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My husband bought me a Karst Stone Paper Notebook to try out because they were on super sale at HomeGoods (I believe they were priced at $6.99), and y'all this notebook is the most bizarre notebook I have ever encountered.

First, it is heavy. Really, really heavy. Astonishingly heavy. Prohibitively heavy. And I have never said that about any notebook I have ever used before no matter the size (I love A4!), the cover material, or the page count.

Second, it is really, really difficult to write in with almost every writing instrument known to man. Which basically defeats the purpose of a notebook. LOL You absolutely must use a pencil board with this notebook or you will mess up the next page with indentations; that's not a big deal because lots of fountain pen friendly paper is like that (Tomoe River, Cosmo Air Light). However, all pens and pencils, even when being careful to use as little pressure as possible, more gouge a line in the page than lay down ink. It's really hard to describe. The tip of the writing instrument presses into the paper too much; you absolutely cannot use the back of the page, not because of show through or bleed through (bleed through is actually physically impossible on this paper) but because of the indentation of the writing instrument.

The only writing instruments that work well on this paper are markers; ink looks really pretty on the page and markers don't leave an indentation. I think pretty much any kind of marker would be alright (although not fineliners with sharp tips). I tested Papermate Flairs and they worked really well.

This is the most useless notebook. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it. I guess just leave it at my desk and take reading notes in it with markers. :(

Complete anti-rec.