As a calligrapher, you’ll have (hopefully) experienced the feeling of your writing tool gliding across the paper, leaving beautiful marks behind it as it goes. On other days, your relationship with the pen feels less like a sensual dance, and more like an embittered battle! In fact we’re aiming for the pen, the paper, the…
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William Mitchell Italic Pens
William Mitchell Italic nibs are chisel-pointed and ideally suited for Italic Calligraphy. They are available square-cut for right handed calligraphers and left-oblique cut for left handed calligraphers. They can be used in conjunction with a William Mitchell No.2 Slippon Reservoir to improve ink flow and reduce the frequency of loading the nib with ink. William…
How to Fit Reservoirs
Once the nib has been prepared it is important to set it up correctly. Some nibs are purchased with a reservoir, but reservoirs for the William Mitchell Square Cut nibs and Leonardt Square Cut Nibs are purchased separately and have to be fitted to the nib. Reservoirs are usually made of brass making them flexible…
William Mitchell Witch Pens
Designed by William Mitchell, The Witch Pen is a one piece metal folded to give a sturdy large nib.Each pen comes with a wooden penholder.Set of 5 pens with approximate pen sizes of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6mm William Mitchell Nibs
William Mitchell Round Hand Nib Sizes
The William Mitchell Round Hand Nibs are amongst the most popular edged nibs used by calligraphers. But the nib sizes are not so popular. Unlike the Brause Bandzug nibs and others, they do not have any measurements to indicate their size in millimetres. Instead they are assigned a number. Size ‘0’ is the largest and…
Leonardt Round Hand Set
Set consists of 10 SQUARE cut nibs of sizes 0, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 5 and 6, Standard Penholder (Nut Brown) and 2 Round Hand Reservoirs. This nice looking set even comes with a small magnet to help pick out the nibs from the box!The nibs are square-cut and therefore this set…
Leonardt Poster Nibs
The Leonardt Poster Nibs are similar to the Brause Plakat Nibs. However, the Plakat nibs are only available in three sizes, but the Leonardt Poster Nibs come in six sizes; 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 15mm.
Leonardt TAPE Nibs
We now stock the Leonardt TAPE Nibs. They are cut right oblique with top loading reservoir.Available in 6 sizes: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 and 4mm Leonardt TAPE Nibs
Speedball Nibs and Penholders
A Speedball nib and penholder chart is available to download. This useful chart gives a brief description of each nib. Next to each type of nib is a code to identify which Speedball penholder should be used. Speedball-Product-Chart Buy Speedball nibs
Speedball ‘A’ Style Nibs
The Speedball ‘A’ Style Nibs are used for creating block and poster Gothic letters, ornamented border designs and decorations. These nibs use a a Speedball Penholder.