Brush Pen

[Sky Fountain Pens]

Hello,

 

Has anyone ever used a brush pen? What do you use it for?

 

Thanks

[BreakingInReverse]

I have a quite a few brush pens, my favorite being the Kamei Natural Hair brush. I use them for Asian Calligraphy and Sumi-e paintings on the go.

 

If you plan on buying one, look for Kuretake or Pentel (Jetpens has them). They sell some nice inexpensive (Sub $20) brushes. The Kamei I mentioned uses Sailor cartridges and converters, as do most Kuretake pens.

[j.a.j.]

I use one regulary, mostly for sketching. Beats markers 1-0 except for variety (available colors at one time) and ease of maintenance.

[inkstainedruth]

I have a few Kuretake eyedropper brush pens that came free with bottles of Noodler's ink. I use them with highlighter inks, and they work great for that. Except that I only got myself a sample of Noodler's Georgia Peach, not a full bottle and I've RUN OUT....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Sky Fountain Pens]

Hello Everyone,

Do any of you use brush pens? For what purpose?

 

Thanks

 

http://www.engeika.com/data/engeika/_/70726f647563742f32303133303333315f3336613733392e6a7067003330300000660066.jpg

[Cryptos]

Me!

 

I have a Pentel brush pen. Dead cheap. Imported from Japan too.

 

I use it to practice my Chinese calligraphy... and it hasn't helped a bit... I am still gloriously rubbish at it. Fun though.

Edited December 7, 2014 by Cryptos

[RMN]

@ Sky Fountain Pens.

 

I did merge your 2 topics. Same question 2 days in a row seems unnecessary....

 

D.ick

Moderator

[WaskiSquirrel]

I don't care for brush pens. I thought I would. I use them for highlighting.

[Sky Fountain Pens]

I have a few Kuretake eyedropper brush pens that came free with bottles of Noodler's ink. I use them with highlighter inks, and they work great for that. Except that I only got myself a sample of Noodler's Georgia Peach, not a full bottle and I've RUN OUT....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Sky Fountain Pens]

@ Sky Fountain Pens.

 

I did merge your 2 topics. Same question 2 days in a row seems unnecessary....

 

D.ick

Moderator

Thanks, I keep forgeting the topics that I post.

[DaveBj]

As Cryptos mentioned, the brush (in Japanese, fude, pronounced foo-de) pen is intended for Chinese or Japanese calligraphy. I bought a disposable while we were living in Japan back in the '70s, but I totally suck at anything artistic, and I never got another. The fude is held much more vertically than a regular pen, almost to the point of requiring a completely different grip. I would not use one for writing English, but here is a brief video showing how Japanese is written using a fude.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2edZMQkE2k

[Muncle]

I have one that came with the bottle of KTC. I like it, play with it, but I have no idea what I use it for yet...

[tinysnail]

I got a Platinum brush pen earlier this week. It's a lot of fun!

 

http://i.imgur.com/tiN6njX.jpg

 

As soon as exams are over, I'm going to look into brush lettering tutorials etc. I think my favourite thing about the brush pen so far is how much ink it uses; I can get through one converter of ink in half an hour. Awesome!

[Sky Fountain Pens]

I got a Platinum brush pen earlier this week. It's a lot of fun!

 

http://i.imgur.com/tiN6njX.jpg

 

As soon as exams are over, I'm going to look into brush lettering tutorials etc. I think my favourite thing about the brush pen so far is how much ink it uses; I can get through one converter of ink in half an hour. Awesome!

I recently got a Kuretake from Engeika.

[Algester]

Kuretake Brush Writer I might upgrade to a better one if the other Kuretake brushes become available in my country

[WirsPlm]

I use the tiny Pilot Petit brush pens (it comes in a rollerball and FP version too), they're great as highlighters anor for making dramatic notes and the pens can be turned into eyedroppers fairly easily.