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1 HN user recommended this between 2013 and 2015, in 2 comments.
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I bought a cheap Moleskine diary - turns out diaries can be had for very little, if you buy them in July - and I've found fountain pen ink to dry on its pages quite quickly. There's loads of bleed through - but never any smearing. So perhaps it varies by product.
Perhaps I will buy another of their diaries, I haven't decided yet, but for general note taking I much prefer something that's spiral bound. Looking at the prices (and perfect binding...) of ordinary Moleskine notebooks, I think these represent much better value: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pukka-Pad-Notebook-Wirebound-Jotta/d... (the paper is not super premium, but feels weighty enough and doesn't suffer from bleed through too much)
By way of pen, I use a Parker Vector (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Parker-Vector-Stainless-Medium-Fount...). The plastic ones tend to break - avoid! - but the stainless steel ones are excellent: durable, attractive and well priced. Good ink flow and a nice thick line from the nib. The Parker blue and black inks have a watery cast that I've always liked too.
I don't use pencils.
It's probably UK only, but for note pads, I use the Pukka Pad Jotta (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pukka-Pad-Notebook-Wirebound-Jotta/d... - reasonably priced, I think, but cheaper again at Costco if you're a member. Also available with squares rather than lines, albeit at higher cost). Inexpensive everyday notepad with good quality paper. Adequate construction quality. Spiral binding allows you to have it laid flat or folded back on itself.
(If you sit at a desk, and work somewhere where people won't mind if you have notepads that are purely functional, I rate these higher than Moleskines. They are cheap (but not crap), and cheap (but not crap) is good! You can't have too much notepaper.)