Rifle Paper Co. Notebooks

During my papeterie shopping spree a couple months back, I grabbed this 3-pack of notebooks from Rifle Paper Co. The artwork and design was excellent, but I ran into some problems when testing them for fountain pen use.

Just about all my pens bled through on my test, which was a shame, as the books weren’t the cheapest I’ve recently bought. Even fairly inexpensive Amazon notebooks have often been resilient when subjected to my fountain pens.

These notebooks also had quite smooth paper, which meant they also didn’t hold up well with pencil use. Most gel pens worked alright, with the exception of my Pentel Hybrid Metallic pens, which have a wide 1mm tip and quite the wet ink inside. Unfortunately they’re also my favourite roller balls.

So whilst I love the art and design aesthetic used by these journals, I can’t recommend them for stationery fans due to the very inflexible paper.