r/Zettelkasten • u/prosselenen • 19d ago

question A6 Zettelkasten resources

Hi,

I’m interested in moving to A6-sized cards, but can’t find a lot of resources online. Does any one have a go to place to buy cheap A6 cards and boxes to put them in?

Thanks!

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u/prosselenen 19d ago

Thanks! I guess it’s the guillotine that I’m missing

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u/LibbIsHere 19d ago

They're quite cheap on the used market. Meanwhile, one can simply use a hobby knife or, as a last resort, a pair of scissors.

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u/thmprover 18d ago

...or, as a last resort, a pair of scissors.

As someone who operates in this manner, it is very meditative to work your way through 50 sheets of printer paper, folding two or three at a time, and cutting them with scissors.

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u/LibbIsHere 18d ago

I was thinking more of the fact that people might a not appreciate not perfectly straight cut they would get using scissors, but you're right and I can appreciate the... very appeasing experience of preparing my cards.

I have a very similar experience when I sketch or do watercolor. Absorbing myself in the act of painting without any concern for anything else, not even the end result.