Romeo Japanese Notebook, Spiral Bound, B6 (4.9" x 6.9"), Grid, 140 pages...

I love Japanese paper. Its smooth as butter and great for fountain pens. I usually use Mnemosyne or Life Noble, but I needed a B6 with a spiral binding so I thought Id give this a try. It is heavenly! The line spacing is less than Life Noble books, coming in at 7mm. Unlike the Mnemosyne, the paper edges are not perforated, The cream coloured pages are delicious. This is definitely a high quality notebook.

Very nice, very smooth. The picture I've included was with my 2.8 mm nib duckbill pen with black Waterman ink. The paper is very smooth, and waxy. It doesn't soak up the ink very much. It's more like the ink brushes against the paper. It's nice, but not super ideal for me. I was hoping it would be like Tomoe River paper, since Tomoe River doesn't make a ringed note book. For perspective, Tomoe River paper does a good job soaking in the ink, so there's no bleed and it writes smooth. This paper has a nice wax like finish, so there's no bleed, but the ink doesn't quite soak in, which makes black in look more grey. However, that could also be due to the flow of the pen you use. But over all, this is fantastic for practicing my calligraphy. This is the 6.9" x 9.8" book. Nice and compact, with a sturdy cover. It's also worth noting, this is a 5 pack of books. I didn't know I ordered a 5 pack, so it's nice to know I'll have spares.

I write with fountain pens; all kinds of nibs. TWSBI stubs, Pilot Custom 74 Broad and Medium nibs, Pelikan stubs, etc. This paper is fantastic for almost all of my fountain pens. There is virtually no ghosting on the backside of the paper. Ink does take a few seconds to dry, but that's to be expected. The paper is very smooth; almost too smooth for some of my Pelikan 14K stubs, but not quite. Those nibs are adjusted to write extremely smoothly, so naturally the paper is a little extra smooth for those. My favorite pens to use on it are my Pilot Custom 74s with Broad and Medium nibs. Those pens combined with this paper give me just enough tooth to write quickly and enjoy the experience. I love the cream color; it makes my ink colors look a little different, which provides a nice bit of variety from white. Of course these notebooks are not cheap, but good fountain pen paper never is. I highly recommend these notebooks.

I've been seeking a good notebook to use as a personal journal. Most of the ones, even though description says OK for fourntain pens, bleed. I like to use both sides of the paper. I don't like hard bound books, too hard to lay flat and hard to carry in a bag. This is spiral bound so absolutely lays flat. It has a nice number of pages, not to big, not too little. The paper is not as thick as the dingbats but my largest nib does not bleed through. The paper is also beautifully smooth, no nib dragging. The A5 size includes the width of the spiral so the paper is a little bit smaller than other A5 pads. The covers are a very heavy black stock, very elegant. I was using the Lemmon notebook, but ZeeBooth stopped carrying it so I had to start searching. Although I do like the "composition notebook" style of binding better than spiral, I could not find any that were fountain pen compatible, so this one is it.

I absolutely love this notebook. The thickness and smoothness of the paper (not everyone is going to like the smoothness but it works for me and my fountain pens). The sturdiness of the cover/spiral binding, its just a luxurious notebook that I dont mind pelting out the money for. There is some ghosting for me but I dont mind, I dont use both sides of the paper. Got and use all the sizes for different things, using this one for studying German (B5),another as a personal journal (A5) and the (B6) as a misc, to do list etc etc. As a fountain pen user Ive tried every paper/notebook available and this is the one for me.. I say give it a try