Something’s going on with Tomoe River paper. In this video, I explore the recent quality issues and share my top fountain pen paper alternatives. From Graphilo to Yu-sari, I’m testing them all for color vibrancy and shading.

Papers mentioned

Kobeha Graphilo

Sakae TP Iroful

Life L

Nakabayashi Yu-sari

Midori MD Cotton

Designphil DP (Plotter, Knox)

Tsubame Fools

Maruman Mnemosyne (MPS-N 80 gsm)