Jumping Fox

I was curious to try a 120gsm paper journal and the Jumping Fox journal definitely appealed because of its ‘luxury’ finish.

The presentation of the journal is very luxurious. It’s well-packaged and bound and has a muted sparkle on the leatherette cover, making it a great gift. While the semi-smooth paper isn’t wonderful for use with a fountain pen, it is great with a wide range of pens, coloured pencils and I enjoyed using it with watercolour paints.

For those people looking for a smaller journal (this one has 140 pages), I happily recommend this journal, particularly if you are minimalist in style and unlikely to want to use a lot of heavy inks. I actually use mine in scrapbooking style, with Tombow dual brush pens and Microns, with an occasional splash of watercolour and I love the results.

My in-depth review video looks at the construction of the journal, the quality of the paper, and includes a pen test of a full range of pens. See my pen test page for an explanation of each test.