Moleskine opinions might depend on what you write with

[becca_m]

I keep seeing Moleskine described as either a classic notebook or a complete disappointment, and I wonder how much of that comes down to the pens people use. I mostly write with pencils and ballpoints, so things like feathering and bleed-through aren't usually what I'm judging a notebook on.

Has anyone found that their opinion of Moleskine changed when they switched pens, or do you think the paper itself is the bigger issue?

[sarahplans]

Pen choice explains some of the split. For my planning, faint show-through is less bothersome than ink bleeding onto the next page, so two people can use the same notebook and judge the paper quite differently.

[morganp]

For double-sided class notes, I'd be more concerned about bleed-through than a faint shadow of writing. I'd want to try the same pen on both sides of a Moleskine page before deciding whether it works for me.