Can’t stop writing with walnut ink. It’s the best 🙈🤍

I've done this for recoding Label Studio!!

I saw this in an antique mall. No nib. Just the Spencerian display case.

Word of the day : https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/10/28/

Pen : Pilot parallel 6mm

Ink : Camlin transparent photo colour inks (DEEP YELLOW)

Paper : Excel bond paper (90GSM)

Silver Vulcion with 3.8mm Pilot Parallel Pen and Ecoline Watercolor.

My partner has always wanted to get into calligraphy, and her birthday is coming up! I’d love recommendations on pens and what else I should include in a starter bundle for her.

From my research so far, it seems like the Pilot Parallel Pen is a top choice, but I’m not sure which nib size (or colors) to get for a beginner. Should I start with one specific size (like 2.4mm or 3.0mm) or get a multi-pack?

Also, what else is essential for a complete gift set? (e.g., best practice paper/pads, specific inks).

P.S. I’m completely new to this world, so any advice helps!

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Can’t stop writing with walnut ink. It’s the best 🙈🤍

In September, I made a brushpen calligraphy workshop (I'm kinda a newbie in general, but with brush/"soft" tips in particular), and the teacher had already his guidelines that we copied by hand, the brushpen we used was mainly the "Tombow dual brush", but we could also bring some waterbrush, some pentel fudepen and tombow fudenosuke/pentel sign pen

The question I wanted to ask is: how do i manage to create my own guidelines?

I asked the teacher but he kinda said:" by eye"

Since the pens are different (especially fudenosuke that are quite small compared to the Tombow dual brushpen) and we don't have a regular size of nib like we do with parallel, is what the teacher said the only option or there are some tips?

Thank you

i have a standard tachikawa nib holder and it works great for japanese nibs, but anything western seems to be very very loose and i struggle to keep them from falling out (i currently have 2 nibs lost in my ink bottles!!). has anyone else experienced this or got advice? i've had the holder for about 2-3 months now. this is all about the standard size tassel, not the smaller plume tassel ring.