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Blue Feather notebooks
Blue Feather notebooks

I know many of us are always on the lookout for noodling notebooks. I think it’s a fair conclusion that pricier notebooks do have better paper, especially for fountain pen users. That makes it quite a challenge to find an easily-available, inexpensive notebook that can handle repeated scribblings of “this is a wet writer” and “name of pen loaded with name of ink” and “great flex!” Enter Blue Feather.

As you can see from the two samples below, the paper, while thin, does resist feathering. It is also smooth, so even vintage flex nibs with worn-down iridium tipping don’t feel like they’re snagging fibers.

Blue Feather doodle
Blue Feather doodle
Blue Feather paper with flex nib
Blue Feather paper with flex nib

There are two kinds of Blue Feather notebook paper out there. Look for the one with the faint yellowish cast rather than the cool white. The cool white paper is ten kinds of sucky.

Blue Feather, two variants
Blue Feather, two variants

It handles wet-writing stubs just as well as flex nibs. If you’re on a budget but have an irresistible urge to noodle away extravagantly, Blue Feather notebooks are the way to go.

Blue Feather, more writing samples
Blue Feather, more writing samples