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The Calligraphy Pen  about calligraphy pens and nibs

Calligraphy cartridge pens are readily available in most good stationers and are ideal for the beginner. Amazon also have an excellent range of Calligraphy Pens and Starter Kits (if you are shopping in US Dollars please use the links to the left). A booklet is often included giving instructions on how to use them and they usually take standard cartridges. Most sets will also include a variety of interchangeable nibs in different sizes. The ink used is not so dense as bottled ink and has a more watery appearance, but this can work just as well, visually, as the bottled variety. Cartridge pens work consistently and there is none of the complication involved in the use of a steel nibbed pen and ink.

Calligraphy nibs and holders, more commonly called ‘dip pens’, (see diagram at the top of this article) can also be purchased in most good stationers and are relatively inexpensive. See the Ink page for how to load ink into your dip pen - not all of them are best dipped into the ink!

There are some great animations showing how to use the calligraphy pen at myscribeweb.com. Or, for more demonstrations on using the calligraphy pen watch a selection of calligraphy videos.

If you are left-handed please read the Left-Handed page for more information. You might also like to try Left-handed Calligraphy by Vance Studley or The Left-handed Calligrapher by Margaret Shepherd for books with more in-depth information on writing calligraphy with the left hand.

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Calligraphy Pens from Amazon.co.uk

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