Ayush Paper

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.

Pebble Stationery Cosmo Air Light x Liberty London

Pebble Stationery CO recently sent me one of their Cosmo Air Light x Liberty London Notebooks in Mabelle A5. I’m a sucker for hand made journals, and this one is gorgeous! This notebook measures 16 x 21.7 x 1.7 cm. Thanks to Pebble Stationery for sending this notebook over for review!

The paper is 75gsm Cosmo Air Light. This paper has become popular recently, especially since the news that Tomoe River paper is going through some supply issues.

The Cover:

This Liberty London Mabelle fabric was released in 2007.

Inside cover:

The inside cover is a thick cardstock.

This notebook lays completely flat and has a pink ribbon bookmark. Because the notebook is handmade, the edges of the pages aren’t perfectly aligned, but I enjoy the handmade look on the edges.

If you have not used Cosmo Air Light paper before, it has more tooth to it than Tomoe River paper has, but less tooth than Bank or Midori MD paper.

This CAL paper handles fountain pen ink really well, no bleed through or feathering. It also shows shading and sheen well.

I tried out Sailor Manyo Nadeshiko in a Pilot Vanishing Point Twilight with a broad nib and the shading is sooo pretty! This ink can be rather light in the lighter part of the shading, but the paper showed the shading without issues.

Overall, I love this notebook. The only thing I would change is the paper ruling, simply because I prefer dot grid paper. The Cosmo Air Light paper works really well, shows shading and sheen and the notebook cover is gorgeous. This notebook is currently out of stock in this cover, but there are quite a few other covers available, like this Persephone one that I’m drooling over!

Disclaimer: This notebook was provided by Pebble Stationery Co. 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.