The Best Japanese Fountain Pen Friendly Paper

I compare the six best fountain pen friendly Japanese papers. Unlike “normal“ paper reviews, I also include how the paper “feels“ and discuss the varied characteristics that people enjoy when using these papers. EDIT: It has been confirmed that I, indeed, had a bad batch of new TR. I’ve since tried another batch of new TR and, though it has some small differences, it seemed OK. I’m taking this all with a grain of salt as it looks like they may not make it in house in the future. It is a fluid situation. Pens used: 1.8 width 2B mechanical pencil Retro 51 ball point pen Sharpie 6.0 Pilot Parallel with Ink Institute’s Cat at Midnight 3.8 Pilot Parallel with Fantanyan’s PenBBS 487 with a Platinum Music nib and iPaper Taiwan Jade PenBBS 348 with Maruzen’s Nihonbashi Murasaki (wet ink) Sailor Profit Realo with MF nib and iPaper’s Night Sky (waterproof) Bauhaus 2000 (Lamy 2000) with a B nib and Iroshizuku Shin Ryoku Pil