Maruman Mnemosyne Notepad B5 17.5 x 24.9 cm 7mm Ruler Dividers 30 Lines x 80 Sheets

I use this for college & I've bought three so far. They're amazing quality, with a clear space for the date and title. They have a slightly more prominent line separating the page into thirds which helps spacing & organisation. The book is just the right size to carry around. The pages aren't a stark white but more muted, this you honestly won't notice unless directly compared and I personally like it better that way. I honestly can't praise this notebook enough and it's definitely worth the price. The delivery time can vary as my first one took two weeks but my second one was here within eight days.

Superb paper quality you can write on it wtheven the wettest fountain pen and the paper is soooo smooth

Spot on

This is one of my favorite notebooks. The paper quality and the cover durability ensure it writes as good as it looks. I’ve gotten compliments on it at meetings! The paper works well with a variety of pens/inks and most pencils (softer pencils didn’t work as well but didn’t earnestly try sketching in it, tbh). Love the size, the look, the feel.

普通の安いノートを使うと、万年筆のインクがにじんでしまいますが、 このノートはインクがにじまずに、とても書きやすかったです。 おすすめですね☆

Just got this notebook and am very happy! I did a quick writing and smudge test with some pens that I ordered at the same time and a couple I had laying around my desk, check out the attached photo. First and foremost - the paper is incredibly smooth and luxurious. The cover is semi stiff matte black plastic with the product model very minimally embossed in gold, very classy. I went with the spiral binding for the first time since high school so that the notebook will lay open flat during meetings. The top of the page has a date and title box that are a great grey color that is subtle and could be ignored. The 7mm lines are a better size than I thought they'd be and every 10th line is slightly darker breaking the page into three even sections (I love this detail). The pages are perforated and tear very cleanly. You could also just tear the page off of the spiral binding but this keeps your now free page nice and clean (am I the only one who remembers folding, tearing and trying to clean up the spiral bound taters attached to your paper in grade school??). The first page is a nice matte yellow/good color with what I assume is basic product features but I don't read Japanese so who knows, I like to think they're mocking worthless meetings. The only thing I'm not completely thrilled with is the cover seems to have already picked up a scratch and I don't know if the front and back would be stiff enough to write notes without a table after 2/3 of the pages have been tore out. Conclusion: this is an incredible notebook for the price. With my bound (and more expensive) notebooks I actually find myself holding back on using them for everything I want to because I can't tear out (cleanly) old notes/doodles/etc. and I don't really want to pay for a whole new notebook every other month. If there is anything noteworthy (met my pun quota for the day) I'll update this review when I buy my next one!

I rarely write reviews, but I have really enjoyed this paper and the B5 size has turned out to be a really good compromise between portability and usability. To start, a few tech specs on the notebook...it's 25.2cm tall and 18.8cm wide (including spirals) with the pages being 25.2cm high and 17.9cm wide. The perforations are 1cm wide, so you really have 16.9cm of writing space. The line spacing is 7mm with 30 lines per page and a nice large Date/Title section on top. The paper is 80gsm, however, it has a nice smooth satin finish and takes ink very well. I only use fountain pens and there is only a tiny bit of ghosting (and that's when using a stub nib!). The paper is just slightly off-white. All that said, this notebook is excellent. The size is perfectly between an A4 and A5 so you get a bit more room to write on the backside of the page before your hand starts resting on the spirals, which was my primary issue with A4-sized notebooks. As previously mentioned, the paper is very FP-friendly, but be aware that some particularly wet inks may take an extra bit to dry. For a really good pairing, I use this in conjunction with the Kokuyo Systemic notebook cover: http://www.amazon.com/Kokuyo-Systemic-Refillable-Notebook-Cover/dp/B0049KEEHM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422391952&sr=8-1&keywords=kokuyo+systemic I will leave a review of that cover separately, but it's very solid and has a great pen loop!

I’m a notebook addict. I’ve used all of them, from the standards like Moleskine, LEUCHTTURM1917 and Rhoda to any number of less common. I’m also a fountain pen user. The notebooks are my hands down favorites. Sure, I like the look and feel of a book-bound notebook. But they don’t lay flat (no matter what they say) and they take up twice the desk space. The paper in Mnemosyne notebooks is excellent, allowing me to write on both side with nominal bleed through. They lay flat, and the spiral binding obviously allows them to open flat while occupying minimal real estate. Finally, for a spiral notebook, they look pretty cool (ok, so I’m a notebook snob too- I admit it). Oh, and one more thing: they become in an excellent array of configurations. Can’t go wrong here- I highly recommend.