You could find out by "weighing" (actually measuring the mass) of 1,000 sheets (of any size, as long as they're the same size), then dividing the mass in grams by 1,000 and then again by the size of your paper in meters squared. Shinola, not surprisingly, doesn't advertise the mass-by-area property of their paper, so it's anybody's guess how heavy that paper actually is. HP's paper, for example, is 120gsm! Rhodia, by comparison, is 80gsm. If you want to use mass to compare papers, grams per meter squared (gsm) is a much better way to do. If Shinola's paper is four times the size of HP's 32lb paper before it's cut, that could give them 60lbs weight, even if each cut sheet weighs half as much as HP's paper. The thing is, though, that weight is taken during the manufacturing process, before the paper is cut to the size you will ultimately be using. See, when you talk about 60lb paper, that means that a 500-sheet ream of that paper weighs 60 pounds. "FP friendly" papers are therefore treated to be water resistant-some more so than others.īesides this difference, the way paper weight is calculated makes it basically impossible to compare papers by that standard. The paper gobbles up the water-based ink, and the absorbency of the paper causes a bit of diffusion as paper strands soak up the excess solution. The ability of paper to soak up water is actually the cause of feathering. Fountain pen ink is water based, and you know untreated paper just loves to soak up water. For this reason, many paper manufacturers don't bother with making their paper water resistant, since the most commonly used inks aren't water based.įountain pens use a different kind of ink from those other pen types. The balls in the tips just lay ink down on the paper, where it sits until it dries-sort of like with an oil painting. "Cheap" paper works just fine for ballpoint and rollerball pens because those pens use oil and gel based inks. The weight of paper doesn't speak very well to its quality, unfortunately. I'll still find a use for mine, it just might take a bit longer for me to do so. Unless you are planning on using a good old ballpoint, I'd steer clear. ![]() Not too good for what Shinola touts as being 60 lb paper. The pages feather badly with all of my fountain pens, and I can even see some cases of slight feathering with a Pilot Precise needlepoint pen. I decided to pick one up, both to support an American company as well as to see how their journal behaved with a fountain pen. ![]() I'd seen Shinola before as both a watch and bicycle manufacturing company and was surprised to see that they also make a line of journals. The only way to confirm which is suitable for writing is to test it. EDIT: As /u/rednumber40 points out in the comments, the feathering depends on which is the "front" side of the page and which is the "back." Note that this designation is flexible, as there is no rhyme or reason to the orientation of the pages in the journal.
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