I have a few sheets of K&E from my grandfather's, they're fantastic. I'm thinking about framing one.

My go-to is Staedtler, simply because it's available. My dad still uses a lot of National. I've also used Ampad, which I find to be a little thin, and the fibers are course: tends to gouge.

I used to use the Staedtler, for that reason. Is very nice. But the Rhodia pads, as mentioned below, are exquisite.

I'm unclear. I use bound Leuchtturm1917 books for note taking these days, and I used to use moleskine. I have a number of others, including a Rhodia and white lines. I am not aware of Rhodia selling what I would call an engineer's pad. Graph paper, yes. Engineer's pad, no. Can you cite a link?

I apologize. I don't think I've seen an Engineer's Pad from Rhoda, for sure. I use one of the gridded variations.

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Rhodia makes some great paper. In my experience, better even than the more famous Moleskine.

Rhodia is much better paper than moleskine.

The one he's using above in the images looks like the one from National Brand [1]. I recognize it because I use it to this day for all my work. Ever since engineering classes at RPI, it just helps organize my writing/sketching and for subsequent filing/reviewing. Highly recommend :)

1. National Brand Computation Pad, Plain and 5 X 5 Quad On Back, Green Paper, 8.5 x 11 Inches, 200 Sheets (42389) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0017TMB64/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_pbRYvbT...

Yes, an easy way to tell is it will also be light green/yellow. I only have experience with Comet brand from the campus store. It used to be kind of hard to find engineering paper at a decent price online, so I just stock up whenever I visit my alma mater. ~$20 for 500 sheets.