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Fude pen. Learning to use.
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Not sure that you need any tips Martin, just keep playing with it! I have two bought over the last few years and find that they seize up if not used for a while, then need a bit of work to get them, going again. I have enjoyed using them, certainly something different with the same nib producing varying line width.
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I have two - one, the Sailor brand, which is Chinese, the other Hongdian, which is Japanese. They were designed to produce Asiatic calligraphics, but without a brush... their big virtue is that they offer broad and thin strokes from the same pen - so can produce very fine lines, and also establish quick areas of black (or whatever dark ink you put into them). Neither of them has ever dried out - I use them with Carbon Black ink from Platinum - also Japanese. They won't produce ultra-fine work, which you can get with a crow-quill type of nib, and they are rigid - so don't offer flex; but then, they hardly need to.
I wouldn't use them with Indian ink - I fear that would rapidly clog them; but Carbon black is good for most things, and is fade-resistant. It was George Cutter's work that got me into them - he'll know more about the different inks you can use with them; I'm a touch conservative (i.e. nervous) with ink. Some people just don't get on with them, but all I can say is - I do.... and my general assumption in life is that if I can do something, just about anybody can..
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Well I can’t get on with them! Bought a decent one a while back and promptly returned it!
Why on earth would you want to draw with a nib like that?
But… I know others can, as we can see on this thread along with George, all producing good results…so I don’t have a case really… but I prefer my trusty fine point pens.
Now I can see the point of calligraphy writing, as Robert has mentioned, something I didn’t consider…
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Alan - you could draw with the wrong end of a cocktail stick, and it'd be brilliant... but you don't need more pens; and probably, that's the.. er ... point. You don't have a problem that requires correction, therefore probably won't be looking for additional materials; even though natural curiosity may occasionally overtake you.