Colorverse Ink, with their numerous “seasons” of ink and interesting colors, have established themselves as a stalwart in the ink world, and it was only a matter of time before they turned to paper. Featuring 120 pages of ink-friendly, 90gsm paper, Colorverse’s “Nebula Note Casual Note” notebook offers yet another excellent fountain pen friendly option. The notebook shown here features a durable twin-ring spiral binding, a fairly sturdy kraft/cardstock cover, three different ruling options, and - wait for it - PERFORATED PAGES.
The perforations tear easily and cleanly.
I sometimes feel like I’m shouting into the void with paper companies and perforations. For those of us with day jobs that require us to be able to organize, file, and, yes, sometimes destroy specific pieces of notes or writing, perforations are key. (Unless you’re one of those strange people who loves picking paper scraps out of a spiral binding. Anyone who used a Mead notebook in high school knows what I’m talking about.) Currently, this “Casual Note” notebook and the Maruman Mnemosyne series are my perforated options of choice.
I experienced no feathering with the Nebula Note paper, and since it’s textured and slightly absorbent, fairly quick dry times.
As one would expect from an ink company, Nebula Note notebooks features very good paper. I would compare the feel to a thicker, slightly more textured 68gsm Tomoe River. Colorverse markets this paper as “ink proof,” meaning that you’re supposed to be able to use it to write and swatch inks. I can’t dispute their characterization - I really pushed this paper scribbling with fairly wet pens and a sharp needlepoint and couldn’t get the paper to bleed.
Zero bleed-through, and not much show through even with darker inks. You can easily use both sides of a page.
Here you can see the texture. If you’re not a fan of toothy paper, you may not enjoy the writing experience, but I found it tactile without being “scratchy”.
Takeaways and Where to Buy
My overall opinion is that this is excellent paper, and I wish that more spiral notebooks featured perforated pages like this one. While things are getting better, those “ink proof” spiral notebooks that are also practical enough to use at work remain few and far between, and I’ve been tearing through this one fast enough that I’ll probably look to pick up a few more at the D.C. Pen Show in August.
Some people may not like the “nebula” hologram on the cover, but I think it sets off my Platinum Karakusa (shown in the top photo) nicely!
You can purchase the Colorverse Nebula Note Casual Note from our friends at Vanness Pens, priced at $15. The Casual Note comes in three different rulings: dot grid, lined, and blank. The cover pictured here is called “oil green”, but other options exist, as well as additional notebooks that I look forward to trying out in the future.
This notebook was sent to me by Luxury Brands, the Colorverse U.S. distributor, free of charge for review purposes. I was not compensated for this review. This post does NOT contain affiliate links.