Mounts, Albums And Pages

I apologise in advance if this topic has already been hashed out. I tried but could not find anything so will ask and risk your approbation. I have reached the point where my topical collection (some 1600 stamps) is as complete as it is going to be and am looking to put it into an album. Discovered that Scott tells me the perfs, but not the stamp size in mm, stores note all the albums they sell but rarely the number of rings or what size pages fit, and most list all the various pages they sell but hardly ever which albums they might fit.

My questions therefore are first, Did most of you measure each stamp or group of stamps to determine the mount size? Did you pick an album and then just go with whatever pages the album maker provided? or vice versa? IN my case I need quadrille lined pages as I cannot draw a straight line with a ruler so I tried to find the pages but then discovered that none of the places that sell them (Subway, Wizard, iHobb etc.) match them to albums and so I am in need of direction and assistance. Again if this is old hat I apologize. Any advice though will be greatly appreciated.

Scott quadrille lined pages will fit Scott Specialty two-post or three-ring binders. The latter, unfortunately, are hard to find new right now.

POCKETS 68 ---- Start thinking of making your own pages . You got a huge supply of all different kinds of paper at office supply firms and then you have all types of three ring binders .

Made mine decisions based on what will be around 5 years 10 years , 20 or 30 years . Do NOT buy supplies or paper and binders where the firm is going to go out of business next year ....that has already happen to many collectors . I have 3 cd's of Steiner Pages just in case the firm goes out of business or the business is bought and they change it .
So my notice to you is think long term and stock your supplies and not depend on someone else being there if you like your method .