There’s lots of exciting new things to report today on the paper front, including new paper sizes and formats from Lochby, fun Letterpress notepads from the Well-Appointed Desk, and an entire new line of U.S.-sourced paper from Appointed, based in Washington, D.C. We’ve also built out our Yamamoto Paper sampler offerings with the “Paper Tastings” series, which currently feature seven different combinations of unusual Japanese papers that you’re unlikely to find outside of samplers like these.
Thin Papers, Planner Papers, Onionskin Paper, Gray Paper, we have all sorts of samplers for you to explore!
On a somewhat somber note, the word is that Write Notepads will no longer be making retail products, so what we have from them is likely it for the time being. We’ve double-checked our stock, and everything that we currently have available (the Landscape Weekly Planner) is listed on the site. I’ve made an effort to start bringing in products from smaller companies such as Well-Appointed Desk and Skylab, Appointed, and Musgrave here in the U.S. Just a reminder that if you like a small business, and enjoy their product, they won’t be around forever if you don’t actually support them, especially in this environment!
Everything shown here is also in our brick and mortar shop, which will be open Thursday and Saturday this week, and this Friday by appointment. Typically we have regular Friday hours, but I need to finish upgrading some displays and plan to take the afternoon to do that work. Come see us on Saturday and check out the new look!
Appointed Notebooks and Pencils. Washington, D.C.-based Appointed makes gorgeous notebooks and other stationery items, featured wonderfully textured paper that’s one of the best pencil papers I’ve used. Note that American paper is more absorbent than most and will not be the best for extremely wet fountain pens.
Well-Appointed Desk Notepads and Calendar Stickers. Want some irreverent letterpress notepads? These will look great on your desk at work. (They do on mine.) Oh, and we have some fun Calendar stickers too! Add these for planner functionality in any notebook!
Lochby 68gsm Tomoe River Notebooks. One of the last regularly available sources of my beloved 68gsm Tomoe River Paper (and in dot grid nonetheless), Lochby has released their notebooks in a few new sizes, including B5, A5 Slim/Personal, and a new Planner format for their 3.5” x 5.5” pocket notebooks.
Yamamoto Paper Tasting Samplers. One of my favorite ways to explore different types of rare papers is via Yamamoto’s carefully selected “Paper Tasting” samplers, each of which contains three different sizes of notepads (B7-A6), and three different papers grouped by shared characteristics. For example, there is an eggshell-texture pack, an onionskin pack, a gray pack and more.
TWSBI Precision “Gemini Blue” and TWSBI ECO Slate Blue and Onyx Fountain Pens. We have more of TWSBI’s latest releases, including the long-awaited Gemini Blue and the popular ECO Slate Blue fountain pens.
Yamamoto A4 Paper Packs. Each Yamamoto Paper Pack contains 50 sheets of A4 rare and/or discontinued Japanese Paper, including OK Fools, Tomoe River varieties, Soliste, and new arrivals such as Sheeps Cloud Bond Paper.
Yamamoto A5 Writing Pads. We have additional stock of the Yamamoto Paper A5 Writing Pads that include fountain pen friendly favorites such as Sanzen Tomoe River, Tomoegawa Tomoe River, and Bank Paper, which I’ve heard is being discontinued.
Sunderland mk1 Machined Pens. We now carry the entire line of anodized Sunderland mk1 rollerballs, which ship with a Pilot G2 refill and also fits the threaded Montblanc-style rollerball refills and fineliners. (We have one last T.G.S. x Sunderland special edition in stock.)
Notsu Centre Rise Notecard Sets. We have additional stock of the orange and black Notsu Centre Rise Notecard sets (which are the cardboxes that ship with 50 cards and feature the magnetic card stand).
Notsu Notecard Holders. These vegan leather notecard holders from Notsu will hold a handful of cards in reserve, along with a pen, as well as provide a firm writing surface for the card you’re working on at the time.
We have been known to sell other irreverent stationery from time to time.