Here it is: The Ultimate Narrow-Ruled Notebook
May 27, 2009
It took a few years of angry searching. Condescension at wide-ruled “plebian” notepads. Eschewing of perfectly nice notebooks brought thousands of miles and placed at my feet as gifts. Finally, I have found The One True Notebook. Or at least the closest thing I’m likely to uncover.
Meet the Rediform Chemistry Notebook, 9.25 x 7.5 Inches, Green, 60 Sheets per Pad, which is actually–just to throw those who are not true believers off the scent–not in any way Rediform but in fact is National(TM, dammit) Brand item #43-571. Write that down. There.
This is the high-priced hooker of notepads. Not because it’s expensive or technically illegal, but because you feel like you’ve gotten away with something very, very illicit by finally finding it and are quite smug overall. I am, anyway. In hindsight, comparing a notebook to a prostitute is pretty silly. However, these notebooks are Canadian. That is titillating on some level, no?
This notebook has hard covers that are coated with something at least nominally goop-resistant. It has slightly rounded corners because someone finally figured out that crisp, square corners are stupid and just get clobbered in messenger bags. The thing opens flat, has a softly greenish tone (but much paler than, say, a yellow legal pad–and green is a much less terrifying color than yellow), and, as a final blow of glory, the pages are numbered. Run, don’t walk. I gotta get myself a gross of these. They are currently $8.59 (damn Canadians and their inability to round numbers?) and ship free if you have Amazon Prime.
The notebook of my dreams, available at Amazon.com. Mine did not have the stupid sticker and is a pure cerulean through and through.
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oh dear, I’ve been eschewed. Glad you did find the holy grail of notebooks, I resonate with your search.
Hmm. It’s a little small. Has anyone found a narrow rule notebook that is a normal 8 1/2″ x 11″? Preferably wirebound. The more pages the better. I used to be able to buy these 3 subject…
hey lyza, i hope you get this message and email me back. i definitely feel you on the beauty of the chemistry notebook. i’ve been looking forever for a narrow ruled notebook and i finally decided on these a few months bck. but then i started taking notes in them and realized that the paper is a little too dark. i finally gave in to that but then realized that the lines are too dark. what do you think? i hope you don’t think i’m crazy but i am still searching for the perfect notebook. i’ve found the perfect ampad paper, narrow ruled, light blue lines, no margins, and the paper is white. i agree with the girl anna above. im in search of what she’s looking for. ok take care.
I did find these a few months back and have been a godsend for my more professional notes. Unfortunately, they are not full grail-worthy to me, just a decent stand-in for what I am really looking for.
One step closer is a wire-bound version, perhaps slightly larger than this one (close to 8×10), from Picadilly. Unfortunately I don’t have the product number with me as I fou d these in a sec-hand book store. They have the light green paper, narrow ruled full top-to-bottom, rounded edges, and wir-o binding with sturdy covers. All it’s missing is size really, and maybe micro-perfs, and thicker paper, but I’m loving em.
If ya wanna know about em. Send a reply and I’ll try to get ya the info.