LOCHBY A5 Notebook | Fountain Pen-Friendly 68gsm Tomoe River Paper | Soft Brown Cover | Field Journal Refill | For Travelers, Work, School, and Journaling (72 Pages)

With all the technology out there there is just something satisfying about using fountain pens to fill in your own calendar. This is perfect for keeping track of everything, the paper is amazing, thin but quality and no bleed through. The only thing i would change is having a year long version, its a thin book as is so twice as thin really wouldn't be bad either.

These notebooks are great for use with fountain pens and are reasonably priced in their quality category. The paper has lovely surface, but like most Tomoe River, the ink is a little slower to dry. Especially useful if you want a notebook that is not too thick. This is 72 pages but slender (4mm) due to paper's weight. Highly recommended.

Best fountain pen everyday paper to write on. I love this and the lined version. I love this more than Hobonichi. Shows ink color and sheen so well. Value for money, ink won’t bleed. I have the full size and love it. Paper feels thin and yet holds all the ink perfectly. All tomoe paper smudge slightly easier so best to let it dry well before touching or closing the book. I keep my books at home and don’t travel with them so I can’t comment on the sturdiness.

I’ve been using the LOCHBY A5 Notebook with the 68gsm Tomoe River paper, and it’s honestly one of the best notebooks I’ve used for writing. The paper is smooth as butter, and if you’re into fountain pens like I am, this paper’s a dream. No bleed-through, no feathering—just clean, crisp lines every time. Whether I’m jotting down notes or just writing for the fun of it, it feels like the pen and paper are working together. The notebook itself is well-made, sturdy, and fits nicely in my bag without getting damaged. If you want a notebook that handles fountain pens like a pro, this one’s definitely worth the investment!

At $10 a pop, these aren’t the cheapest blank notebooks around to use as your day-to-day notebook, but they are really pretty solid. I’m moving to sequential monthly notebooks versus on giant one. At the end of the year, I’ll ask my craftish kid to bind them together in a single volume. The paper weight (68 gsm) is better than the Tomoe River 52 gsm used in Hobonichi’s (sp?) line up which means much less show-through when writing with a very wet ink, or with a stub/italic fountain pen nib, of which I do both. Zero feathering, but absorbent enough to be quick-drying. Net net, the right notebook choice for my purposes. Get the price to $7.99 for 1, $19.99 for a 3-pack and this probably becomes a quarterly subscription for me.