The narrowest of Japanese nibs bleed through like I was writing with a double broad German nib. Some days, I just want to be able to use my fountain pen or liquid ink, and I simply can’t with this notebook. It is great with pencil, but I switch between pen and pencil. My final issue with this notebook is the paper. Production-wise this is a 50 cent notebook masquerading as premium. The stitching is at the top of the fold, meaning that when I get into the second half of the notebook I’m going to have issues. A date with a glue stick fixed this, but at $5 for a pocket notebook- it shouldn’t have this occurring. Second issue is that the cloth spine tape was delaminating from the book when I got it home. The top corner on my notebook was almost right and the bottom was, well, half done. This was the case on ALL the displayed notebooks. First issue, the corners are really poorly rounded. Certainly not as pretty, but better made and much easier on the wallet. It’s pretty, but its shoddy construction versus it’s price and Made in USA label has me looking for a Roaring Springs or Norcom composition notebooks. That’s where my happiness with this notebook ends. The ruling inside is college size and a nice pale blue. Like most composition notebooks, they are stitched and have issues laying flat, but fold over on themselves with ease. The covers are nice and stiff, you are able to write in hand. They sport fun images on a raw tan cardboard cover, black cloth spine tape, and fun printing on the inside covers. I’ve seen a lot of my classmates with them. I’ve been itching to test out one of these fancy notebooks for awhile.
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