This is a super cute way to try a whole bunch of different papers, especially if you're like me and rarely use an entire sheet. Although all of these paper types are grouped together under the "silky" category, they all have their own unique characteristics, interact with ink in fun ways, and really highlight the breadth of what's possible within just a single sheet texture!

Previous reviewers have raised...polite concerns about paper availability, but Yamamoto has always been a company that tries to archive the paper experience more than just providing a product, up to and including offering some of the only pads of the original Tomoe River now available anywhere in the world. If you're looking for a readily-available paper type that you can repeatedly buy, this might not be your product, but if you're just trying to explore possibilities outside the standard offerings for how you can use your fountain pen, Yamamoto's samplers are always unmatched. I highly recommend picking one up just to expand your personal opinions on what you like and don't like in a paper, especially since it might help as a point of reference for trying other paper types in the future.

Interesting paper, but the bank paper is the only one of these available outside of this sample set. What is the point of these if you can't buy these papers?