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Clairefontaine 1951 Clothbound (5 or 10-Pack)

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Clairefontaine 1951 Clothbound (5 or 10-Pack)

sehrgut

Nov 22, 2017

So probably I should review these more extensively elsewhere, b/c MD isn't exactly the place to discuss product quality. But I wouldn't vote for this drop occurring again. I'm honestly befuddled why these are so well-thought-of in the fountain pen world: they're terribly bound (pages coming out after minimal usage), and the paper is mediocre at best. I get better ink performance on nice-ish Hammermill bond from the office store than I do on this stock.
Again, not a problem with MD, b/c we get what we ask for. But wtf has our community asked for these? They look nice and perform like crap.

qwertimus

Jan 23, 2018

sehrgutThat's weird, I've been using Clairfontaine and Rhodia (same owner & paper plant) for years and haven't had any problems. You might have gotten a bad batch, or that might be why it's being sold here… Regardless, I find the paper to be very nice. It's very smooth, you rarely get show through even with wet pens, and it doesn't react badly to skin oils. As with all of these papers, the dry time is quite long but that's manageable. Have you tried Rhodia, Apica, Kokuyo, or Maruman?

sehrgut

Mar 16, 2018

qwertimusI like my one Rhodia notebook (Christmas present, not purchased through MD). But ya, given the problems with this drop, having to reship, etc., it seems like they were dumping a batch that didn't pass QC on us or something. I've been carrying three different of these regularly now, and the bindings in all three are starting to fail like $2 notebooks from the office store.

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A community member

Mar 22, 2018

sehrgutClairefontaine owns Rhodia, so it's same paper with a bit different texture. However it's possible notebooks you got were poorly stored and that affected the quality. I had this happen on one notebook only, while I have many more of them behave perfectly fine. Am not convinced it's QA that messed up. All it takes to mess a notebook is to store it more humid environment and paper turns to shit. Personally I love these, they are by far my favorite (not at this price though), but I always buy them from one supplier which I know is good with handling stationary. Considering they are rather cheap I would advise giving them another shot but getting them from someone reputable (I get mine from CultPens).

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