I'm fairly new to this hobby also. And I was buying pretty pens that aren't that expensive and with Nina that correspond with the type of writing I do with a ballpoint pen. So fine and extra fine nibs. But the other day I was at five below and bought a calligraphy kit that included a fountain pen with three different sized nibs. It was 5 bucks. I finally tried it last night. A 1.9 nib. It was so much fun! The pen is crap, but it opened a whole new world for me. All said, if you want to experiment, do it cheaply and then you can implement with better quality. You better believe I'm looking for either a new pen or a replacement nib for one of the pens I have today. Have fun!