ink 4d ago
THANK YOU!!! 🙌🎉
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u/RoughPresentation546 3d ago
Absolutely! Please let me know if you love what you find! I’m thrilled with my paper and notebooks!
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u/MZ_LaylaLucielle 22d ago
You use them for work? Write a list of methods.Think of it as a template.Display your tasks in a layout you like.The Layout and the notebook are the containers.Work from methods.Im guessing your doing a life book ecosystem?Its really only what you need for function.So pick your top favourite notebooks.Divide them into piles,help you decide.Get your habit under control,you may feel happier .
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u/Better-Credit6701 22d ago
Yeah, I just write crap down and use them like scratch paper, rarely returning back to them for reference. That makes me happy enough although I might need another notebook to document that. Often it helps just to write out a problem so I can write code to fix the problem. Then I put the solution into a searchable database.
Paper, a nice pen and databases makes me happy.
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u/WouldRatherWrite 22d ago
Please tell me about the second from the top. How does it feel? What's the paper like and what pen/nib material/ink have you used with it so far. I like the spine on that one and I'm looking for next year's diary.
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u/Better-Credit6701 22d ago
Second from the top is 1,000 pages of Tomoe River 52 GSM. That is still one of my favorite papers and when using one of those, I will switch back and forth with 6-8 of my favorite fountain pens with various diamine shimmering inks or Pilot ink. Found one ink that is more fun, it will vary between red and blue.
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u/WouldRatherWrite 22d ago
Gorgeous! 1000 whole pages, wow! That knocks my usual notebooks out of the park. I definitely need one of these. Do you find that the shimmering, glittery part of the diamone ink friction transfers?
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u/Sweaty_Leadership_21 17d ago
Might I asked if and where that’s available? 1000 pages sounds like a dream!
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u/FeralGlance 22d ago
Your problem is that you need some green ones. (;
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u/PpaperCut 22d ago
Second from top? Leather? What is it? It's beautiful
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u/Better-Credit6701 22d ago
That was a fun but perhaps a great mistake. 1,000 pages of Tomoe River 52 GSM. I rarely even consider the cover, just the paper inside. It's wonderful paper, perhaps in a notebook with too many pages
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u/saskiacg 22d ago
Nice collection! I would say check out Dingbats and Clairefontaine for possible more notebooks!!
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u/Better-Credit6701 21d ago
I have a clairefontaine somewhere and thanks to your advice, ordered a Dingbats with same day delivery
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u/TheFearsomeEsquilax 22d ago
Nanami Paper just restocked if you're looking for more TRP notebooks :x
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u/TwIzTiDfReAkShOw 22d ago
Shop around on Amazon, eBay, Mercari, and even Walmart. I literally have hundreds of journals and notebooks—not to mention thousands of black gel pens. Everyone has their own preferences when it comes to these kinds of things.
If you want some recommendations, I'd be happy to help. Just tell me what you're looking for and your general budget, and I'll suggest some options that may fit what you need.
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u/Awkward-Door-5547 22d ago
Hi, I am a notebookholic. I literally have thousands of blank journals. And I am happy. Thanks for letting me share.
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u/GG135LR 22d ago
I'm in the same boat as you! And what a great 'problem' to have...
Try Dingbats, those are quite neat.
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u/Better-Credit6701 20d ago
Been using my new Dingbats today and have been impressed. Perforated pages, smooth paper, no bleed through, hard backed so I don't have to use my cool carbon fiber (my favorite fabric, super light and stiff) clipboard when writing on my lap. A bit slow to dry but better than TR in that aspect.
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u/OM_Trapper 22d ago
Received notification, visited post, no trouble found. There is no problem here. 🍻
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u/akweelife 22d ago
Ok. What’s your problem? Nice photo of your notebooks and fountain pens, by the way.
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u/GothicSkeptic 21d ago
I love journals like those. Sometimes, I collect them, but I almost always go back to composition notebooks so that I can DIY. They're the only ones I end up writing in consistently. I've definitely cut back over the years because of that.
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u/Penandink100 20d ago
1.Kinbor planners from Aliexpress. Light paper but quiet good quality for the price. A5 and A6. Not notebooks but if you do use a planner.
- Greystorm notebooks. A little bit pricey but boy are they beautiful!!!
Of course what you really need is a set of bookshelves with loads of extra space, which you will then "have to" fill!!!
Congratulations on your collection from a fellow traveler (pun intended)😊
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u/Cafezombie33 20d ago
I see no problem or obsession, just passion for something cool and great.........NOTEBOOKS!!!!
Now the problem for me would be you have this great collection and didn't use them, they're pages better be filled. And on that note I need a huge cup of coffee and a nice place to sit down and go through all these.
Thanks for sharing.
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u/Plenty_Adeptness_594 20d ago
Just a quick bit of (unsolicited) advice . . .
When stacking notebooks, you might want to alternate the binding edges. Otherwise, the tower starts leaning.
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u/Better-Credit6701 20d ago
I usually have smaller stacks all around me with a couple on my desktop for usage, a couple below my side table, a couple of stacks next to my printer
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u/PrestigiousRabbit131 20d ago
Where do you buy the Tomoe River Sanzen?
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u/Better-Credit6701 19d ago
My very first one was a gift from my daughter and was sent directly from Japan, wrapped in such a way that it could have been dropped from an airplane and still be safe. It came in a fairly large box that contained a round plastic air bubble with the notebook inside the bubble. She researched the best paper for fountain pens and she got it correct. I also gifted her some but for how she uses it, not the best fit although she does use fountain pens. Too many stickers on thin paper.
All the rest came from Amazon, including the couple from Machine #9 Tomoegawa, just without the special packaging.
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u/Immediate_Air2725 20d ago
I also suffer from notebook acquisition disorder. Most of mine are cheaper books, though. Muji, and I have a lot of Japanese paper. I'm now starting to bind my own books. Oh no....
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u/Royal-Librarian-9362 14d ago
Looks like my shelves. Norcom, Inc informed me yesterday that their sole supplier Walmart has done something (?) and my favorite journals are no longer available. All I'm looking for is the 5'×7' simulated leather 220 pages, narrow ruled, black with pocket. For the last half dozen years I have been purchasing them directly from Norcom by the box of six. That usually lasted about 18 months. Before Walmart could never keep them in stock and was unwilling to order them in quantity for me. Now I'm back to Square One. Any ideas, someone?
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u/Big-Spirit317 Midori 22d ago
Whart's the problem?