I am always in search of inexpensive, fountain pen friendly paper. When visiting my local Dollar General store recently, I came across their "DG Office" writing tablet priced at $1.00 for 120 sheets.
I always check to see where it was made and was excited when I saw it was made in Indonesia. As I have reported earlier, I have had quite a bit of success with Indonesian paper supplied by iScholar. The paper was unusually smooth for the price (most cheap paper feels like fine sandpaper these days). Since it was only a buck, I thought I would give it a try.
I was quite pleased with the results. Most pens and ink played well with this paper. There was only a bit of feathering with my Pilot Custom 74 with SFM nib and Pilot blue ink, but this pen is notoriously wet. My other pens with Waterman ink performed well. There was a bit of bleed through/show through, especially with broader nibs and wetter pens, but for thin paper, this is to be expected.
Bottom line: This is pretty decent paper for only a buck!
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