User blog comment:Meganstrickland/The search for my next notebook/@comment-67.212.58.21-20170210010601

HI! This is CarolinaAsh over in the planner guild. Okay so, as you discovered, Leuchtturms don't particularly like fountain pens. Some work, most don't seem to. Their paper weight is 80gsm. So you want something with a higher number there for sure. That rules out Moleskine, theirs is 70gsm, and hates fountain pens. Rhodia is 90gsm, which is better, but like you said, colors are limited. The Essentials by Peter Pauper Press is what I'm using right now. It is fountain pen friendly, it's paper is 100gsm. It also is hardcover, it's got a dot grid, and the paper is... well if it's not actually white it's very light ivory. Okay yeah, light ivory, I actually just put a piece of printer paper on it to check but it's light enough that I actually had to do that to know for sure. However like you said, it is A5 and black cover only. It's grid is 26 across and 39 down. It is un-numbered, but does have a bookmark, an elastic closure, and a pocket.

Now, the next book I plan to try is one of the new Scribbles That Matter journals. I'm fairly sure the creators of this journal are members of bullet journaling groups because they've packed it with features. It is fountain pen friendly (100gsm) and it is a stiff leather cover. It comes in dot grid. Currently only in A5, unfortunately. The paper is ivory, but is the same light ivory as PPP. It has some color options and on their facebook they are currently getting input for new color combos and designs. The grid is 27x38 but not sure if that's dots or squares. Everyone I've ever seen buy one ends up loving it. Here's a link. https://www.amazon.com/Scribbles-That-Matter-Notebook-Beautiful/dp/B01N63VX52/ref=lp_14960085011_1_1?srs=14960085011&ie=UTF8&qid=1486688426&sr=8-1