The Brause 361 nib is a nib I like to recommend for beginners and I use it regularly in my workshops. It’s sturdy but still gives nice hairlines, lasts quite a while and will work well with a wide variety of inks (including gouache and metallics). Also you can get pretty thick swell strokes without it being too difficult for the more heavy-handed! It made me smile when I first heard this nib called a »Blue Pumpkin« in English! Probably because its blue dye and round and rather big form? :: Did you know that another name for the nib in German is »Steno Feder«? Stenography or Shorthand is used to write quicker than with regular script – using abbreviated signs and / or symbols. Some can be written more than 10 times faster than writing alphabetically, so people in court for example are able to record someone’s speech in real time! I did some online research, it’s a fascinating topic – alone in Germany existed over the centuries about 800 to 900 different shorthand systems! The first ones were used already in Antique Greece, and also many non-Western writing systems have their shorthands – on the Wikipedia entry you’ll find (among others) pictures of Hebrew and Chinese shorthands (I’m attaching here German, Hebrew, English and Chinese examples). :: Back to my humble Brause Steno nib – the reason it’s a flexible nib is because line pressure indicates meaning in the German shorthand it is meant to be used for. Apparently most modern day practitioners use pencils to make these pressured strokes – but isn’t it nice we can use this practical nib to write calligraphy too ☺️? :: #calligraphy #kalligraphie #kalligrafie #caligrafia #nib #feder #brausefeder #stenofeder #brausenib #bluepumpkin #shorthandnib #historyofwriting #stenografie #shorthand #stenography #calligraphytools #handwerkszeug #flourishforum #federflugcalligraphy https://www.instagram.com/p/CO7sDaAgp81/?igshid=6myfp7huxaqr
