Ayush Paper
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Ayush Paper notebooks seem really popular lately. I’ve seen them on a lot of other fountain pen Instagram accounts and blogs so when they offered to send me a few to try I jumped on the chance. Thanks to Ayush Paper for sending these notebooks over for review!
The paper is 100 gsm natural shade paper (a very slight off-white). There are a few different sizes and rulings, but the paper is consistent from notebook to notebook.
The largest notebook is an A4 spiral notebook with 50 sheets of 9mm lined ruling. The pages are perforated and tear out easily.
The medium notebook is an A5 spiral notebook with 50 sheets of 5mm grid ruling. The pages are perforated but because they are perforated so closely to the spiral binding it’s difficult to tear the pages out cleanly.
The smallest notebook is a 3.5 x 5.5 pocket notebook. The brown notebook shown on top holds 50 sheets of blank paper, the pages are not perforated. The mint notebook on the bottom holds 50 sheets of 5mm dot grid paper with perforated spiral binding.
This 100 gsm paper handles fountain pens well, no feathering or bleeding and it shows shading and sheen well. The paper does have a fair amount of tooth to it and it absolutely sucks up ink. I used a few pens with wet nibs and every time the paper made the pen feel dry and ink stingy. This did cause a bit of railroading, especially in longer writing.
Let’s do a quick comparison. On the left is Rhodia dot grid paper and on the right is Ayush grid paper. Both papers handled fountain pens without feathering or bleeding, and both show some shading and sheen, but Rhodia dried about 10 seconds faster.
Both papers had about the same amount of ghosting with no bleeding.
This paper also handled pencils, pens and markers well. Only the Sharpie bled through.
Overall, this paper does handle fountain pens with no feathering and bleeding. It does make my pens feel a bit drier than they are, so these notebooks are not a must-have for me, but they are a great option and good alternative if you aren’t a Rhodia fan. I love the variety of sizes and rulings so there’s a better chance you will find the size & ruling you prefer.
Disclaimer: These notebooks were provided by Ayush Paper for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This review does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.