Journal review of the Kleid string-tie grid fountain-pen friendly notebook

This was my first time trying OK Fools paper. I bought a Kleid string-tie notebook, which has been beautifully designed, but watch my video to find out whether the OK Fools paper is truly fountain pen friendly! I also discuss the company and their approach to environmental and social responsibility, and look at the features, markings and construction of the notebook, and go through my original pen test process.
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[@piafitoussi]

As thourough as ever, thank you! I use particularly "juicy" fountain pens 😁, and I'm very often disappointed by papers specifically branded as foutain pen friendly... I guess that one won't be the one for me either... I really appreciate your very detailled and fair reviews, I have a tendency to buy to many different notebooks, or other stationary items, to find the right one, and having people like you who do those testing properly really helps preselecting what I will effectively test myself and not being as wasteful as I have been in the past. So thank you again!

[@theusefuljournal]

Thank you! I prefer inky pens too because I love shading and sheening inks. Glad my testing helps you.

[@wilneedheart]

Very nice-looking notebook. Amazon Australia says cover is faux leather, Amazon US says leather, Amazon Japan and the Kleid Website give no information. Also, it is marketed as an an on-the-go notebook (folds back on itself).

[@theusefuljournal]

I agree, the design of the notebook is outstanding. Interesting, it certainly doesn’t feel like leather. I have a Nuuna with a really thin leather cover and it feels very different. I wonder if they had a limited release with a leather cover? I actually folded it back on itself before making my review, but didn’t comment on it. It significantly creased the spine.

[@wilneedheart]

@@theusefuljournal
Wirebound notebooks are actually quite handy to many people. It is interesting how, on one hand, we tolerate a thread bound notebook at our computer desk even though it takes up so much space and can annoy the hell out of us, and on the other we feel it is the end of the world when inks bleed and feather on our paper! 😂

[@theusefuljournal]

So true!