New Arrivals: Midori Spring Soft Colors and 1-Year Journals You Can Start Anytime!

Midori paper is among our favorite, and we’ve recently restocked on the Soft Color line just in time for Spring! We’ve previously carried the staplebound Soft Color notebooks, and have now added the wirebound spiral notebooks in five colors. Midori Soft Color paper is unique among colored paper in that it comes with a light dot grid ruling and works well with fountain pens. (Note that the notebook paper is comparable to MD Paper in thickness and is heavier stock than the Soft Color A5 notepads.) Check out these and other notebooks from the Midori and MD Product lineup, as new shipments have been arriving daily.

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We’ve also added new Midori One-Day, One-Page hardcover journals, in addition to restocking on the 5-Year Diaries. These books are all undated, meaning that you can start anytime. The 1-year journal even has an index function that lets you categorize your diary entries by subject.

We have normal shop hours in our Nashville store this week, from 1-6pm Thursday and Friday, and from 10am-6pm Saturday. Come by and see these and more!

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The Midori One-Day, One-Page interior layout with index in the bottom right-hand corner.

Thursday Drops: New Taccia Ukiyo-e Kuniyoshi Inks, Plus Midori and MD Products Restocks

They’re finally here! The latest releases in the Taccia Ukiyo-e line include eight new ink colors, many of which are darker shades infused with black. The Utagawa Kuniyoshi series features gorgeous box and bottle artwork, in addition to Taccia’s beautifully flowing ink. As noted on Tuesday, we also received a shipment of the rebranded Midori MD line notebooks (now “MD Product”), which includes new dot grid A6, B6 slim, and A7 notebooks. Finally, all Roterfaden from the SF Stationery Fest is back in inventory, and don’t forget that you can listen to the live recording of the event we co-hosted there in Episode 6 of On the Paper Trail!

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Taccia’s Kuromidori Kuniyoshi is going to be a favorite - all those multishading and color-shifting greens with sheen tend to do well. (Unfortunately Sabimidori is still backordered).

The Nashville shop will be open normal hours this week, from 1-6pm on Thursday and Friday, and from 10am-6pm on Saturday. Please come by and see all of these and more in person!

1. Taccia Ukiyo-e Kuniyoshi Inks. The third series of Taccia Ukiyo-e inks are now available, with some gorgeous dark black-infused colors added to the line. A few are sheeners for lovers of sheen and multi-shading, and as always, the Taccia artwork is beautifully incorporated into the packaging. We’ve also received a restock of the first two series of Ukiyo-e inks, with favorites such as Ainezu, Ruri, and Nakamurasaki returning.

2. Taccia Standard Line Restock. We’ve restocked on many of the standard Taccia ink colors as well, including Tsuchi (“Wheat”), Midori (Dark Green), and Uguisu (Lighter Green).

3. MD Product Dot Grid Notebooks. MD Product has rebranded and released more sizes of notebooks in dot grid layout as well as the standard lined, blank, and graph. Now you can enjoy B6 Slim, A6, and A7 in dot ruling as well as the A5!

4. MD Product A5 Codex Restock. The day-to-a-page MD Notebooks (the Codex series) are back, with both dot grid and plain papers. Intended for use as an undated daily planner or journal, the Codex can also serve as a thick notebook with excellent MD Paper.

5. TRAVELER’S Company Notebooks and Refills. The Standard notebooks sold out again quickly, but we have Passport-size TRAVELER’S Notebooks, as well as the full range of refills and accessories in all size.

6. Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter A4. All Roterfaden products that made it back from San Francisco and Arkansas are now listed on the site, including the large A4 Roterfadens that can hold most A4 notebooks and A4 pads.

7. Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter B5. The B5 Taschenbegleiter features a red leather that ages beautifully, and is large enough to hold both B5 notebooks and standard composition books. The clips slide up and down slightly to accommodate minor variations in sizing.

8. TRAVELER’S Company Brass Ballpoint and Rollerball Pens. The two most popular pens in the TRAVELER’S “Brass” series have been the ballpoint and the Rollerball (which takes fountain pen ink cartridges). We have both back in stock at the moment.

9. Yamamoto Ro-Biki Canvas Covers. Ro-Biki notebook covers are Yamamoto’s unique take on an A5 slim system, crafted from soft cotton canvas with an integrated zipper pouch. Ro-biki refills are a popular option to use with our TGS_25 Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter.

10. Yamamoto Ro-Biki Refills. We’re fully stocked on Ro-Biki refills, which feature lined, grid, and reticle rulings on Yamamoto’s Soliste Paper, as well as several unique cover designs. The new waxed paper “Texture” series has also arrived, in both grey and orange covers.

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Yes, another dark green, this one a darker take on Uguisu.

New Arrivals: MD Product Dot Grid Notebooks! B6 Slim, A6, and A7 Sizes Now Available!

While it would have been fun to have had these in time for the two pen shows we attended over the past two weeks, it was still nice to arrive in town to three huge boxes from MD Products, containing a restock of many different items as well as an expanded lineup of notebooks featuring their popular dot grid layout! MD Paper is one of my favorite fountain pen friendly paper options, and the dot grid paper has always been among the most popular. It’s now available in B6, A7, and A6 sizes, in addition to the standard A5.

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Three new sizes of dot grid notebooks, from left: B6 Slim, A6, and A7.

We’ve also received a fresh restock of MD Cotton A5 Notebooks, MD Codex Day-to-a-Page Notebooks, and Clear Plastic Covers. Please note that the branding on the front of the MD notebooks will now read “MD Product” instead of “Midori MD”, though the paper remains the same.

You can come see these and more in-store this week during normal hours, from 1-6pm Thursday and Friday and from 10am-6pm on Saturday. Please be sure to check the shop page for any updates.

Weekly Drops: Stationery Fest Edition!

This week’s theme is “Stationery Fest,” with a focus on items beyond standard pens and writing instruments. As mentioned in Wednesday’s post, we’re attending the San Francisco Stationery Fest Friday through Sunday of this week. While we’ll have merchandise with us in San Francisco, there is stock of everything listed here available for purchase online and in the Nashville store, which remains open this weekend. New arrivals include Yamamoto Ro-Biki notebook refills, which have been out of stock for some time, as well as TWSBI ECO Bahama Yellow Fountain Pens and the new Kaweco Sports! We’re especially excited to have the Yamamoto Paper restocked, as it’s been unavailable for quite some time.

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We weren’t kidding when we said we ordered a lot of Canopus!

We will be set up at the Vanness Pens table at the San Francisco Stationery Fest, and will be hosting a live On the Paper Trail recording Friday night! The Nashville store will be open this weekend Thursday-Saturday 1pm-6pm each day.

1. TWSBI ECO Bahama Yellow Fountain Pen. The latest ECO release returns to silver trim, paired with a mustard-yellow acrylic that’s reminiscent of limited editions TWSBI did in Japan years ago. I’m super-excited to see this color added to the palette!

2. Kaweco Sport Lunar Light Green and Shadow Green Fountain Pens. Kaweco’s Spring releases have arrived, and we still have stock of the “Lunar” series Sport fountain pens.

3. Yamamoto Canopus Note A5 Notebooks. Last week we received a fresh shipment of the Canopus A5 Notebooks, and while we sold a LOT of them in Arkansas, we left some in inventory for the shop and they remain available.

4. Yamamoto Select Premium Japanese Papers. We have stock of several different types of Yamamoto looseleaf papers in the A4 size, including favorites such as Soliste, Light Force, and Canopus.

5. Yamamoto Paper Tasting Sampler Sets. Interested in exploring less common Japanese papers?

6. Yamamoto Ro-Biki Note Canvas Covers and Refills. One of the lesser-known “A5-Slim” notebook systems, Yamamoto’s in-house “Ro-Biki” refills feature Soliste paper and a canvas cover that incorporates a zippered case.

7. Yamamoto Bullet Jotters (Bible-Sized). These Bible-sized Jotters hold two pads of paper, which can be used as stand-alone tear-off notepads or hole-punched to fit a Bible-sized 6-ring binder.

8. Cloth & Paper Sticky Notes. We stock a wide range of different sticky notes from Richmond-based Cloth & Paper, including notes in different shapes and with varying degrees of translucency.

9. Cloth & Paper “Sidebar” Sticky Notes. These longer sticky notes can be used to format a notebook as a planner or simply as stand-alone notetaking and planning tools. Available in grid, task list, and weekly planner formats.

10. New Washi Tapes from iLootPaperie! We have new designs as well as restocks on old favorites from iLootPaperie, who we’ll be seeing in person this weekend at the SF Stationery Fest!

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New Arrivals: Roterfaden Taschenbegleiters in A5, B5, and A4!

On the heels of our restock shipment of the TGS_25 Roterfadens, we also received additional Taschenbegleiters in A5, B5, and A4, which were made available for purchase at the Arkansas Pen Show and are now available online. Most stock will be going with us to the San Francisco Stationery Fest on Thursday, where we will be set up with Vanness Pens, so if you would like to order one online and have it shipped before then, please be sure to get your order in by close of business on Wednesday.

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A size comparison of the A4, B5, and A5 Taschenbegleiters, from largest to smallest.

Please note that we will have slightly modified store hours this week due to show attendance. The Nashville shop will be open from 1pm-6pm Thursday through Saturday, with the change in hours being the later Saturday opening time. For those attending the San Francisco Stationery Fest, we look forward to seeing you there!