Any Bandit vs Calapinos (vs Rhodia) update?
I can't speak for
@Nico1970 but I've had a chance to try some notebooks now.
Note, the below is of course highly subjective so take it all with a scoop of salt.
I used the following notebooks with predominantly fountain pens with fine-to-medium nibs:
Calepino
BanditApple
Rhodia
FieldNotes
The only one where I had some actual bleed-through was the FieldNotes one.
I'd probably rate them lowest on the paper-totem-pole.
The Calepino, BanditApple and Rhodia all exhibited small amounts of show-through (but no bleed-through) onto the reverse page but nothing that was so distracting that it prevented me from using both sides of the page.
They all use excellent paper.
Their paper is a bit different when it comes to 'whiteness' and coating though.
Rhodia: Bright white, almost artificial and feel very 'modern', smooth and clean.
Calepino: White, but a few shades darker and not as 'glossy/modern' looking as the Rhodia paper
BanditApple: The most 'unbleached' look of them. Looked and felt most 'natural'.
If I had to rate them in how much I enjoyed them and how well I think it took the ink and presented it back to me, I'd say;
1) BanditApple
2) Calepino
3) Rhodia
This is not to slam Rhodia in any way, but when I write with old fountain pens I must admit that writing on paper that doesn't remind me of school/work in how white and crisp it is does add to that experience.
All are however very capable of taking fountain pen inks and do it very well