Single weight fiber papers today?

-chrille-

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Are there any single weight fiber papers still manufactured today?

I printed on some old 8x10 Agfa Brovira single weight papers yesterday and I really like the feel of the thin papers. Any modern thin fiber papers available?
 

MarkS

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Six or seven years ago I used some Slavich graded, single-weight paper. It was the only kind I could find.
But that Russian brand has since disappeared from the US market, for whatever reason.
 

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My source for Single Weight papers is eBay: Kodak Kodabromide F. It tends to be OK even though expired. You are taking a chance though so don’t invest heavily when you see it.
 

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Kodabromide is likely to be good if the grade is higher and the package is unopened. Grades 2 and lower will likely be fogged. Open packages --- you may as well assume someone rifled through them in daylight, because someone probably did.

Higher grades of Medalist are also a good option. Unlike Kodabromide, I find Grade 2 Medalist is relatively unfogged.
 

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single weight was great for sticking photos in reports, but nobody needs to do that today.
 

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MarkS said:
Six or seven years ago I used some Slavich graded, single-weight paper. It was the only kind I could find.
But that Russian brand has since disappeared from the US market, for whatever reason.
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Political sanctions and unlikely to be lifted under the current situation
 
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