Jumping Fox Design Premium A5 Hardcover Dotted Journal Notebook, Medium 5.6 x 8.4 inches, 120gsm Thick Paper, Numbered Pages, Inner Pocket, Unique...

I have been writing with fountain pens for at least 15yrs and with my Visconti Homosapiens Evolution for 7yrs. Out of all of the paper and notebooks Ive ever written on, Jumping Fox is the highest quality. No scratching, no skipping, smooth lines and delicate feedback through my nib. A leuchtturm 1917 is good but this is better. It is well worth the money.

The photo doesnt do justice to this bullet journal. I love this journal. It is beautiful, well made affordable, and has pretty thick paper. I have the purple color. The texture of the cover is more durable than the faux leather journals because there is no scratching or denting of it. It really is a beautiful cover and very classy looking. Paper thickness: I have glued in a circle of card stock as seen in my photo. At first I thought the paper was going to warp but after drying looked great and had no problem handling that weight glued to the page. I have been pleasantly surprised, not worrying much about ghosting unless bearing down when filling in with certain markers. Awareness with a lighter hand has insured no more problems. Not having to be careful at all would be the obvious choice but to get thicker paper would mean an increase in price too. Paper Color: the color is pretty and I like that the dots are not stark against the page but having vision issues makes it very hard for me to see the dots well in certain situations. If there were choices in paper color I wouldnt hesitate to order this journal again and give it a five star rating. As a matter of fact, I may end up ordering it again despite this personal issue. If anyone has a suggestion for me, please let me know. Nice additions: Perforated pages in the back, numbered pages, portable size, pocket in the back, two book marker ribbons, elastic closure band, and inclusion of introductory and Index pages. This is the third journal from this brand I have had. All of those products are very nice quality. I doubt you could get a better quality product in this price range.

The photo doesnt do justice to this bullet journal. I love this journal. It is beautiful, well made affordable, and has pretty thick paper. I have the purple color. The texture of the cover is more durable than the faux leather journals because there is no scratching or denting of it. It really is a beautiful cover and very classy looking. Paper thickness: I have glued in a circle of card stock as seen in my photo. At first I thought the paper was going to warp but after drying looked great and had no problem handling that weight glued to the page. I have been pleasantly surprised, not worrying much about ghosting unless bearing down when filling in with certain markers. Awareness with a lighter hand has insured no more problems. Not having to be careful at all would be the obvious choice but to get thicker paper would mean an increase in price too. Paper Color: the color is pretty and I like that the dots are not stark against the page but having vision issues makes it very hard for me to see the dots well in certain situations. If there were choices in paper color I wouldnt hesitate to order this journal again and give it a five star rating. As a matter of fact, I may end up ordering it again despite this personal issue. If anyone has a suggestion for me, please let me know. Nice additions: Perforated pages in the back, numbered pages, portable size, pocket in the back, two book marker ribbons, elastic closure band, and inclusion of introductory and Index pages. This is the third journal from this brand I have had. All of those products are very nice quality. I doubt you could get a better quality product in this price range.

This journal is truly lovely. The cover is a hard cover. I received mine in purple. It has a slight shimmer to it and the fox logo is embossed with the same material, just a silver color. I have not tried to put a decal on it yet. It is very slightly textured. The journal also comes with a matching elastic, which is very standard and two ribbon page markers. This journal has a pink and ivory one, adding to the soft color scheme of this version. The page ends are also shiny silver which is an nice touch. The pages are nice and thick (140 gsm I believe) with a smooth, though not glossy feel. It seems to take to gel pens, ball point pens, Tombows, markers, and highlighters fairly well. I had a little pilling with one of my brush markers, but I layered one too many times I think. They ghost with some color put down, but very minimal if no bleed through. I have a heavy hand, so this is a nice feature for me. The page color is soft, buttery ivory, though not yellow, and the dots are soft gray- dark enough to see for page design, light enough to fade away unless you're looking for them. Pages are also numbered in the same gray color. The first few pages (not numbered) is an index and the last 6 sheets are perforated if you need to remove them. There is a pocket at the back of the journal that is slightly expandable. Pages lay relatively flat and binding is mostly not visible. It has yet to be seen how the book handles items being added to pages to make it chunkier. So far, I am very pleased with my purchase!

Bought this because I was looking for a nice notebook to keep recipes in after I saw a friend doing the same. I picked this one because I liked the grid-style pages and the elastic closure. The only con that I can see with this notebook is that it's not as super sturdy as I would expect - if I press on the front cover there's a little bit of rippling, so it seems to me like the cover is not attached as fully to the cardboard core as I would like. That doesn't really affect my use of it though. When I open it to any specific page, the left side doesn't stay totally flat unless I've spent a while pressing it down to write, but it also doesn't try to close itself like a lot of others do. If you open closer to the middle pages, like around page 62, it stays open much better. The page thickness and quality seems nice, and I really like the grid style because it makes it so much neater to write in. I've attached pictures of the outside of the journal and two examples of pages, one unwritten and the other with writing in two different inks. The dots of the grid aren't overwhelming to me and don't distract from what's written. A lot of y'all here in the comment sections of the journals care a lot about page quality and how it's affected by writing utensils. I don't know what the gsm is but I can tell you about writing on it. I used a sakura gelly roll pen for the blue ink in my picture, and I was careful to let it dry for a couple seconds while I switched pens so had no smearing. The black ink is a easy-glide ballpoint pen which usually doesn't smear on even regular school-quality notebook paper. I noticed after writing for a while with the ballpoint I had ink smears on the side of my hand, but none on the paper itself. Overall I recommend this journal; might update in the future with any changes because I've had it for less than a week now. EDIT: A day or two after this review was first posted, Jumping Fox customer service contacted me to let me know that the issue I had with rippling is being looked over in their factories to make sure it doesn't get past quality control, so I don't think that'll be an issue for buyers in the future. Customer service was very responsive and very nice, and I will be buying again from them when I need a new notebook. Also wanted to update that now that I've written more in the journal, I've had no problems with pages lying flat after they've been written on.