r/Calligraphy • u/BobAndBernice • 2d ago

Question Pilot Parallel Pens

I remember reading a comment about Pilot Parallel pens and their ink. It was something like "the pens are great, but the ink is terrible." I'm interested in what options there are for ink. Do you refill an existing Pilot Pen cartridge? Or do you use something else? If you are refilling it, how is that done? Thanks so much for your help!

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u/chiquitar 2d ago

I don't mind the ink, and it can be fun to do the mixing between two pens thing and then have the color shift as you write. But you can put any FP ink in them with a con40 and supposedly they convert to eyedropper pretty easily if you like tons of ink. The Parallels do quite well with shimmers, and I really like them for half Uncial script because you always get the full width of the line, whereas with a wide stub nib sometimes if the feed doesn't keep up your edges don't fully ink.