As a stationery snob, I admit to caring a lot (maybe too much) about the pens and papers I use.
So it would come as no surprise that news of Tomoegawa using a new machine for manufacturing their Tomoe River paper is causing me no small amount of concern.
It does not help matters that reviews show that things I love about the TR paper – paper thinness, ink shading, ink haloing and ghosting (I love ghosting!) – are all supposedly worse in the new paper.
I am now wondering to what extent I would go to to get my hands on some of the new stuff so I can test it out for myself.
It might result in me buying a lot of notebooks now in an attempt to stave off the inevitable.
Oh, first world problems…
@vishae would you like me to send you a few sheets?
@sgtstretch You have some? Yes please! What do you think of it?
@vishae I’m pretty sure it’s the new stuff, I got it a couple months ago. My biggest gripe is the missing halo sheen, that was one of the best parts of TR. I’ll pop a couple sheets in the mail for you.
@sgtstretch thanks! The address I had on incowrimo is old though. How should I send you my address?
@sgtstretch and yeah, I’ve heard about the lack of sheen. I’m worried most about the lack of shading and ghosting.
@vishae just left you a message via your blog contact page.
@sgtstretch 👍🏻 Emailed you back.
@sgtstretch Just thought I’d let you know that I’ve received the paper sample. Thanks again for sending them through!
I probably won’t get to properly test it until after Nanowrimo, but initial impressions is that the paper is “toothier”. Not a bad thing, just my observation so far.
@vishae glad they arrived! I look forward to your full thoughts.