Moleskine sucks. Use these notebooks instead...

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  @DowntheBreatherHole · 7 months ago · pinned

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  @sophlycrying8557 · 1 year ago

  I love the internet. I would never find someone in real life to talk to about notebooks, but on the internet there are so many great videos like this one!

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  @OphelieLechat · 2 years ago

  I’ve been using Moleskine notebooks since around 2008 and have a stack of about 30 of them as journals. I like having the same format in a stack, so have kept buying them even though the quality has declined. Recently I found a Moleskine I was gifted in 2011, unused. The paper is wonderful and the entire notebook feels sturdier. This might be what gets me to switch…

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  @maxvanbalgooy · 2 years ago

  Of the notebooks you discussed, I’ve only used Leuchturm1917 and I really like it for fountain pens. &nbsp;An additional feature is that the pages are numbered and there’s dedicated space at the beginning for an index/table of contents, which is ideal for a commonplace book. &nbsp;Thanks for sharing your experiences.

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  @kasiatoya · 2 years ago (edited)

  My English is basic but I really like the way you speak, clearly and very nicely, I listen with pleasure :) Greetings from Poland

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  @ffotograffydd · 2 years ago

  The original books were a style of book rather than a specific brand, available in Paris from the late 19th century until the mid 1980s. They were pocket-sized notebooks or &apos;carnets&apos;, bound with leather or oilskin/oilcloth, and were sold by local stationers. These notebooks became well known because they were favoured by the likes of Van Gogh, Picasso, and Hemingway. <br><br>The Moleskine name has &nbsp;been attributed to British writer Bruce Chatwin. In his 1987 book ‘The Songlines’ he described his Paris notebooks as “carnets Moleskines”, Moleskine referring to the black oilcloth binding. Moleskine - pronounced ‘mol-ey-skine’ - is French for moleskin (the English name for such oilcloth because of how it felt to the touch). <br><br>In the mid-1990s an Italian company started to make them, using the brand name Moleskine. They were initially very good, but over time the quality has deteriorated.

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  @codyevaristo8029 · 2 years ago

  gotta try the Jetpens Kanso Noto notebooks, they&apos;re 20 bucks, have tomoe river S paper, and have a high page count. after trying rhodia, clairefontaine, etc. these have been the best especially in price/quality ratio

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  @labcoatdiva · 2 years ago

  I haven&apos;t seen anyone mention the Stalogy 365 notebooks yet. I tried Midori MD first and appreciated the improvement but wasn&apos;t satisfied with the number of pages. As the name suggests, the Stalogy 365 has a year&apos;s worth of pages and writes smoothly with fountain pens. I&apos;ve had two so far and I love it.

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  @luisbalderrama8145 · 2 years ago

  Leuchttrum 1917 A5 notebooks have been my go to. I use them daily and they hold up very well. Its the right balance for daily use that still holds up to some decently juicy fountain pens.<br><br>Rhodia is def my go to for the more &quot;loose leaf&quot; letters. Inks really pop out and its nice to just tear out a sheet from a notepad instead of dealing with reams of loose paper.<br><br>Great Vid!<br>-Luis

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  @LovkynaPeral · 2 years ago

  Exactly. Finally somebody who speak the true. Nobody else should spend his money for moleskine when want to use fountain pen. Thanks for sharing. Hello from Slovakia

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  @Traumatized_Mel · 1 year ago

  i know someone beat me to this but the cloth that goes over the spine is spine-cloth. sometimes called hinge cloth sometimes referred to as book gauze. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyiLSDLmon0&amp;t=271">4:31</a>

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  @stevenmclain3652 · 1 year ago

  I really love the notebooks Galen leather puts out. They use Tomoe River paper and hand bind them. Super solid.

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