I'm not sure how the boards are now, but back when I was using them, I found Eon Production's boards of better quality. Still, these will get the job done.

Good quality. Great for what they are designed for. I never saw the Eon version, though -- but I guess that's because I have no complaints that would make me think to switch.

Honestly, I tried blue-lining my own pages, but each batch ended up being "off". They would cost be less, 60 cents on average, but take me 15 minutes a page to make. Blue-line costs on avg. 80 cents. It's worth the 20 cents to forget the hassle.

penciling was fine and I like the page already set up for me, but when I put the ink to it the lines bled slightly. an annoyance I don't need...

I haven't used Blue-Line paper in a long while (like a decade), but back then the paper was a little waxy, so brush work would bead up - -and with quill pen it bled, making all lines just a little fuzzy. I hope they've improved. I've heard Blue-Line also sells pre-ruled Strathmore pages -- but it's cheaper to just cut and rule my own - -besides half of the time pages need to be full-bleed format these days, so the traditional ruling doesn't help much.

Lay out helpful, but not much good if ink bleeds.