The Big Fountain Pen Paper Sample Pack
$16.00
This all-encompassing fountain pen paper sample pack contains 17 different paper types, all of which are fountain pen friendly. This allows you to try out a variety of different papers, from basic printer paper to luxury notebooks, before you buy the whole thing!
In stock (can be backordered)
Description
This all-encompassing fountain pen paper sample pack contains 17 different paper types, all of which are fountain pen friendly. This allows you to try out a variety of different papers, from basic printer paper to luxury notebooks, before you buy the whole thing! Includes (3) A5 or (2) B5 or Letter sized sheets of each paper type. Paper may be lined, gridded or blank. Papers include:
- Apica CD 15
- Apica Premium CD
- Black n’ Red Spiral Notebook
- Clairfontaine Basics Notebook
- Clairfontaine Triomphe
- Fabriano EcoQua
- G. Lalo Verge de France
- HP Premium32
- Leucchturm1917
- Life Bank Paper
- Life L. Writing Paper
- Life Noble Note
- Midori MD
- Mnemosyne 183
- Rhodia Dot Pad
- Tomoe River 52gsm
- Tomoe River 68gsm
Papers will be grouped together with a paper label and secured with washi tape so that you know which is which. Please be sure to keep track of them somehow, maybe by labeling each one, otherwise you won’t know which is which if they get mixed up! Many have been carefully removed from a notebook, so the exact dimensions may vary slightly from sheet to sheet. Sheets that are B5 sized will be folded in half so that they fit the envelope.
3 reviews for The Big Fountain Pen Paper Sample Pack
This is one of those forehead smacking ideas you wonder why someone hasn’t done before. Brilliant! And then you realize that the effort it takes to choose which papers to include, assemble the samples, add review comments, and process the orders is a lot of time and is really a labor of love. So hats off to John for diving into this venture for the benefit of the pen enthusiast community!
The 18 sample packet has a wide variety of papers that includes ones I own or have used, some I know of and haven’t tried, and some I haven’t seen or read about. John has added a thoughtful several sentence review on a strip of paper for each sample set (that includes 2-3 sheets about A5 size), affixed to them with Washi tape so you can remove it and not damage the sheets, and includes a retail price per sheet.
Going forward, and I hope John is willing to continue this, it would be great to expand the selection and allow the purchase of say 18 choices from a catalog of maybe 30 or more. That would give the buyer a chance to manage their curiosity more directly, though of course it adds another couple of layers to the stocking and processing of orders. It might also encourage repeat purchases.
This is certainly a worthwhile investment, and the price of this one packet will pay for itself if you find a paper you love- or hate- before randomly ordering full notebooks or pads.
From my point of view these packs are invaluable; they allow me the chance to try out a range of papers before having to commit to a whole notebook. For instance, to buy a Baron Fig notebook on its own would cost me more than the sample pack but with the sample pack I get to try before I buy and decide if I want to make the investment.
I’ve tried out a few of the samples with different pens and inks and I’ve had good results with each of them; of course, this then leads to the very complicated question of which one to order first.
All in all, I would highly recommend the sample packs they are an excellent way of trying out different papers without the financial commitment of buying one or more notebooks.
As a new fountain pen enthusiast, having the opportunity to test a large sample of paper was a dream come true. I enjoyed the variety and texture of the papers in the pack and it was fun to see how different pens, nibs and inks reacted. It was a very small investment with a great return.