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ZenHeathen 🇨🇦progresspride_flag @ZenHeathen@beige.party
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I have a little which was bought for a joke based on its cover. I wrote in it today because it was nearby. 😲😀 The paper is amazing. A regular, garbage ballpoint pen feels like gold on silk.

I don't want to have to buy more of these particular notebooks (bad price) to get more of that
. Assuming the makers won't want to tell me how to not buy their product,

How can I find out what's special about this paper?
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Scuttlebutt 🇨🇦 @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@ZenHeathen

Re little, cover joke etc : Was it a "Tiny Farts Diary" or maybe a Field Notes?

Re paper type : Is it a smooth and not porous feeling? You might want to try some laser printer paper
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ZenHeathen 🇨🇦progresspride_flag @ZenHeathen@beige.party
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@scuttlebutt It's this product.
classycards.ca/products/fucking-adult-notebook

I write on printer/copier paper frequently. This is different. In fact, I wrote on a piece of copy paper
on this paper, and it still felt better, right through it.

It feels like maybe double the weight/thickness of copy paper, and I can feel a very slight texture.
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Scuttlebutt 🇨🇦 @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@ZenHeathen Site says 60 pound text, which is 24 bond I think.

Interesting that writing on copy paper with this notebook paper underneath felt better. Perhaps look into a leather or similar desk writing pad to put under your copy paper to try that out? I have a small pu leather (aka fake leather) one that I use.

The stationery rabbit hole can go a long ways down.
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ZenHeathen 🇨🇦progresspride_flag @ZenHeathen@beige.party
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@scuttlebutt Yeah, when I realized that earlier, I starting thinking to just cut out a dozen pages of this notebook and staple them together or something, to slide under the page of any cheap notebook to get the feel...
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Scuttlebutt 🇨🇦 @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@ZenHeathen Writing boards are a thing too. Some are hard, some are softer.

www.jetpens.com/Kyoei-Orions-Kiwami-Shitajiki-Writing-Board-B6-Grid/pd/40817
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ZenHeathen 🇨🇦progresspride_flag @ZenHeathen@beige.party
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@scuttlebutt I want to be more portable. Something I can slip right into another notebook would be the only way I'd want to do this, other than actually having the better paper.
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Scuttlebutt 🇨🇦 @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@ZenHeathen Writing boards go in the notebook, under the page you want to write on.
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ZenHeathen 🇨🇦progresspride_flag @ZenHeathen@beige.party
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@scuttlebutt Oh, I thought you were talking about something like a desk blotter. I'll go check that link.
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Scuttlebutt 🇨🇦 @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@ZenHeathen I realize this is going in a different direction from your request to find more inexpensive options with that kind of paper you like.

I've read that some of the composition notebooks and loose paper made in Vietnam is fountain pen friendly and good value.

No idea if that will meet your needs or if you can find it easily, but if you do it could be a cheap thing to try.
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ZenHeathen 🇨🇦progresspride_flag @ZenHeathen@beige.party
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@scuttlebutt Thanks.
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Scuttlebutt 🇨🇦 @scuttlebutt@farticle.cloud
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@ZenHeathen I should put my pens back together (cleaned them before I left on a trip in April) and get scribbling again.

I've more than enough different kinds of paper here that I obtained when I took a trip down the paper rabbit hole, but I do still fondle and run my fingers on the paper of random composition books I pass by in the drug store, grocery store, etc.
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ZenHeathen 🇨🇦progresspride_flag @ZenHeathen@beige.party
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@scuttlebutt Are there other names writing boards go by? I'm having trouble finding more than a couple of options, and wondering if I can spread my search wider.
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ZenHeathen 🇨🇦progresspride_flag @ZenHeathen@beige.party
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@scuttlebutt Aha! Now I see more. Thanks.
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