I Made a Mistake - Re-do of my Ink Catalogue on Hobonichi Paper

Several commenters mentioned in my fountain pen ink catalogue that the Archer and Olive paper was not appropriate for ink cataloging at all. So I went back and redid the spread in my Hobonichi Weeks notes pages and I am so pleased with how it turned out - smudges and all (thanks Little Bob and Sea At Night). Much more accurate and more useful to see. I plan to keep up with adding 'real life' quotes to the page as I cycle through my inks when I fill in my five year diary.
As before, all of these inks and supplies were purchased by myself, this is not an advert or sponsored post (though if Ferris Wheel Press would like to send me some inks to trial, I would not complain!)
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[@vicc19]

I like using cotton buds for larger swatches, saves a lot of time ^^. Oh, the tomoe river is delicious!! I love writing on my hobonichi. You have a really nice collection of inks!

[@IllustriousShadowPlans]

Thank you! That’s a really good tip, I will have to remember that :) Isn’t it lovely paper? X

[@suista]

thanks for sharing :-) you’ve got some lovely inks there. I like Wonderland in Coral and Little Bob

[@IllustriousShadowPlans]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video! I should really use Little Bob more than I do. It's a lovely ink! x

[@Juraberg]

Thanks for showing off these interesting inks on your ink-book.
Question: why would you not rather use thick sketch paper (150-300 grams) to prevent bulges and bleeding?
Kind regards, Patrick

[@IllustriousShadowPlans]

That's a good question Patrick! My gut instinct would be that the inks would likely bleed more as the heavier GSM papers tend to be rougher and fountain pen ink does better on a smoother paper (which is why I thought the Archer and Olive paper would work originally). The Tomoe River paper I've used here is roughly 70 GSM, the Archer and Olive I used in the last video was 160 GSM.
I'm loading a lot of ink on the paper when I do the little swatches which causes the bulging and ghosting, when you write 'normally' you don't put so much down in one go so it's not a problem generally. x

[@tanjablume6343]

​@IllustriousShadowPlans I am using Canson Mixed Media paper, it's 300 gsm and works excellently if you want to make individual swatch cards😊

[@IllustriousShadowPlans]

@@tanjablume6343 Oh thank you! That's very useful to know. Unfortunately I just donated my Canson MM pad as I didn't use it very often. Doh! x