Great book for fountain pens. The paper is great to write on and has no bleed through or feathering.

I have tried at least two dozen distinct notebook papers that are (supposedly) friendly to fountain pens, and this one is the friendliest under all the factors important to me. (This includes currently-available Tomoe River paper, but not the "vintage" stuff before the factory changed hands.) This paper is very smooth, no feathering to my eye, no bleed, minimal show through, and the inks I use dry very quickly. This includes fairly wet inks, lubricated inks, extended cap off inks, and nano-pigmented permanent inks. Includes also the notorious Noodler's Baystate Blue, which this paper handles beautifully.

For the record, #1 was Clairefontaine 90 GSM, #2 Goulet Tomoe River 68 GSM, and #3 Leuchtturm 80 GSM.

Wonderful paper quality and a well made notebook. We really like the Clairefontaine note books and stationary we have purchased. This 1951 Clothbound A5 Notebook is a gift for my husband (along with another Pilot Pen from Goulet Pens) and I think he will like the classy traditional look as well as the wonderful high quality paper.

i love these clairefontaine notebooks and i've used them for years. so happy to have another one!

Good quality. Would recommend

Lots of nice features: 2 bookmark ribbons, 90 gsm coated paper, sturdy cover, lays flat for writing. I enjoy the way my pens flow across the paper. the 8mm line spacing works well for me and allows for lots of noted per page. Really wet inks (Monteverde Jade Noir through a #6 JinHao 'M steel nib in a PenBBS 355) will ghost through the paper but doesn't interfere with legibility. I am using this notebook for journaling and really do enjoy writing in it.

This notebook is excellent. When writing the pen just glides across the page like it's on ice. I haven't noticed any bleedthrough or issues with drying.

I adore this notebook. other reviews have noted the nature of the spine and that's accurate, but gosh the paper feels wonderful to write on. nice, spaced out lines that let your pen really glide across the page. not much bleedthrough, but admittedly i've only written on the fronts of pages so far. super super pleased with this and cannot wait to keep filling it up.

This A5 notebook has a flexible cloth over card stock cover. I am using Iroshizuku ink, and see no feathering, and slight ghosting on the pages. This is not a permanent notebook, but rather one you can keep for awhile, but it will show wear and tear due to the type cover it employs. It will fit comfortably in a handbag or packpack. If you archive your notes or writings, get a notebook with a heavier cover.

Fits the Galen folio like a dream!

These Clairefontaine notebooks are great. The paper is great for fountain pens.

Clairefontaine 1951 is a throwback that delivers. They say they don't build em like they used to, but in this case they're wrong. We're very pleased with the quality of this journal and look forward to purchasing another.

I love this notebook. I don't like pre-patterned journals or diaries, as I prefer to organize my days, notes etc. in free form. And Clairefontaine is really my favorite paper. This allows me to enjoy my current every day writer and ink without worry about crappy paper, and still get everything I use in a general, portable notebook. Quality of binding is good (don't expect it to get through a war, but everyday use and a few skirmishes are fine).

The notebook is very nice. Enough pages to last me a while. Smooth writing experience.

I love the notebook. Amazing paper, yet, not without my complaints. This notebook is something that you would carry around and not worry about too much, which is an amazing feeling. Complaints - With almost all clothbound notebooks, you will have two problems. The first, after you open and flatten the notebook, the cardstock covers will bend open slightly when you close the book. You have to bend it in the opposite direction to allow the book to remain closed. Secondly, Clothbound books with soft covers are hard to use on the left hand pages because the book doesn't open flat. The left hand pages don't lay flat until halfway through the book. Loves - The paper is absolutely amazing, can't emphasize that enough. Design and looks, so amazing, can't explain how much I love the design. The book is a huge joy to use and once you get a few pages into the book, the lay flat inconvenience dissipates.

I've been using these notebooks (I bought 7 of them) for a month now and I'm extremely happy with them. Just from first sight, they look fantastic. The design on the cover is simplistic yet eye-catching. The quality is also very good and the paper is very good, perfect for fountain pens! The price is also great. You really can't go wrong with these.

Lovely item, worked as well as I anticipated and a touch better. I merely need to acquire more of these.

I've filled 80% of my first one of these, testing a wide variety of pens and several inks. The paper has nice smoothness, very little or no show through, no feathering, yet reasonably fast drying. Paper has been extremely consistent page after page,front and back. The cover is tough and has held up well with just slight dog ears at the corner. Binding is tough and resilient; it closes back up very well after extensive use.

Very nice paper, but does not lay real flat. You can work with the binding some to get it to lay somewhat flat. Do not buy if you are expecting it to lay flat like the Apica CD Notebook journals or the Rhodia Medium Webnotebook.

I couldn't ask for more with the paper. The ink will take longer to dry than you are used to with American paper but your ink will not feather and will shade better. The only downside is that the binding is very tight. But don't let that steer you away. its a very nice notebook for the price.

The binding is a bit tough, but strong. Not quite lay flat, but perfectly usable. The paper is Clairefontaine, and I don't think much needs to be said beyond that. The cover is good for a standard notebook. Durable cardstock of some sort, but not too thick. Working on this year's NaNoWriMo project in it, and it has been great thus far. Possibly my favorite notebook.

I wanted to use this notebook as an everyday, walk-around journal and notes book. Having recently gotten into fountain pens, I wanted to make sure the paper would hold up, and it does so, well. However, What kills me about this notebook is the amount of wasted space due to the thick and tough cloth binding. Writing in it for long periods of time is cumbersome and takes a lot of holding the page down. This is not a flat laying notebook, by any means. That said, the paper quality is great with no bleed or feathering. The paper is nice to write on with fountain pens.

For anyone with a flair for the vintage or distinct, this notebook is for you. It's sooo so pretty and feels quality, it feels like the quality you would expect to match the cover. I haven't written in it yet, but if the paper is the typical clairfontaine, it'll be equally amazing. My ONLY, only quip, is that I wish it came with a graph lining.

Clairfontaine is my favorite paper. I have a few of these notebooks and keep them where I always have one available.

These are wonderful notebooks. I bought three and keep one in my bag at all times. The cover has a nice subtle diamond pattern with a lovely texture and feel, and a space to write your own title. The cloth binding is great as well; it feels like quality build. It takes just a little bit of breaking in but the pages will lay mostly flat. The pages... you get what we've come to expect from Clairefontaine. Very smooth, no bleedthrough or feathering from any of my inks or pens, and just slight showthrough with only the darkest of inks, like Noodler's Heart of Darkness, which I find shows through most any paper. Drytime is adequate for an ink resistant paper like this. This is an amazing notebook at a steal of a price. As always, amazing product and service from Goulet Pens! Highly recommended!