*“Sebum”* - that’s the name of the oil produced by glands on your skin (including hands). It’s something I’ve become increasingly aware of as I dive deeper into my obsession with paper, and I wish more paper reviews included it as a qualitative factor - anyway, thanks for mentioning that. I ended up getting a glove (from jetpens) which covers my bottom couple fingers, palm, and part of my wrist. it’s great for longer writing sessions, protecting the page from sebum & smudging :)
Artists tip, you can also tear a small piece of paper and rest it between your hand on the page. It's how we keep graphite from smudging, but also works to keep oil off the page.
I had forgotten about onion skin. In my early calligraphy days back in the 80's, we used it. My go-to paper for fountain pens has been Rhodia and Stalogy, so I appreciate the comparison of other papers, too.
I love these journals and I hope they'll be a huge success, because variety in paper is so important to me as an artist and someone who just likes to write with fountain pens. Thank you for doing this very practical review. I was especially impressed by the little amount of bleedthrough and how nicely the colors of the inks came out.
"No views", 0 likes, 0 dislikes... wow, never been so early to a video before! Edit after finishing the video: What an interesting paper material! Not sure if I'd really want to use it too much for everyday writing, but it looks quite unique.
The now hard to find Esleeck onion paper is heavenly more smoother than even my 52gsm Tomoe River, I love the Esleeck. The Tomoe though if you look through a magnifying glass has sharper line edges but I still truly prefer the smoothness of the Esleeck onion paper made even smoother if you smoothen your nib with , the only one that can trump it when it comes to smoothness is photo paper. God bless.
This paper is SO appealing to me. It reminds me of the paper my grandmother wrote on when she was sending Air Mail to our relatives in the "old country." I might have to grab one of the note pads.
This will also be a no option for me. I live in the Netherlands and as you said : no one else sells them. But they have been on my list of things to get for a while now. Maybe some day.
Onion Skin paper would make excellent tracing paper! Does it wrinkle (crinkle up?) significantly after applying a wet ink? That could be interesting when writing letters, but it would distort any image that had been traced.
I love this paper, and use it to send letters to my penpals. It gets very crinkly with a B nib, or stub nib so I would guess that it would be quite crinkly if it got wet all over (like with watercolours).
@@jennieeveleighlamond Thanks for the response. I like the crinkly nature for writing and, occasionally, do some tracing. Too bad it's all sold out at the moment!
@@randy-9842 I hope that you get to try some soon! I bought a notepad for letters and a journal which I am saving for 2022 in the summer, so I've used the notepad for months now and I'm really happy with it.
isn't that basically the paper that animators use? funnily enough, the potentially dangerous cellulose synonymous with fountain pen is also possible to be made into clearer cel paper. we really are going full circle
Woodpulp isn't dangerous; all plants are composed of cellulose. Cellulose is a component of celluloid. The material animators use is usually a mylar or paper vellum, or if using tissue, which architects and draftspeople also use, in the industry it's called "bumwad."
@@jacobus57 I meant to say celluloid and other processed stuff using cellulose(or maybe not/different from wood pulp cellulose?) like nitrocellulose, old films that are combustible, etc., but good to know what you said, it's old things that just aren't never really common knowledge.
I appreciate that you don't use the terms "pages" and "sheets" interchangeably the way some people do (one sheet = two pages). By the way, as someone who retired from the printing industry after 40 years, everyone I dealt with in the industry always referred to it as smyth sewn, not smith sewn, but in any case I knew what you meant.
Interesting paper! I wonder how it can be so different from the other onion skin papers you tried and didn't like. That would mean that not all onion skin papers are the same. 🤔
Thanks for the review. I have used this paper years ago. It is fine for ballpoint pens but for fountain pen ink, I would have to pass, being left-handed and an overwrites.
Oh boy this seems to be not be for me. Even with normal paper i sometimes have a big issue with being extremely oily I kinda don't wanna try how this paper would work with me.
Curious as to how ‘onion skin’ paper differs from regular paper?(do have preference for lighter papers like Basildon Bond airmail and tomoe river 52gsm, so suspect this would be right up my street!:); thanks for this
Great review. I love onion skin paper. It reminds me of the airmail letters my parents used to send abroad, when I was a kid.
*“Sebum”* - that’s the name of the oil produced by glands on your skin (including hands). It’s something I’ve become increasingly aware of as I dive deeper into my obsession with paper, and I wish more paper reviews included it as a qualitative factor - anyway, thanks for mentioning that.
I ended up getting a glove (from jetpens) which covers my bottom couple fingers, palm, and part of my wrist. it’s great for longer writing sessions, protecting the page from sebum & smudging :)
Artists tip, you can also tear a small piece of paper and rest it between your hand on the page. It's how we keep graphite from smudging, but also works to keep oil off the page.
I love these journals and I'm glad they are getting more exposure. I also think they are great for typewriters and for watercolour sketching.
I had forgotten about onion skin. In my early calligraphy days back in the 80's, we used it. My go-to paper for fountain pens has been Rhodia and Stalogy, so I appreciate the comparison of other papers, too.
I love these journals and I hope they'll be a huge success, because variety in paper is so important to me as an artist and someone who just likes to write with fountain pens. Thank you for doing this very practical review. I was especially impressed by the little amount of bleedthrough and how nicely the colors of the inks came out.
Onion skin is a lovely paper. It’d be nice to see the pad and journal come with a sheet of blotting paper
As well as a standard European size so we could use it in our covers.
Used onionskin when typing for carbon copies. Still have a ream. Now I'll try with some fountain pens. Thanks for the great interesting review .
I always loved onion-skin or airmail paper - Brings back great memories. I found Sodaxx translucent vellum. It's 75 sheets for $8.
Love this paper and journals. The sound and look of it is fabulous. Great review.
When I was little my dad would get me onion skin paper so I could trace my favorite coloring book pages. That way I could color them many timesa
Great review of an unusual paper.
"No views", 0 likes, 0 dislikes... wow, never been so early to a video before!
Edit after finishing the video: What an interesting paper material! Not sure if I'd really want to use it too much for everyday writing, but it looks quite unique.
The now hard to find Esleeck onion paper is heavenly more smoother than even my 52gsm Tomoe River, I love the Esleeck. The Tomoe though if you look through a magnifying glass has sharper line edges but I still truly prefer the smoothness of the Esleeck onion paper made even smoother if you smoothen your nib with , the only one that can trump it when it comes to smoothness is photo paper.
God bless.
What an interesting paper.
Thanks for the review.
This paper is SO appealing to me. It reminds me of the paper my grandmother wrote on when she was sending Air Mail to our relatives in the "old country." I might have to grab one of the note pads.
This will also be a no option for me. I live in the Netherlands and as you said : no one else sells them. But they have been on my list of things to get for a while now. Maybe some day.
Thank you! I have wondered about this paper. Will be ordering now without reservation.
Found an onion paper notepad in a box of correspondence of my dad's, from back in the 80's. I'll give it a go with my fountain pens! Thanks!!
Ooh! The paper seems to not absorb ink much, which can be interesting. I'd probably stick to using very fine nibs on it.
Onion Skin paper would make excellent tracing paper!
Does it wrinkle (crinkle up?) significantly after applying a wet ink? That could be interesting when writing letters, but it would distort any image that had been traced.
I love this paper, and use it to send letters to my penpals. It gets very crinkly with a B nib, or stub nib so I would guess that it would be quite crinkly if it got wet all over (like with watercolours).
@@jennieeveleighlamond Thanks for the response. I like the crinkly nature for writing and, occasionally, do some tracing. Too bad it's all sold out at the moment!
@@randy-9842 I hope that you get to try some soon! I bought a notepad for letters and a journal which I am saving for 2022 in the summer, so I've used the notepad for months now and I'm really happy with it.
@@randy-9842 It has just been restocked, if you want to buy from the company cited in this review.
@@marilyngardner4269 -- thanks! Just placed an order. :)
This paper looks very fun to use.
I have a hard cover version of this notebook with the same cover art. Didn’t know they had a pad you can use to write letters.
isn't that basically the paper that animators use? funnily enough, the potentially dangerous cellulose synonymous with fountain pen is also possible to be made into clearer cel paper. we really are going full circle
Woodpulp isn't dangerous; all plants are composed of cellulose. Cellulose is a component of celluloid. The material animators use is usually a mylar or paper vellum, or if using tissue, which architects and draftspeople also use, in the industry it's called "bumwad."
@@jacobus57 I meant to say celluloid and other processed stuff using cellulose(or maybe not/different from wood pulp cellulose?) like nitrocellulose, old films that are combustible, etc., but good to know what you said, it's old things that just aren't never really common knowledge.
Cool paper and fun poem. David, what kind of envelopes do you use for letter writing? Do you use a more permanent ink?
I appreciate that you don't use the terms "pages" and "sheets" interchangeably the way some people do (one sheet = two pages). By the way, as someone who retired from the printing industry after 40 years, everyone I dealt with in the industry always referred to it as smyth sewn, not smith sewn, but in any case I knew what you meant.
I watched two different videos which pronounced it "smith"...so that's what I went with. 🤷♂️
Interesting paper! I wonder how it can be so different from the other onion skin papers you tried and didn't like. That would mean that not all onion skin papers are the same. 🤔
Great review. Wonderful poem. Would you add a link to some of the poetry of the person who sent you these?
Thanks for the review. I have used this paper years ago. It is fine for ballpoint pens but for fountain pen ink, I would have to pass, being left-handed and an overwrites.
Oh boy this seems to be not be for me. Even with normal paper i sometimes have a big issue with being extremely oily I kinda don't wanna try how this paper would work with me.
Curious as to how ‘onion skin’ paper differs from regular paper?(do have preference for lighter papers like Basildon Bond airmail and tomoe river 52gsm, so suspect this would be right up my street!:); thanks for this
It's the weight and translucency. This doesn't look like traditional onion skin, which is "crunchy" like onion skin but not fragile.
And before the video has ended, I bought the pad.
Interesting!
One is all. All is one.
The pad is $26. - and sold out?!? Not very cost effective compared to 52gsm Tomoe River, is it?
ouroboros!
Nice. Not sure that people from Southern California should be attempting southern accents, though I commend your effort
Ouroboros not Ourobos. Like aluminium not aluminum. Why do Americans drop syllables from words?
I enjoyed your potty story
...annnnnd Figbooted! Shame, pretty paper.