I found my favorite combination of notebook and pen. I really like the paper of the Clairfontaine A5 notebooks. They are cheap and available everywhere here. They paper feel very smooth, not grainy but still give a good friction when writing. Speaking of friction, I love the erasable Frixion pens from pilot. I hardly ever use the eraser but I love the feeling of writing with it. The 'clicker' variant of the pen fits nicely in the spine of the notebook.
I had one huge downside with this pen though, the ink disappears with heat. When I accidentally but my treasured dream journal on a hot radiator I lost over a year of dreams.
Also I always loved writing on the right page (I am right handed) but dreaded having to write on the back of the page on the left, no idea how to hold my hand to make the spine not be in the way. Recently I just flip the notebook upside down so the page is always on the right.
I really liked Clairefontain Agedbag notebook. But they went cheap from clothbound to bond a decade ago. Currently I am using Clairefontaine My Essential notebook as it is still thread bound (but price is double than age bag).
I had one huge downside with this pen though, the ink disappears with heat. When I accidentally but my treasured dream journal on a hot radiator I lost over a year of dreams.
Also I always loved writing on the right page (I am right handed) but dreaded having to write on the back of the page on the left, no idea how to hold my hand to make the spine not be in the way. Recently I just flip the notebook upside down so the page is always on the right.