![]() There was an old trick of looking for notebooks that said Made in Brazil, and similar, because at the time they were still pretty much cutting down old trees which meant stronger more consistent paper fibers that handled feathering/bleed better. Only thing that could feather/bleed it was a fat sharpie (or oddly enough a Bic Z4+ rollerball), but then they switched to a "Bio-Blend" (30% sugarcane, 70% recycled material, thicker feel), which they said most customers liked the change, but bled and feathered horribly with liquid inks. Some sugarcane options are good, it used to be that when Roaring springs sold "Environotes" 100% Sugarcane, it could take anything and everything, even my huge 2.0 wet stub with a very wet ink. (Moleskine isn't that great for fountain pens, and the company themselves said it's designed primarily for pencils and ballpoints). Mead 5-star wasn't designed for liquid inks, and just like Moleskine they're mainly good for pencils, ballpoints, and gel pens. I used the same inks with the same pens on both pages and the images speak for themselves. Shading is much more prominent and it even brought out the slightest hint of sheen with my Parker Blue/Black ink! It's been 20+ minutes since I wrote on the Pen+Gear paper and the ink is still shiny and smudgeable. Oddly enough, Noodler's Apache Sunset refused to dry at all on this paper. Dry times were increased, but that is to be expected when the paper doesn't absorb ink like a sponge. To my surprise, the Pen+Gear notebook performed way better than the Mead Five Star! There was virtually no feathering, no ghosting, and no bleedthrough. I decided to test out one of my old notebooks from high school, before I began using fountain pens. ![]() My notes were either one-sided or mildly illegible ever since I picked up the hobby a few years ago. ![]() I've been buying Mead Five Star notebooks for the past few school years and I often dismissed the feathering and ghosting because I always assumed it was to be expected with wet-flowing fountain pens. The region is a dream come true for those looking for wine tours it’s exactly what one imagines a wine region- ancient cellars, medieval villages, and peaceful scenery.I found myself bored and distracted while taking notes for my online Psych 101 course and realized something I should've noticed a while ago. Still, the wineries mentioned above are true stars and making very inspired wines. Chianti wineries gained a bad reputation in the ’70s for mediocre wines, and it is true that some wineries still live off the DOCG classification. Wineries such as Badia a Passignano, Isole e Olena, Badia Coltibuono, Felsina, Capannelle, San Felice, Montevertine, Castello di Ama, and San Fabiano Calcinaia are making exquisite wines, predominantly with the Sangiovese grape, one of Italy’s noble varietals.Įven Super Tuscans are being produced in this subsection of Chianti (for example, in Castello di Volpaia), uncommon as most Super Tuscans are made in the coastal Maremma region. These days, there is seriously stylish Chianti Classico produced, which bears no resemblance to those old straw flasks (used to decorate Italian restaurants across the planet).
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