Monsier Notebooks 2 - The Rematch!

Monsieur Notebooks 2 – The Rematch!

 You may have seen the review we posted about the Monsieur Leather Notebooks, which on the whole was pretty good. One thing we did say however was that we thought that the fountain pen paper wasn’t quite up to the job. 

Since then we’ve had a very nice letter from Tom Strickland of Monsieur Leather Notebooks, with a very nice hand-written letter, obviously using a fountain pen, kudos for that!

Attached with the letter we a couple of samples of paper, that Monsieur are thinking of moving to, allowing them to cope much better with wetter fountain pens. The paper in question is Royal Executive Bond 80gsm, so how did it hold up?

Firstly the nemesis of the first test – the Visconti Homo Sapiens, and then the Lamy 2000 Medium and  Conway Stewart. All of which held up very well indeed, with no visible feathering and the bleed through on the other side was minimal at worst.

Next up the 100gsm – using the same pens, which strangely sometimes isn’t actually better. Not on this occasion though, it held up superbly.

So in our humble opinion if Monsieur Leather Notebooks switch to this Royal Executive Bond Paper then they’ll have a pretty unbeatable product!

Bonjour to Monsieur Leather Notebooks!

Monsieur Notebooks Part 1

Having a look today at Monsieur Leather Notebooks.

These are fairly new on the scene, and as Leather Notebooks go, they are pretty darn nice. Come in a pretty wide range of colours and in A6, A5 and A4 sizes. 

They come complete with the usual amenities that you’d expect from any decent notebook, an elasticated strap to hold them closed, and a handy ribbon book mark.

One thing we were worried about was opening them flat, as they didn’t appear to do this too well, however what they say is treat them rough – as they are very well bound and can take it. Worked a treat!

Paper variety is also pretty good, ruled, plain and dotted are your options, and with various grades of paper – from 90 gsm to the sturdy 140 gsm. The 100 gsm paper they claim is specifically for fountain pens, let put them to the test!

First up – the Visconti Homo Sapiens, which is a very wet pen.

-          - Slight amount of feathering here and when we turn the page over there is a far amount of bleed through.

Next, the Conway Stewart with a fine italic nib and the Conway Stewart with Medium Italic Nib

-        - Not quite as much bleed through as the Visconti but still some

So on first impressions it struck us that you’re not really going to be able to use both sides of the paper in this leather notebook unless you don’t mind that little bit of bleed through.

Having said these are still a pretty good product, and we haven’t even mentioned the extremely reasonable price tags!

Monsieur Leather Notebook A5

Monsieur Leather Notebook A6

Monsieur Leather Notebook A4

Bonjour to Monsieur Leather Notebooks!

Hot off the presses! - Monsieur Leather Notebooks

What Monsieur say about their Leather Notebooks...
"We're all about notebooks; we believe a good notebook can be a great companion - whether it helps the creative process or eases the labours of work. To honour this belief, we endeavour to make the finest notebooks. It's as simple as that."



Our own in store Monsieur Leather Notebook Display!

What We Say...
Splendid little notebooks! Hardwearing and elegant, the real leather really makes the difference, the quality of the paper is also very good indeed.

Take a gander at Johns video review and you can see the Monsieur Leather Notebooks in action both aesthecially and how they are to write in.



Available in A6, A5 and A4 Sizes and in a range of colours/ paper types they are really are excellent notebooks!

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