25 Jul 2016

clairefontaine A5 1951 clothbound notebooks

Earlier this year, I purchased these notebooks on a spur of the moment and I'm glad I did. I opted for the orange and blue ones and I do love the vintage-esque design with the clothbound spine. Each notebook has 192 pages of velouté lined 90gsm paper and for notebooks costing around £5 each, I thought this wasn't bad value for money. Especially for Clairefontaine paper.


The paper really does take all pens well. In the example below, I used a rollerball and you can see the reverse of the first picture below it. Minimal show through and no bleeding, even with a troublesome rollerball (a Uniqlo Signo - in my experience, not many paper types can take this pen).


Overall, great value for money, amazing quality and a super cute design. What's not to love?

5 comments

  1. Wow! These look brilliant :) I might have to stock up before final year of University! Thank you for sharing this.

    Alice | Whiskey Jars Blog

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    1. They are great for university :) cheap and cheerful but still of amazing quality - just perfect! Good luck with final year! x

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  2. Clairefontaine don't make "bright white paper" but "velouté". They are famous for that and have been often copied but never equaled. You will offend purists if you qualify their paper of "bright"!

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    1. Haha good to know! :) I'm still quite new to the Clairefontaine paper world as in the past, I've only ever used Rhodia paper (which I'm led to believe is of the same kind?). Will update the post ;) Thanks! x

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  3. You're welcome,,Angela! It was not a serious thing but l just wanted to inform you about the Clairefontaine specificity 😉

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