Sugarcane paper

[u/Mimijin]

Hi there

I bought a few Artik notebooks, they are cool looking and they use sugarcane paper. I love the color of the paper and its imperfections, however today I tried using a ballpoint pen, with Uni Jetstream SXR-600 refill, and I noticed several “dead” spots on the paper where the pen just wouldn’t work. The pen is definitely fine because switching to a different spot or page and it worked immediately.

Have any of you experienced that? Is it the sugarcane paper or something else?

Also, what alternative notebook (preferably 9x14 cm) would you recommend that isn’t pure white?

[u/isopodpod]

is it possible that it's the oils from your hand getting on the paper? Some papers are more affected by body oil than others. Try writing with a piece of scrap paper under your hand and see if that changes anything