The Manuscript Scribe Pens are stylish calligraphy fountain pens and are ideal for beginners and practised calligraphers. They are a good alternative to the Rotring ArtPens.They use standard International size cartridges, so colour ink cartridges can be used as an alternative to Black.

Manuscript Scribe Pen comes with 2 cartridges and a metal storage tin. A range of nib sizes are available (See chart below). Unfortunately, if you are left-handed only nibs 1.5mm, 2.3mm and 2.7mm are available.

Manuscript Scribe Calligraphy Pen Sets come with 3 nibs (1.5mm, 2.3mm and 2.7mm), 2 cartridges (International size) and a metal storage tin.

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Pilot has recently changed the packaging to their Parallel Pen Set. The set now comes in a smaller and brighter looking package. It still has the same contents – one of each nib size; 1.5mm, 2.4mm, 3.8mm; twelve assorted colour cartridges and a converter for cleaning the ink chamber.

This set does not contain the 6.0mm size pen

Visit our shop for more information about  Pilot Parallel Pens

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“I want to learn calligraphy, but I do not know what equipment I need “We are asked this many times.  As with any new activity at first it all seems quite bewildering, with so many choices.  “Do I need this, do I need that”.  However, the basics are straight forward.  First of all, which pen? Well, there are basically 2 choices, either a fountain pen or a dip pen. And of course there are benefits and disadvantages to both.

A Fountain Pen is the easiest to use. It either uses ink cartridges or a converter to fill the pen using a bottle of ink. They are typically used for learning the basics of calligraphy and for writing in greetings cards etc.Disadvatges of the Fountain Pens are; they are not so flexible – you can only use a limited range of coloured inks, they are harder to clean and can be expensive.

A Dip Pen or nib has many advantages; wide range of nibs to choose from, wide range of uses, much cheaper and easy to clean.  A much wider range of inks can be used with a dip pen. In fact you can use some paints as an ink with dip pens.  By mixing Gouache paint to an ink consistency you can write in any colour.  The only real disadvantage of dip pens or nibs are they are harder to use at first and sometimes it can be awkward getting the ink to flow.

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