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