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1. Great notebook, but 7 mm ruling is too wide

   Posted by Michael on 18th Mar 2019

   Overall, I think this is a good notebook. The paper itself is amazing, as can be expected from Tomoe River. The way the faint lines vanish if you look at the page from any distance is a wonderful design consideration, one that I think should be commonplace on all lined paper. I've seen another reviewer say that the faint lines can make it difficult to see them, which I think is a valid concern if you have difficulty with distinguishing faint color differences, but if you have sharp enough vision to see the lines then you will probably appreciate the disappearing act.
   
   Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the cream-colored paper; I prefer white paper, and the pictures do not really show just how off-white the cream color really is. It is closer to yellow than white. I wish that there were an option to choose white or cream paper for this notebook. But if you happen to like cream paper, then you will love this notebook. Since the color of the paper is a personal preference, I did not dock any points for it.
   
   My only complaint is that I think the ruling is a little too wide. I think that 6 mm would have been plenty wide enough for broad and stub nib pens. I am comparing this notebook to a lined Elia Note, which I bought around the same time as this notebook for comparison. That particular book is 6 mm lined, and because of that it has a full 5 more lines per page to write with. That is a significant difference, and it adds up quickly. The margins at the top of each page of the Seven Seas Writer are extra large, which only adds to this particular issue. It is for this reason that the notebook earns 4 stars instead of 5.
   
   However, I still would recommend this notebook, or any other from Nanami, over anything from Elia Note. The covers on Seven Seas notebooks are much better than the plain cardboard covers from Elia Note, and the shipping is much, much faster and more reliable from Nanami.

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2. Beautiful paper!!!

   Posted by Unknown on 10th Mar 2019

   This paper is thin yet durable. I love fountain pens and there is no better surface!!!

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3. Love!

   Posted by Kyra on 9th Mar 2019

   This is a great notebook! The paper is very nice. The lines are absolutely a plus, and the number of pages is fantastic. I practice calligraphy, and appreciate having a lot of paper. The felt calligraphy pen does not bleed through, although there is ghosting. Since it is only practice, I use both sides of each page, giving me plenty of space to improve my skill. The size is very comfortable and convenient as well. I will be continuing to use/order this particular journal, not only for calligraphy practice, but note-taking as well.

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4. The Best

   Posted by Unknown on 13th Feb 2019

   This my third or fourth notebook and I keep coming back for more. I never thought I would fill even one but I keep finding uses for them
   I would love to see a weightier Tomoe paper as I use fountain pens and writing on the back side is not ideal. I would be willing to pay the extra money.

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5. Great notebook...

   Posted by Adam on 21st Jan 2019

   Great paper. Holds ink well. Notebook opens flat. Great size for portability but with enough room to do real work.

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6. Best Notebook bar none

   Posted by Unknown on 14th Jan 2019

   This will be my second Secen Seas Writer. The 7mm spacing is ideal for me and the paper takes any kind of ink I throw at it. It's always a pleasant writing experience and the amount of pages is immense.

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7. I only use three types of notebooks

   Posted by Seth on 12th Jan 2019

   After reading the review of this, it's hard to say something original. I've used a few of these. I always have an unused one on hand, so I won't have to wait between the time one is used and another arrives.
   
   1. Ink *never* bleeds through, regardless of the fountain pen.
   2. 480 pages is a lot of pages. People say this is expensive, but when you compare price per page, it's not as high as it seems at first.
   3. The binding is excellent.
   4. The rounded corners are nice. No dings on the corners.
   5. I keep mine in its box when I'm not using it.
   6. Absorption time for ink on Tomoe River takes a little while. Some people call this dry time, but that's misleading. The paper has a dense and highly homogenous structure. That's why it accepts so much ink and doesn't bleed. That also means it take awhile for the ink to absorb down into the page. The blotter paper they provide for that works great.
   

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8. Very good except for 2 major aspects

   Posted by Robert Vesely on 11th Jan 2019

   With regards to the 6th edition:
   
   The Writer ha been my preferred notebook: my favorite. The design has been about perfect, the paper quality is about perfect, but there were a couple drawbacks with this 6th edition I received that were disappointing:
   
   1) The dotted lines are very faint. They are much less pronounced than those on the Cafe, and because they are Grey on Cream paper, instead of Blue lines on White paper like the Cafe, they are even less pronounced and more difficult to see. The lines are challenging for me to see. I have an older Writer with White paper that also has less pronounced dotted lines, but they are blue lines and stand out more on the white paper.
   
   2) The "M" on the cover is helpful for orientation. But I'd prefer a blank cover to keep that elegance people generally love these notebooks for. The "M" is so basic and protruding that it juxtaposes and detracts from the elegance of the writer. It also detracts from that "personal/individual" feel the blank cover gives. Adding the "M" was like switching the nib on a fountain pen to a rollerball. Yes, it's more manageable for those few who need more help, but that's not why we love fountain pens.
   
   With that in mind, I still really like the writer because of the build quality, the value of 480 pages of the best paper on the market, and how flat it lies, but this is not the Writer I fell in love in love with. I prefer white pages, blue lines, and a blank cover, and if Nanami is going to use cream paper, they need to fix the faint lines, because that was a big disappointment. It really feels like an exceptional product made ordinary and average: 3 stars

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9. Love this notebook

   Posted by Shannon on 4th Jan 2019

   This notebook is lovely. I had ordered a Cafe B6 notebook over the summer and loved it. I really wanted something a little larger so decided to order the Seven Seas and was not disappointed. The paper is beautiful and holds my ink well. I have the 6th edition which has a small W on the front cover, which is helpful in determining which way to open the notebook. I do, however, wish they had kept at least one bookmark. Definitely not a deal breaker and I'm sure I will be ordering another one soon!

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10. Request version with 5 mm lines

    Posted by reiver on 22nd Dec 2018

    This notebook is very nice, indeed. Mine is the 5th edition.
    
    The only thing I wished for the Nanami notebooks with lines (Writer and Cafe B6) is a version with 5 mm lines, so I can dump more ink on a page.
    
    Notebooks with 5 mm lines would be just right - lines spaced not too far apart (like the current version of the Writer and the Cafe B6 lines version) and not too close (like all the current grid versions which are 3.7 mm). Goldilocks would be very happy.

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