Make a calligraphy pen out of a bulrush (cattail) reed

Step 11 Writing!

Hold the pen at a high angle to the paper. I found this gave better flow. Don't press at all, just let the ink flow - pressing will spread the tips, and leave gaps. You can see one at the start of the T.

As it has no real reservoir, this pen needs to be inked after every 1 or 2 letters. It's definitely not a daily writing pen, but it sure lays on the ink if you want to make a poster or something.

Here I just scribbled something so you can see how the pen performs.

I tried some blackletter (aka "old english/german/gothic") too, but I need more practice with blackletter writing before I show it to anyone :P

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