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Now THAT's what I'm talking about! Paper like that is worth it's weight in gold, but can cost quite a bit...

You were saying something about wholesale, Wolf?

Yep. We're talking prices like 2000 sheets of thin lokta, 25x37in, for US$800 (freight included). That should be enough to keep you going for a while...

That's really cheap per unit, though. I'm generally paying between $2 and $6 per sheet for stuff like that. If you had a big enough local club, you could get 20 people to chip in $40 each and they would each go home with 100 sheets (or 40/20/10, but that seems more difficult, maybe 15/53.33/66.67?).

That would be a fantastic deal!

Of course, I still haven't found a single serious local folder...

The university art store has napolese lokta paper, I love it. It is 3:00 a shet of 20*30 inches, I use it for all my first attempts at folding insects or any thing that is over 75-80 steps. than I move on to foil paper after I have figured out how to fold the object.

origamiphreak wrote:I use it for all my first attempts at folding insects or any thing that is over 75-80 steps. than I move on to foil paper after I have figured out how to fold the object.

Most folders would do the opposite of what you've just described. I've got about 2000 sheets of lokta coming in, as soon as the current chaos in Kathmandu settles down a bit...

pardon for the ignorance, but what troubles are in kathmandu?

Morgan wrote:pardon for the ignorance, but what troubles are in kathmandu?

http://news.google.com/news?q=nepal

i use kami the most so i guess i like it the most. i like foil paper too but i only have a few sheets

I have asked this question before, but does anyone know which paper Hojyo Takashi uses for his models? It looks really thin, and I really like the neutral colour and texture. It also looks like it's easy to shape, but that could just be because he's brilliant

my favorite paper at the moment is the large fiol paper you can get from Nick Terry. it is 50cm wide (thats twice the size of any were else) its mega thin durable and quite cheep, ahhhh the perfect paper!

p.s. I am making Kamiya's eastern dragon out of it!
I'm half way through and I am lready scared how tiny the model will be from that size of paper!

Yes, the foil paper from Nicolas Terry's shop is really great, although I think it's a bit too thick. You can get foil paper that is way thinner than that (but not in that size unfortunately).

what is the difference between kami and washi and which is bettwer?

Washi is a generic term for Japanese paper made from mulberry, and other fibres. Joe has a great article on washi on his website (http://www.origami.as).

Kami, on the other hand, is just normal paper like the kind you use for writing, photocopying and printing.

Which is better depends on what you want to do with them. Many washi papers can be extremely thin but strong, so it's easier to fold complex multilayered models with them. Kami paper however, is normally stiffer and more rigid, making it suitable for compound models and modulars.

thank you wolf

i have decided i like foil and washi the most now they are tied in first