DESIGNPHIL 15310006 Midori Notebook, MD Notebook, Journal, A5, Dot Square A

The paper quality in this Midori MD A6 notebook is outstanding. It’s smooth to write on and handles pens and fountain ink very well with minimal bleed-through or feathering. The A6 size is perfect for quick notes and carrying around daily, and the simple design keeps the focus on writing. A great choice if you care about paper feel and clean, minimal notebooks.

Midori, for my money, is the best and highest quality notebooks/paper. I've tried all of the fanciest french and japanese papers (even side by side). Midori is a creamy white color, no bleeding, slightly thicker gsm, and soft paper... it is not slick like many others. Last, the build quality is wonderful every time.

This is a great lay flat notebook… Although it can handle fountain ink, I do not recommend use of a heavy flowing nib. I would also use quick drying inks. I did not experience bleed through, but severe smudging did occur. I would not go beyond a medium nib nor use a very slow drying ink. Now the positives are many. As previously mentioned it lays very flat, The design is nearly perfect it just is simply what it is supposed to be. Typically Japanese understated and always elegant, from the impossibly beautiful design to it’s understated ribbon place holder. The stickers are also a nice touch with wrap around the page duality. Hai!

This journal is nearly perfect. The paper is truly amazing for pencil, pen, and especially fountain pens. The cover is great for personalizing with writing or drawing, and the journal lays perfectly flat. The only minor issue is some ghosting with heavy ink application or markers. To be clear, my fountain pen (black ink) doesn't bleed through, but a light ghosting is visible on the reverse side of the page. I recommend checking out a YouTube video to see this effect for yourself. Highly recommended.

Beautiful! Nice and feels fancy! :)

I am new to journaling and was pretty apprehensive about which journal to pick. I am the type of person to research and research, but at the end I decided to just pick this product and give it a shot. The minimalistic design is perfect and it includes stickers for you to put throughout the notebook or on the cover page! I had a problem with previous notebooks where it would not lay flat and I would have to use my whole arm to press the notebook down while I write, but no need for that here. Color is a creamish color (super cute). Dots are well placed. Great quality and durable. I believe they have a lined version, but the grid suited my aesthetic a little more, so I went with that. :) BEWARE! I use an ink pen for my journaling and you can see what you write from the previous page. No bleeding but the writing IS visible.

The quality of this notebook is top notch. It is so aesthetically pleasing and has a solid paper feel. It’s not quite full cotton paper, but it still feels nice.

From my perspective this is the best deal in notebooks for fountain pens in the industry other than Clairfontaine notebooks. They feel mostly equivalent in quality with some small differences. For example, Clairfontaine paper is typically very bright white and MD is a cream color. Clairfontaine seems to be smoother, but dry more slowly.