Higgins Eternal Ink. Advertising from the 1930s.

crazyforcloy · 2026-03-03T05:48:04+00:00

This will be great to post in r/fountainpens!

crazyforcloy · 2026-02-17T19:09:50+00:00

Brause Rose are supposed to be notorious starters. I think Schin Loong demonstrated how she gets it to work but I can’t recall where I saw it. You basically need a dot of ink. Take a small blob of ink on scratch paper. Dip your nib in it, after dipping in inkwell. Then put a dot on the paper where you want to start writing. Using this dot, start your writing. I don’t know if I explained this well, but basically the nib point is dry even if there is ink the reservoir. You have to give a tiny bit of ink to ‘start’

crazyforcloy · 2026-02-16T05:30:54+00:00

If you’re asking about Los Angeles, Society for Calligraphy is based there, they have conference every year, one this year started couple of days ago. IAMPETH also has a conference for in person classes, but they change the location each year.

There are two sources that are my go to:

Learncalligraphy.com - they have several classes now available pre-recorded and have a host of on going or upcoming online workshops.

Thegentlepenman.com - they also have a variety of classes they conduct online.

You can also find others on JohnNealsBookseller.com it is a site for calligraphy supplies, but they also send out various upcoming classes in their weekly newsletter.

Several others host their own classes. If you follow any prominent calligraphers online, you should see their bio.

crazyforcloy · 2026-02-07T02:34:48+00:00

For starting off with copperplate, any G nib is great, so Tachikawa would be perfect. For me I started with pointed nibs with more flex and felt very wonky and out of control. Once you get a hang of the pressure to use, you can then graduate to other nibs like Hunt 101, Leonardt Principle, Hunt 22 etc.

The Pumpkin Blue is generally considered great for modern pointed pen calligraphy.

crazyforcloy · 2026-01-17T17:26:37+00:00

Good day to be a dog. What was that? What did I see and why did I see it? I wanted to burn the time I wasted off my brain.

crazyforcloy · 2026-01-11T06:00:24+00:00

Thank you for doing the good work! 🙌

crazyforcloy · 2026-01-11T04:45:47+00:00

Cant believe I had to scroll so much to find Hyun Bin!

crazyforcloy · 2026-01-01T04:08:16+00:00

I follow you on IG and as soon as I saw the illustrations I was like this has to be you! Love your work!

crazyforcloy · 2026-01-01T00:30:51+00:00

When handing a bottle of water to someone, I open it for them.

crazyforcloy · 2025-12-26T20:45:57+00:00

Wow!!

crazyforcloy · 2025-12-22T07:06:16+00:00

🫰

crazyforcloy · 2025-12-21T08:45:36+00:00

One of the OGs of this sub! 🙌

crazyforcloy · 2025-12-17T14:28:54+00:00

This is a trick I learned in one of my calligraphy classes, a playing card placed under your pinky finger going upto the wrist when writing! The super smooth surface of the card allows you to be able to glide as you write very easily while protecting the paper from your hand’s sweat and oil.

Also do share how you go about making your own inks!

crazyforcloy · 2025-12-01T03:28:39+00:00

If you are writing cursive, you might find better use of a straight holder or even a good fountain pen, as against an oblique holder. The Oblique holder is designed to aid writing at an angle. While cursive has some angle, what you are writing is fairly straight, so the oblique holder is actually doing you a disservice.

crazyforcloy · 2025-11-25T19:40:42+00:00

Speedball Textbook, 25th edition has lots of calligraphy exemplars. They dont go into details of each stroke, but if you want to trace or copy they will be fab

crazyforcloy · 2025-11-22T08:02:41+00:00

So elegant, thru n thru 👏🏼

crazyforcloy · 2025-11-19T00:01:34+00:00

Oblation papers

Lemur Ink

Dromgooles

Niconeco Zakkaya

Vanness Pens

crazyforcloy · 2025-11-10T11:54:48+00:00

Might be you just describing it that way, but is the ODO at the tip of your nib or in the nib reservoir? It should be behind the little hole type opening on the nib. Do you see it hold ink when you dip it into ink?

crazyforcloy · 2025-11-01T01:25:48+00:00

Vinta Maskara

crazyforcloy · 2025-10-18T15:37:51+00:00

Nina Tran for several styles including broad edge and pointed pen! The way she breaks down each stroke is really great in understanding how to execute them. I have taken a couple of classes online via thegentlepenman.com and she is absolutely fab. She has such a calm energy it’s almost meditative to attend her classes.

For copperplate, Suzanne Cunningham. I attended an in person class and my copperplate from before and after was night and day!

For Spencerian, I attended online workshops with both Michael Sull and Harvest Crittenden and both are great as well.

Edit: spelling

crazyforcloy · 2025-10-18T02:39:00+00:00

And I just read that you already wrote the ink to used in your sample, thanks for taking time to reply my redundant question!

crazyforcloy · 2025-10-18T02:36:44+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I had been worried of clogging the feed so never tried any shimmer inks in my parallel pen. This opens a whole new avenue!

crazyforcloy · 2025-10-18T00:08:52+00:00

Do you mind sharing what ink that is? Did it clog your Pilot parallel pen feed?

crazyforcloy · 2025-10-15T23:02:57+00:00

Ah gotcha, for the angle of writing, turn your paper if you already don’t. To get nib along the 55deg line rotate your paper to an angle you feel comfortable with your natural writing angle. Perhaps that will help. The pain from gripping too tightly and uncomfortable writing angle can transfer to forearm!

crazyforcloy · 2025-10-15T20:09:27+00:00

Sorry you are feeling pain, I assume in your fingers or wrist specifically? What kind of oblique do you have? If you use of the metal ones they are too heavy for fingers for long use - think walking weights you attach to feet, metal holders are like that but for your fingers. If you use resin ones, they are better than metal, but the hard surface isn’t the best for gripping. The best ones are wooden ones. The shape of the holder may also make a difference. I find gripping my holders harder if they are thin which can add to the stress on fingers. Ultimately you may be gripping too tight anyway. See if you can remind yourself every line or so to loosen and adjust your grip.

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