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Tomoe River Hardcover Notebook - RULED
Tomoe River Hardcover Notebook - RULED
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Experience maximum performance with our 400-page Tomoe River hardcover notebook. Ultra thin and ultra powerful, Tomoe River S handles fountain pens, rollerballs, gel pens, and ballpoints with ease.
Why it's special:
- 400 fountain-pen-friendly pages and only 17.5 mm (0.69") thick
- Super flexible stitched binding for maximum comfort
- Simple design for distraction-free writing
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Detailed specs:
- 400 pages of white 52 gsm Tomoe River S paper
- A5 size: 148 x 210 x 17.5 mm
- 7mm light gray rule
- Stitched binding with 25 signatures
- Vinyl cloth hardcover
- Black woven bookmark
- Black elastic band
- Pink blotter sheet
- Gray end papers
- Made in Japan
About Tomoe River Paper:
About Tomoe River Paper:
This notebook uses Tomoe River S paper. The "S" stands for Sanzen Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. When Tomoegawa (the original manufacturer of Tomoe River) discontinued its production, Sanzen stepped in to fill the void with an incredible new paper inspired by the original.
Confusion exists because there were three different papers to use the name Tomoe River at the 52gsm paper weight:
- Discontinued "Original" (aka "Old") Tomoe River produced by Tomoegawa on Machine No. 7.
- Discontinued "New" Tomoe River produced by Tomoegawa on Machine No 9.
- Tomoe River "S" produced by Sanzen
Tomoegawa made two Tomoe River papers. When they shut down Machine No. 7 and moved production to Machine No. 9, they created a new paper with diminished performance. This short-lived paper was referred to as "new" Tomoe River and the paper from Machine No. 7 became known as "old" or "original."
Tomoe River S is a new paper not to be confused with the "new" or "original" Tomoe River.
Similarities to the original Tomoe River:
- Ultra thin and super light 52 gsm weight
- Phenomenal performance with fountain pen ink
- Exceptional drape
Differences from the original Tomoe River:
- Improved opacity (less ghosting) due to pulp impregnated with white pigment
- Enhanced resistance to bleeding
- Crisper surface
- Higher tensile strength (harder to tear)
- More porous paper surface
- Slightly faster dry times
- Increased feedback (still smooth)
- Less line smoothing
- Reduced line spread
- Increased performance with rollerballs
As writers, journalers, and notetakers, the biggest difference in our experience is the feel of the paper. The "original" Tomoe River is smoother and more crinkly, like onion skin paper. Tomoe River S is smooth but feels more natural. In our opinion, Tomoe River S is less polarizing and easier to use daily while maintaining (and in some cases improving upon) the performance of the original.
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Tomoe River Hardcover Notebook - RULED
This is going to replace Leuchtturm1917 as my journal of choice. Great binding, the Tomoe River paper is wonderful, and it looks very good. I think if it had page numbers it would be pretty much perfect, but that's really more of a wishlist item than any kind of criticism.
This notebook is my new favorite! The Tomoe River paper is wonderful for calligraphy inks. It really shows the properties of the inks to their full potential. The quality and texture of the outside cover is very nice. I also like that the ruling is a lighter gray as it allows the writing to stand out more. Overall, this notebook is great quality and very well put together.
This is one of the only hardcover notebooks with Tomoe River paper that I could find that had this many pages and it was a great buy! I’ll definitely be back to buy more in the future.
Your pen just glides along using this paper.
I had been using the Tomoe 68gsm Machine #7 paper and was looking for a substitute because that paper was getting harder to get. I took a chance on this 52gsm Tomoe "S" notebook thinking that the ghosting was going to be worse. It is not. This paper is very good, with a very smooth feel for the fountain pen nib. The build and quality of this notebook, with the hard cover, the blotter sheet, the rounded corners, the book mark, the 25 signature stiched binding and the generous 400 pages makes it a bargain IMO. Very nice job, Blake
Tomoe River Hardcover Notebook - RULED
This is going to replace Leuchtturm1917 as my journal of choice. Great binding, the Tomoe River paper is wonderful, and it looks very good. I think if it had page numbers it would be pretty much perfect, but that's really more of a wishlist item than any kind of criticism.
This notebook is my new favorite! The Tomoe River paper is wonderful for calligraphy inks. It really shows the properties of the inks to their full potential. The quality and texture of the outside cover is very nice. I also like that the ruling is a lighter gray as it allows the writing to stand out more. Overall, this notebook is great quality and very well put together.
This is one of the only hardcover notebooks with Tomoe River paper that I could find that had this many pages and it was a great buy! I’ll definitely be back to buy more in the future.
Your pen just glides along using this paper.
I had been using the Tomoe 68gsm Machine #7 paper and was looking for a substitute because that paper was getting harder to get. I took a chance on this 52gsm Tomoe "S" notebook thinking that the ghosting was going to be worse. It is not. This paper is very good, with a very smooth feel for the fountain pen nib. The build and quality of this notebook, with the hard cover, the blotter sheet, the rounded corners, the book mark, the 25 signature stiched binding and the generous 400 pages makes it a bargain IMO. Very nice job, Blake