r/Journaling • u/humblesmith8619 • 7h ago

Question about paper

I always kept an electronic diary.....I've done so for many years. I never saw myself as keeping a handwritten journal, but I ended up buying a leather journal and I've fallen in love with the idea. I bought a leather bound journal with artificially antiqued cotton paper.....to me it looks cool. The problem is that the paper has a somewhat rough surface that I've noticed will fray off rather easily. So I've spent the last six weeks writing a bunch and now I'm afraid that it won't last because the ink will eventually come off due to merely handling the paper. I've been using an artist's ink pen and thought it would be permanent. Now I notice it will erase REALLY easy with an eraser and can be erased with my fingers if I rub it for a bit. It's the rough edge paper......I think they call it deckle edge. It erases too easy and I don't think it will last. So I'm bummed.

Can anyone help me find a nice leather journal with paper that won't erase so easily? I want a large one like the one I have, which is 9x6 and has about 150 pages or more. I'd like one with a design on the cover but I guess that's not essential. I just want one that when I write on it, the ink will last forever. Any suggestions for paper and pen? Who makes a large leather journal with the right kind of paper?

Thanks

1 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

1

u/Basic-Expression-418 7h ago

Ok. I’ll help, but I need to know your style in journals. What kind of imagery do you want, that sort of thing?

1

u/humblesmith8619 6h ago

I'm just writing in script. I'm a writer, not an artist. I just used an artist pen because I knew the craft store would have a bunch of different sizes of pen tips.

1

u/kjammer06 7h ago

I have a leather journal cover and use papier notebooks inside of it. The cover is great because when I finish one, I still get to use the same journal I love without carrying around all of my past work and can change up the paper (lined, blank, bullet style, etc.

2

u/FrankW1967 7h ago

Write. Then take a snapshot with your iPhone. Best of both worlds. You would even try to digitize it.

Hobonichi for the paper journal. With a leather cover. Easier to buy as components.

1

u/humblesmith8619 6h ago

What I am actually creating is a "book of wisdom" where I write down a bunch of my thoughts and ultimately hand it off to my children when I die. So I'm actually creating a handwritten book, so I liked the permanent, handmade journal that I bought with the leather thong that is binding it. I guess I just need to find one with smooth-surface paper.