LEUCHTTURM1917 – Notebook Hardcover Medium A5-251 Numbered Pages for Writing and Journaling (Navy, Dotted)

A pretty journal: good quality, with numbered pages!
I’ve been using this journal over a year now, and really love it. It still looks awesome on the outside… and on the inside, well, there you’d find my private thoughts and artwork. I use this notebook exclusively with fountain pen inks… a variety of inks. Usually there’s no bleed through. Occasionally there is. As an artist, my challenge is to make the bleed through situations into something beautiful. I find that to be a lot of fun… so am staying positive and not complaining.This is a great notebook for writing in. There’s an index of several pages at the beginning, and the pages are numbered, so it is perfect for use as a bullet journal or writer’s journal, or whatever you like. The pages seem kind of thin, but still good quality. I have other bullet journals with thicker pages. But it is what it is and either you like it for what it is or you don’t. I would not hesitate to buy another journal like this one, when this is full. However – if I was to do it again, I wouldn’t limit myself just to fountain pen ink in this journal. Probably there are other pens that would be better for this one, like the Staedtler Triplus Fineliner Pens which are bright and beautiful and will not bleed through. (I just tried them on my pen check page at the back of the notebook, and they are perfect for this thickness and quality of paper.The cover of my Leuchtturm 1917 is hardcover, and the color is pink… what they call berry. It is so pretty. I’m glad I bought this one. It comes with the elastic, as pictured, and there’s a nice sturdy pocket on the inside back cover. I’ve found it very handy for smaller items I pick up during my travels. The endpapers are white… a sort of creamy white. Everything about this notebook journal speaks quality.I’ve used this as a travel journal, for recording quotes, and as a memoir journal, using a prompt book. I’m not using it for my daily observations of life, though it could be that type of journal if need be. I do a lot of ink painting in this journal. I use the same inks I put into my fountain pens – Noodlers Inks in a variety of colors, and De Atramentis® Document Ink. I’ve also used the Pilot Varsity Disposable Fountain Pens in this journal. It does well with all, but as you can imagine, if I put on the ink too thickly there’s that risk of bleed through… so I’ve learned how much to use, and how much I can get away with layering it before the ink goes through the paper. It is a learning process.Recently I used a pen with a medium nib, and that bled through. Not good… and usually I use the extra-fine nibs which are better for preventing bleed through. Not a problem though – I turned the page and used the bleed-through page to create a bit of art using fountain pen ink applied by water brushes. I like the way it turned out even with the bleed through – it became part of the art.So, if you’re looking for a good quality notebook with thin paper… numbered, with an index and pocket, this could be the right journal for you. I recommend it. I like all the colors, especially the berry pink which is so, so pretty. No complaints from me.

Journal to last all of the little memories, good and bad
I will admit, I have been burned by journals before. Whether they are far too yellow, have annoying date sections at the top of every page, or have my pens bleed through… This journal surprised me. While the pages are a cream color, they don’t distract from the stickers that I like to put down to decorate. The ghosting is minimal on a good pen and my Ohuhu pens worked for headers without having to worry about the other side.I have greatly enjoyed this notebook in the short amount of time I’ve used it. The cover is solid and I don’t worry about the pages getting banged up. I have thoroughly used the two bookmarks for making sure I don’t have to look through my sorrows just to find where I was writing some more. The rounded pages help make sure that when writing your pages won’t get messed up since points tend to fold in. Overall this is a great choice for your personal journaling. Note that I am not a fountain pen user but I think that if you use those that you kind of have to deal with ghosting and bleeding depending on your ink. I do doubt that you could use alcohol markers without bleeding through two pages.Every day I come back to this journal and never once have I thought “I should migrate into a new journal to fix xyz.” There is no xyz to fix for me, this is the perfect journal for everyday journaling and memory keeping. It is small enough to take it on the go and sturdy enough that I am comfortable leaving it in my backpack when I go to my classes.

Je les utilise depuis des années et toujours rien à redire.J’écris au stylo plus, comme au stylo gel ou à bille et ça ne transperce pas.

To help me reach my end of year targets, this meets the requirements