Kokuyo KB Paper Both FSC-Certified Paper 64g A5 500 Sheets KB-30N (Japan Import)

Perfect fountain pen friendly paper. Off white colour and nice finish.

I bought this so that I can make my own b5 notebooks using the Lihit Labs binder spines. Unfortunately, although it's advertised as B5, if you measure the actual pages, they're about 0.7cm too big in each direction. This means that there's an extra hole when I run it through my spiral binder hole punch. The paper quality is ok, but it is really just printer paper. If it weren't for the size difference, it would be fine for my purposes of printing music staves on one side and notebook lines on the other.

I thought this paper would be like the paper from kokuyo notebooks and was described as an affordable alternative to tomoe river paper, but I found it to be just like normal printer paper. It’s not bad or cheap, but in no way has the feel of other kokuyo paper I’ve used.

These paper are perfect for drawing and making cards for others.

I LOVE this paper! I started using this paper to make my own A5 planner since my perfect-for-me planner didn’t exist. Paper prints easily off my cheap printer for my planner sheets and doesn’t clog the machine. I love how highlighters look vibrant and true to color on this paper too. The paper is slightly thicker than 52 gsm tomoe river paper but thinner than regular printer paper. If you love watercolor as much as I do, this paper works well, blends colors easily, layering is great, and can handle wetter paint (whereas the 52 gsm tomoe river paper dries too quickly and can’t do super wet water washes). There is no bleed thru of the watercolor paints. You will still see and feel some crinkling but not as bad as the tomoe river paper. I’ll add some blank pages in the back of my planner just for watercolor sketches. I think this paper is worth it!

Great price, and fast shipping! Will buy again in the future!

Good quality paper

Thin, smooth paper, prints well in my inkjet printer and also holds up to writing with fountain pens