The main tool for writing pen calligraphy is a pen, but there are also dip pens and homemade thin stick tips. There are many pen calligraphers whose nib is processed. This "special" nib is only suitable for your own use, but you may not be used to writing in other people's hands.
The quality of a pen lies not in the price, but in the shape of the nib, the weight, length and thickness of the pen body, which should be suitable for your own use habits. If the pen body is light, you will feel weak when writing; If the pen body is heavy, it is easy for your fingers to get tired when holding the pen for a long time. People with strong wrists can choose a heavier pen, while those with weak wrists can choose a lighter pen. The length of the pen body should be appropriate, the pen body is too long, writing is not easy to balance, and the pen body is too short, so writing is easy and cautious. Generally, the length of a pen should not be shorter than the length of your middle finger or longer than the length of your hand, which is about 13 cm. In addition, pay attention to the thickness of the pen. If it is too thick, it is not easy to turn your fingers, and if it is too thin, it is easy to hurt your fingers.
Whether the pen is smooth or not is an important symbol of pen quality. The pen is difficult to get out of the water, and the pen tip is not smooth, mainly because there is a small crack in the pen tip or something dirty in the seam. In this case, you can rinse with clear water, or insert a thin blade into the middle seam of the pen tip to remove dirt in the seam, or enlarge some middle seams appropriately to make the water flow smooth, but be careful not to make the middle seam too wide. When writing, the pen tip is not smooth, the main reason is often that the new pen tip is too thin or the metal corner of the pen tip hooks the fiber of the paper. Just scrape the rough paper longer or grind it gently. If you want to get quick results, you can also grind them with fine sandpaper.
Pen: It consists of a pen tip, a pen tongue, a pen holder, a pen cap and a water storage tank containing ink in the rod. Generally, there are three kinds of pens: gold-tipped gold pen, iridium-tipped iridium pen and ordinary pen with neither gold nor grain.
(1) gold pen: made of gold, silver or steel alloy. The nib of the golden pen has good elasticity and corrosion resistance. Writing with a golden pen is very comfortable and expressive, but it is expensive.
(2) Iridium pen: The pen with the tip welded with iridium particles is second only to the gold pen.
(3) Ordinary pen: a pen with a nib without gold or iridium particles. This kind of pen is easy to wear and has poor elasticity, which is rarely seen in the market. How to choose a pen: first, look at whether the pen tip is straight. The second is to try to write or circle on paper with a pen tip. See whether the writing is smooth, whether the hand feels comfortable, whether the water is uniform, and whether the lines written are symmetrical.
After nearly ten years of trial use, we think that the pen with a pointed tip is the best pen for writing. Its advantages are stable writing lines and less volatile ink. It is suggested that students should prepare two pens for writing and storing pen water respectively. The pen for storing pen water is preferably an artistic pen.
Pen purchase
When choosing a pen, it depends on whether the pen tip is smooth or not. You can check it by testing the pen, that is, dip the new pen in ink and write some strokes and Arabic numerals on the paper. If the pen tip does not pull the paper and the water comes out evenly, the pen tip is smooth and meets the use requirements. The nib is thick and thin, so you should use a pen with a slightly thicker nib to practice writing. If you need to write with a pen with a smaller font, you can choose a pen with the word "extra fine" on the pen holder to write.
Maintenance of pen
Pay attention to the maintenance of pens. When writing, pad some manuscript paper under the paper to enhance the elasticity of the pen tip and reduce friction. Don't write on hard objects such as metal to avoid damaging the nib. The pen should be cleaned once a month or so to keep the ink flowing. Pens should be cleaned and preserved if they are not used for a long time.
What needs to be mentioned here is that the elbow pen with the words "hard pen calligraphy" on the pen holder has the characteristics of great change in the thickness of writing strokes. When in use, the pen holder is pressed downwards, and the strokes are thick, so that slightly larger characters can be written; When the pen is vertical, the strokes will be fine, and you can write smaller words. This kind of pen is more expressive than ordinary pen, and is often used to write envelopes and other large fonts. But it is difficult to write with this pen. Beginners should not practice writing with it. Maintenance:
Use better ink, not different ink, and clean it after a period of time.
Disassemble the pen, and soak the water absorber and the pen tip (that is, the part connecting the water absorber and the pen tip) in warm water overnight. Insert the ink absorber back to its original position, soak the pen tip in warm water, then hold the middle of the ink absorber by hand and lift the ink absorber until it is clean. Finally, dry with a soft cloth and use it.
Just bought it. Suck 80-degree hot water into the water absorber as ink to soften it for later use.