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Passepied Cream Hardcover Notebook

Passepied Cream Hardcover Notebook

Regular price $29.00 USD
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Why it's special: 

  • Ultra-smooth fountain pen friendly paper
  • Stitched lay-flat binding for comfort and durability
  • Japanese linen hardcover for a premium feel
  • Simple design for distraction free writing

The Passepied Hardcover notebook features the smoothest paper we have ever tested. Made by the hundred-year-old Hokuetsu-Kishu Paper Company, Passepied Cream was designed as a book paper with an extremely pleasant hand and a high opacity. This is special ultra-smooth paper is a delight to write on and is fantastic with most types of pens including fountain pens. 

See our paper performance test

Detailed specs:

• 176 pages of 84.3 gsm Passepied Cream paper

• 7mm light gray rule or blank page styles

• Japanese linen hardcover with a French joint

• Stitched binding with 11 signatures

• Woven blue bookmark

• Pink blotter sheet

• Gray end papers

A5 size: 148 mm x 210 mm, 5.83 x 8.27 in

• Made in Japan

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Customer Reviews

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Ricky
This is a fantastic notebook

The notebook looks and feels great! The only thing that can be improved is the bookmark ribbon. It feels very wirey and is too long, which allows it to snag on things and is already becoming frayed on the end only a couple weeks into daily use. This is a very small nitpick though, and this notebook is overall leaps & bounds better than others that I’ve used in the past. I will definitely be getting more!

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Tramecia Garner

Excellent product and very fast shipping!

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Yao Mekareeya
Great notebook!

This notebook is beautifully crafted! I'm particularly impressed with the quality of the binding and covers. The included blotting sheet is a handy addition, especially for quick writing sessions.

The Passepied paper is excellent. As it's uncoated, it's not sensitive to finger oils, unlike Cosmo Air Light. While it showcases ink shading and sheen well, it doesn't quite reach the level of Cosmo Air Light in that regard.

I do wish Passepied paper were more readily available as loose sheets. My only concern is the future availability of notebooks with this paper, as it seems to be exclusive to the Paper Mind.

Overall, I love this notebook and highly recommend it to fellow fountain pen enthusiasts.

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Adam England-Maynard
Amazing Paper, best format

I love bank paper, so I thought I would give this Passepied paper a try, and I am very happy I did. Absolutely amazing writing feel. Handles ink qualities great and the notebook quality is top notch. An exceptional product worth every penny. I'll be reordering.

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Dara Singleton
Constructed Beautifully

In search of a replacement for my beloved Standard Seven Seas Tomoe River 400+ page journal, I came across this (new to me) shop. I’m greatly impressed with the service, quality and personal touch. I bought two journals to compare. The Cosmo Air Light and this Passepied. Testing all the inks I own in the back of each journal - I began my journaling with the CAL as it was recommended to me by a leading ink blogger at the Dallas Pen show, (WellAppointedDesk). I’m having a personal preference issue with the feedback/feeling of this paper and even my hand moving across the paper. I would almost describe it as a stone / chalk feeling. I’m wishing I had started in the Passepied now as I think it may be more to my texture preferences. However I LOVE the way the inks look on the CAL better. The shading just pops and the white background is a fresh change from the cream I’ve been writing on for the past several years. Im so happy I bought them both to have the comparison of the recommendation, and then what you all say is your smoothest paper. As a paper geek it’s been super great to try both of them. Thanks for the personal note in the order and I wish your company all the best!

Customer Reviews

Based on 16 reviews
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Ricky
This is a fantastic notebook

The notebook looks and feels great! The only thing that can be improved is the bookmark ribbon. It feels very wirey and is too long, which allows it to snag on things and is already becoming frayed on the end only a couple weeks into daily use. This is a very small nitpick though, and this notebook is overall leaps & bounds better than others that I’ve used in the past. I will definitely be getting more!

T
Tramecia Garner

Excellent product and very fast shipping!

Y
Yao Mekareeya
Great notebook!

This notebook is beautifully crafted! I'm particularly impressed with the quality of the binding and covers. The included blotting sheet is a handy addition, especially for quick writing sessions.

The Passepied paper is excellent. As it's uncoated, it's not sensitive to finger oils, unlike Cosmo Air Light. While it showcases ink shading and sheen well, it doesn't quite reach the level of Cosmo Air Light in that regard.

I do wish Passepied paper were more readily available as loose sheets. My only concern is the future availability of notebooks with this paper, as it seems to be exclusive to the Paper Mind.

Overall, I love this notebook and highly recommend it to fellow fountain pen enthusiasts.

A
Adam England-Maynard
Amazing Paper, best format

I love bank paper, so I thought I would give this Passepied paper a try, and I am very happy I did. Absolutely amazing writing feel. Handles ink qualities great and the notebook quality is top notch. An exceptional product worth every penny. I'll be reordering.

D
Dara Singleton
Constructed Beautifully

In search of a replacement for my beloved Standard Seven Seas Tomoe River 400+ page journal, I came across this (new to me) shop. I’m greatly impressed with the service, quality and personal touch. I bought two journals to compare. The Cosmo Air Light and this Passepied. Testing all the inks I own in the back of each journal - I began my journaling with the CAL as it was recommended to me by a leading ink blogger at the Dallas Pen show, (WellAppointedDesk). I’m having a personal preference issue with the feedback/feeling of this paper and even my hand moving across the paper. I would almost describe it as a stone / chalk feeling. I’m wishing I had started in the Passepied now as I think it may be more to my texture preferences. However I LOVE the way the inks look on the CAL better. The shading just pops and the white background is a fresh change from the cream I’ve been writing on for the past several years. Im so happy I bought them both to have the comparison of the recommendation, and then what you all say is your smoothest paper. As a paper geek it’s been super great to try both of them. Thanks for the personal note in the order and I wish your company all the best!