Calligraphy Nib Holders

The first thing you need to choose is whether to go with a straight holder or an oblique one. Each of these tools requires you to learn and master a different kind of technique. Indeed, you don’t hold and write with fountain pens like you do with a normal ballpoint pen, and you don’t hold the same way a straight holder with an oblique one.

Straight nib holders have different sizes and diameters. The longest one is for simulating paintbrushes. Some are curved for a better hand grip. Most nib holders are made of wood or plastic since they’re pretty light weighted and are easy gripping materials. Straight ones have usually a rubber ring to hold the nib, while oblique ones achieve pretty different angles which are required for certain calligraphies.