A few days in with the Clairefontaine notebook for journaling and I’ve found that my fine point Pilots write very dry on it and skip a bit. The Pelikan has no issues but that thing is like a firehose in comparison to the Pilots.
@foggygray is the paper very textured?
@Billthoo No it’s very smooth.
@foggygray does the absorbency of the paper make a difference to ink flow?
@Billthoo I’d imagine it would. This paper has really long dry times so I’d guess it isn’t too absorbent.
@foggygray I used to really avoid fine nibs as I hated the ink flow issues I associated with them, but I think it may be more a paper issue.
@Billthoo It certainly it seems to be the paper to me. I didn’t have any problems on Tomoe River paper or Leuchtturm.
I’m slowly moving my way to medium nibs. Ever since I got that Pelikan I’m enjoying the bigger lines.
@foggygray I have a terrible script which I always despised when using a ballpoint, and was the whole reason for fountain pens originally (35 years ago). I always thought fine nibs also exaggerated my terrible hand, but I’m changing my mind (but not on ballpoints).
@Billthoo My writing looks like chicken scratch no matter what I use. I have a light touch so I either need more ink flow or more absorbent paper.
This paper works great for my Zebra Sarasa rollerballs. Those are nice if you are ok with rollerballs.
@foggygray nibs, rollerballs and gel pens I’m good with, but ballpoints make me look illiterate.