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Every sheet weighed and sized — from the 52 gsm Japanese thinness that holds a sheening pool to the 100 gsm cotton that drinks an iron gall line into permanence.

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№ 001 JP · 2019
Tomoegawa
Tomoe River S
52 gsm
An impossibly thin sheet that refuses to bleed.
ToneCream
ToothGlass
SizingExtreme
PulpWood
Tooth
Sheen
Bleed
$ 10 Tier I
№ 008 JP · 1960
Midori
MD Notebook
80 gsm
The quiet professional of Japanese notebooks.
ToneIvory
ToothSmooth
SizingHeavy int.
PulpWood
Tooth
Sheen
Bleed
$ 14 Tier II
№ 014 FR · 1932
Rhodia
No. 16 Dot
80 gsm
Crisp daily-notes paper, dot grid.
ToneBright
ToothPolished
SizingHeavy int.
PulpWood
Tooth
Sheen
Bleed
$ 7 Tier I
№ 027 FR · 1985
Clairefontaine
Triomphe
90 gsm
The correspondence paper that disappears under the pen.
ToneBright
ToothPolished
SizingHeavy int.
PulpWood
Tooth
Sheen
Bleed
$ 16 Tier II
№ 041 BE · 1870
Crown Mill
Pure Cotton Laid
100 gsm
100% cotton, laid, sized — the correspondence paper.
ToneCream
ToothSoft
SizingHeavy int.
PulpCotton
Tooth
Sheen
Bleed
$ 24 Tier III
№ 056 JP · 2008
Maruman
Mnemosyne 197
80 gsm
The notebook engineers reach for — square grid.
ToneOff-white
ToothSmooth
SizingHeavy int.
PulpWood
Tooth
Sheen
Bleed
$ 12 Tier I
№ 071 JP · 2010
Apica
CD Premium
81 gsm
Surface-sized ivory — sheens when given the chance.
ToneIvory
ToothSmooth
SizingHeavy surf.
PulpWood
Tooth
Sheen
Bleed
$ 10 Tier II
№ 088 FR · 1919
G. Lalo
Vergé de France
100 gsm
French laid correspondence — warm cream, soft tooth.
ToneCream
ToothSoft
SizingHeavy int.
PulpWood (25% cotton)
Tooth
Sheen
Bleed
$ 18 Tier II