Endless Recorder Pen Chalet Edition Memo & Notebooks Reviews

I love these notebooks. I've ordered a bunch of them in all the colors and styles. The Tomoe River paper lets my inks shine. It has an elastic closure, back pocket, and a bookmark. The bookmark is a little long, at least in the ones I've opened up this far. It's possible that was an off run of the notebook. I took a point off for that, but it's an easy modification. The only thing that would make the notebook "better" would be maybe about 30-50% more pages and a second bookmark.

Love the paper and the size.

I love that Pen Chalet worked with a company to make a noteboook - that’s why I bought this. Unfortunately, it could be better. The leatherette cover material feels nice, and because of the Tomoe River paper, the notebook is quite thin. The front embossed logo is quite nice, but not excessive or distracting. I wish the elastic closure strap was a more subtle color. The top corner of the spine on my book is dented inward, and the corner treatment of the leatherette is rather rough. The book mark is a bit too long for me. The paper is very thin because it’s Tomoe River, so showthrough is a problem. You also get the Tomoe River issue of ink smearing even weeks later if the air is so much as humid, let along having sweaty hands or spilling water. The guide sheet for my blank notebook is a nice inclusion, but it’s a bit too small such that it does not cover the whole page. I’m not a fan of the embossed logo on the back of the notebook of pen chalet’s new motto, nor the ENDLESS company branding.

Ultimately, at least penchalet offer it for less than a hardcover leuchtturm or a Rhodia webbie (since they raised the webbie prices). In that way, it’s a bit of a steal.

I was planning to give this as a gift, but a bottle of ink broke in the package and so the notebook is still usable, but the paper is a bit warped. I'll be keeping it to use as a personal journal when I'm finished with my current one. It seems like a nice notebook.

Great books. They come in a cotton sack. Sturdy covers. Great Tomoe River paper.

This is a nicely finished little notebook! Quality through and through!

Love it so far. Not sure why it's called Endless, as mine definitely comes to an end, but this has a good number of pages for the price. Personally love this 68 gram Tomoe paper over the thinner stuff.

I got the Pen Chalet Endless Recorder in blue, dot grid. I LOVE this journal!! The Tomoe River paper is, IMO, the best paper for fountain pens. The paper is thin, lightweight, sturdy, super smooth, and very rarely bleeds through or ghosts. That makes using each side of the page an easy choice to make.

It comes in a nice fabric bag with a drawing. The bottom of the bag has a multi-dot and solid line that matches with a similar embossed design on the front of the journal. Above that embossing on the front cover is the embossed Pen Chalet pen nib/house logo. On the back cover is embossed in two areas. The bottom reads, "ENDLESS" and at the middle it reads, "The Write Tools for the Analog Writer". I like these details and the fact that there isn't overt advertising.

Inside the is a wider than normal attached ribbon bookmark which is another great touch. The typical width is so narrow that they tend to get squished up and twisted when closing the journal unless extra care is given to prevent it.

Inside the back cover is a full length, nearly full width pocket. Inside the pocket I found another nice touch in a sturdy sticker that says, "Ideas are Endless."

The journal is definitely hardbound and a quick crack of the spine allows the pages to lay flat. The cover texture looks like leather grain and it feels a lot like leather. The elastic closure matches the color of the bookmark in a lighter blue that goes beautifully with the darker blue.

This journal is my new standard. I hope the future brings more color options and options with more pages. Maybe a 240 page and a 320 page which would be 50% and 100% more pages, respectfully. I'd also like to see a lined option at 7mm instead of the typical 5mm line spacing to give a little more room for broad, flex, and stub nibs. This quality of paper would highlight the greater amounts of ink that wetter and wider nibs can lay down.