I’m going to try to get the Moleskines shipped out this week, and get the promised “long term” review of the Clairefontaine “Basics” notebook up in some fashion or form.
I hope it’s understandable that I’ve had some extenuating circumstances over the past couple of weeks that took priority over everything else.
After getting into fountain pens as a hobby, I discovered that the vast majority of my stock of Moleskine notebooks, which worked fine with Pilot G2 pens, don’t work very well with fountain pens and my preferred inks.
As a result, I’m be giving away all of my unopened (still in the shrinkwrap) Moleskine notebooks.
The list:
- Set of two ruled Volant notebooks, pocket size, light and dark green (gone to Rebecca)
- Set of two ruled Volant notebooks, large size, light and dark green (gone to a neighbor)
- Set of two ruled Volant notebooks, large size, light and dark blue (gone to Jonas)
- Set of three squared Cahier journals, large size, red (gone to Sarah)
- Set of three squared Cahier journals, large size, blue (gone to Hellenek)
- Large hardcover squared notebook, black (gone to Titivillus)
- Large hardcover ruled notebook, red (gone to Mrs. Bill)
I’ve not yet decided on what my Moleskine replacement will be, but I’m leaning towards something that uses Rhodia/Clairefontaine paper.
Update: All of the Moleskines are spoken for. Enjoy!
I am a pen, notebook, and organizational junkie.
Here’s my current collection of Moleskine notebooks:
My normal pen of choice is the Pilot G2 gel pen, in either 0.7mm (“Medium”) or 1.0mm (“Bold”) widths. I also like the Pilot Varsity disposable fountain pens, and bought a pack of Sharpie Pens today to try them out.
I also ordered a Lamy Safari fountain pen to try out something a little nicer than the Pilot disposables.
The Doane Paper concept looks great; I’m surprised nobody has come up with the idea before.
Update: My Doane Paper notebooks have come in; will do a comparison of them with the Field Notes and Moleskine equivalents with multiple pens next week (probably with the Lamy Safari, the Pilot Varsity, a Pilot G2, and the Sharpie Pen).
Second Update: Notebook Stories has named me their Notebook Addict of the Week.
