tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post7600415374279544352..comments2010-12-28T07:52:47.329-05:00Biffybeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931361651065406583noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-61563201275383207132010-10-05T10:36:38.692-04:002010-10-05T10:36:38.692-04:00Rebecca, thank you for the kind words about my blog! I&#39;m glad you are finding my reviews useful.Biffybeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931361651065406583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-52659817836851690852010-10-03T07:57:25.984-04:002010-10-03T07:57:25.984-04:00Hi Stephanie,<br /><br />Have just wandered over here to check out your site after you informed me of it in your reply to a comment I left on Rhodia Drive. And boy am I glad you did. I LOVE your in depth reviews about all the journals out there on the market and your Diamine swatches are THE most authentic true reflection of their inks, on the web.<br /><br />Thanks for asking me over, I&#39;m now a firm fan.<br /><br />Keep up the awesome work!<br /><br />Rebeccabad_girl_bexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06854952775636456762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-2484218826347030342010-04-19T08:59:30.952-04:002010-04-19T08:59:30.952-04:00The quality of these Rhodia pads, are great! I have been using these books for years.<br /><br />I get mine from www.artyfect.com, I am sure many other places do them as well, but I hope they are going to start doing the new range of dot pads!<br /><br />LJBea-dazzledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849387976417043751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-5506091178483429902009-11-14T11:46:46.560-05:002009-11-14T11:46:46.560-05:00MiniMaupassant - me too! i also want a plain version!<br /><br />Hi Oni - I&#39;m glad that you found my review to be useful. if you look in my sidebar, I do have a few posts on the Paperblanks products - and you are most welcome to comment on them.Biffybeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931361651065406583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-62819835756497882512009-11-13T21:45:29.999-05:002009-11-13T21:45:29.999-05:00Thank you very much for such an in-depth review of this notebook.<br />I will seriously consider ordering one from the web, since they&#39;re not available where I live.<br />Regarding the Paperblanks,if you wish I could give you some input, I&#39;ve got 4 of them and they are my favourite so far.Onihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10648872646058155001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-80347605139162030852009-07-01T08:59:45.107-04:002009-07-01T08:59:45.107-04:00Great review... Looking forward to seeing a plain version!MiniMaupassantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-61310553623942798642009-06-14T12:44:42.193-04:002009-06-14T12:44:42.193-04:00Thank you Beth!<br /><br />Hi Walter - I never tried the 80g version, too many people said &quot;no good&quot; with FP&#39;s, so I only tested the new version. Thanks for your comparative comments. <br /><br />Mandy - yes... Mole&#39;s are expensive if they don&#39;t work with the pens you use on a regular basis. Rhodia/Clairefontaine paper is much more suited for FP inks. <br /><br />Jessica - I hear you. If you don&#39;t like Black Cover journals, keep an eye out for my upcoming Paperblanks reviews....<br /><br />drawline - I do think that humidity might be playing a factor. Re - Paperblanks... I&#39;m actually using one right now. I&#39;ve got the pictures taken and the reviews just need to be written. The paper is very similar - but maybe not quite as smooth as the Rhodia. I&#39;ll speak more about it in my upcoming review.Biffybeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931361651065406583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-39903796513252217292009-06-14T11:15:10.439-04:002009-06-14T11:15:10.439-04:00Just speculating, but one possibilty for variations could be down to temperature and humidity, and on the &quot;web&quot;, maybe its about the binding?<br /><br />How does the paper compare to Paperblanks (if you have used any of course)? I&#39;ve got a smith-sewn mini notebook with magnetic closure, no gsm marked (&quot;acid free, sustainable forest-paper&quot;) and it has this smooth, but still fibrous quality and its offwhite. I prefer it over Clairefontaine since I like some~ feedback, and inks really stick with no feathering (mainly using bp black), if this is anything like it i&#39;m interested, even though i&#39;d really like it in plain.drawlinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-26920731705492362442009-06-11T01:20:36.197-04:002009-06-11T01:20:36.197-04:00wow, really great blog with reviews of all these things :) by the way, my husband loves moleskin, but I get so frustrated with the bleeding that I can&#39;t use it...maybe I&#39;ll try this one in the future, though I guess I&#39;m also more of a &quot;not black cover person&quot; ;)Jessicahttp://www.jessicat.se/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-34657536595484461142009-06-10T05:41:40.714-04:002009-06-10T05:41:40.714-04:00I so agree with you on the Moleskine...when I browsed American journal sites, I ran into them for the first time and reading about them so often, I thought I had to have at least one if I took myself seriously as a journaler. And boy, was it expensive! So, when I started writing in it, I was expecting miracles. And well, it suffices to say it didn&#39;t live up to my expectations AT ALL!!! It took my fountain pens, drawing pens and immensely thin layer of watercolors sooooooo very badly! I was instantly annoyed! I tried a few different types of moleskine, but none of them left me satisfied. I ran into this Rhodia and it&#39;s sooooo much better! I&#39;m totally happy with it! It doesn&#39;t only hold fountain pen ink well, but it also takes thin layers of watercolour and drawing ink without too much hassle. No more moleskines for me!mandyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mandypics/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-65459356044287045572009-06-09T15:58:46.396-04:002009-06-09T15:58:46.396-04:00Stephanie,<br /><br />Great review. I compared the 80g and 90g paper versions and the latter is definitely superior. I have the small Webnotebook with 90g paper and it takes fountain pen ink very well. As you noted, pens that write a little dry will have virtually no showthrough. It&#39;s all about the paper!<br /><br />The ones that were on sale at The Daily Planner were the 80g versions, but they stated that up front.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />WalterWalternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-4676672035178283582009-06-09T06:53:23.917-04:002009-06-09T06:53:23.917-04:00I&#39;m in my happy place waiting to see how these react to my stub and broad nib pens and super saturated inks. <br /><br />You&#39;re our hero for doing these reviews!Beth T Irwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05250245555272009783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-86501914772129970732009-06-07T23:01:03.238-04:002009-06-07T23:01:03.238-04:00Strikethru - no idea.... but it is a goofy name. <br /><br />Lanzman - Thank you, but I&#39;ve already reviewed the ePure. The ePure doesn&#39;t use Clairefontaine paper. I also prefer off white paper, and hard covers as I like to write on my knee a lot... <br /><br />Link to my ePure review - <br /> http://www.biffybeans.com/2008/09/review-rhodia-epure-journal-pretty.htmlBiffybeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931361651065406583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-42024897373837201452009-06-07T22:53:25.836-04:002009-06-07T22:53:25.836-04:00I just got a pair of ePure notebooks from Rhodia. They may be more in line with what you&#39;re looking for if you want unlined paper.Lanzmanhttp://www.wordforge.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-62874326561745650792009-06-07T14:48:48.215-04:002009-06-07T14:48:48.215-04:00I&#39;ve been curious about the new web notebooks (here&#39;s a dumb question: why do they call them &quot;web&quot; notebooks--?) so thanks for this review-- what a great, thorough product assessment you&#39;ve written.Strikethruhttp://www.strikethru.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-75671325740970453602009-06-07T12:02:44.496-04:002009-06-07T12:02:44.496-04:00*sigh* why doesn&#39;t anyone make a notebook as nice as this one with narrow rules. I am soooo not a fan of wide-ruled paper!Laura K. Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08444534759113332744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-92032125124452409422009-06-07T11:24:03.351-04:002009-06-07T11:24:03.351-04:00Great review! I agree about the size and placement of the Rhodia name.Okamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102550169423011863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-40199578597340002642009-06-07T00:55:30.709-04:002009-06-07T00:55:30.709-04:00Good to know. Thanks for the info!Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12764716825852367522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-2895450409298146172009-06-06T14:06:15.603-04:002009-06-06T14:06:15.603-04:00*Currently being sold at Jet PensBiffybeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931361651065406583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-48986806738937644992009-06-06T14:05:57.891-04:002009-06-06T14:05:57.891-04:00Cathy - be aware that the ones at Jet Pens are NOT the 90g version with the Clairefontaine paper.Biffybeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931361651065406583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-80213660051168285932009-06-06T13:59:41.312-04:002009-06-06T13:59:41.312-04:00Thanks for the great review. I think I&#39;ve seen these for sale on Jetpens. I may snag a few based on what you&#39;ve posted, although the Rhodia logo is something I&#39;d rather not have on all of the pages. Thanks again!Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12764716825852367522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-6304775036688898722009-06-06T13:47:48.270-04:002009-06-06T13:47:48.270-04:00Squee!Kate the Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01135612660261556811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-55729074309594857552009-06-06T13:14:44.890-04:002009-06-06T13:14:44.890-04:00Thanks Zoe - I didn&#39;t initially realize how long it was but whew! It is long!Biffybeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931361651065406583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479932329694348298.post-90688159872055997152009-06-06T13:12:51.398-04:002009-06-06T13:12:51.398-04:00Fabulous, in depth review, Stephanie.Ontheroadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149680542541770465noreply@blogger.com