Review: Pilot Parallel Pen: The Budget Calligraphy Pen
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2018
- These are some of the more affordable affordable pens. They are colourful, durable and easy to maintain.
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Beautiful example by Leigh Reyes
• Parallel Pen Sketch
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You don't even try to pronounce right.
You scared the hell out of me bro but nice video I subscribed
R u sgrean?
+blue copper He "probaly" can speak a lot of languages, I can speak more than one.
+blue copper English is not my native language, lol.
I think some of the problems you are experiencing are due to technique and not the pen. Usually, when you learn calligraphy, you also learn stroke direction. With a nib like that, it is not recommended to make any upward strokes, so you cannot just write using cursive writing technique. Each stroke has to be done one at a time and in a downward direction.
The pen is great and its made for western callegraphy you only go from up to down and from right to left you never go the opposite directions
@@cookiesw9270 right to left?
He did say that he wasnt good at calligraphy and that he was just writing normally so pls watch the whole vid before saying that, although it was somewhat helpful i suppose
@@shake4259 yes look at the strokes of a gothic writing and you will see what i mean
kjgomes MY WRITTING IS BETTETR THAN HIM
True artist-can use anything to create! My dad was calligrapher and artist and drew with whatever he felt like!
Woah..
I feel goosebumps when i read this😍
👍👍👍
Your Dad? lmao!!! Cool story bro.
He already said that he doesn’t have calligraphy skills so maybe watch to the end before you judge.
The art was beautiful, drawing something with calligraphy pen is really tough and he was just reviewing the pens not teaching his calligraphy skills, so stop judging you guys
I learned caligraphy over 35 years ago. the number one rule... all DOWNWARD strokes (never upward). Good luck!
@Guinea Pig Adventures Not all calligraphy. Brush calligraphy can use all directions but in this video, the tip is a broad tip so it never should go upwards
Who gives a shit? Are the calligraphy police going to come and arrest you?
He was demonstrating how the pen works, not giving a lesson in calligraphy
Thanks for the tip Maria! im just getting started on Caligraphy.
That's a good advice thanx
@@rioeiokha9653 and the commenter was just giving a tip to watchers, and s/he wasnt even bitching about the video
Thanks for not just reviewing them, but taking them apart entirely. Definitely helps.
Is it me, or do a bunch of the comments here seem whiny and elitist? Yes, he doesn't do calligraphy. Yes, he's drawing with calligraphy pens. Get over it.
And yes, it's millimeter. I'm sure he got the message from the first 20 or so comments about it. Again, get over it.
Are you on your period?
@Steve Daniel..no actually the commenter seems more intelligent and less of an ignorant person just posting crap without actually listening to the video compared to the little bitchers posting negative, non needed comments. Hell..maybe you're on yours huh!!!!!
Wicker O's right... Crappy letterings though! 😝
Agree. Also, mm vs millimeter is a regional thing - watch a couple of Chinese pen videos (or cooking videos for ml/milliliter) and you'll notice that basically all of them say it that way. It's just a normal variation in language use, no big deal.
@@SM_zzz Pipe down virgin
To use a Pilot parallel as an "eyedropper" pen (filling the entire barrel with ink), you just put a little silicon grease on the threads, and that seals it up, so it won't leak...
I like your video because here in the U.S., we have some schools stopping to teach cursive writing to kids.
And I think that is a sad state of affairs not to continue a beautiful art form.
Great review Teoh, as always :-) Someone in our sketching group in Dublin uses these. I like your drawing, the slightly random line widths look interesting and the way the pens fill in large areas quickly seems handy. Might ask Santa for some...
I am very saddened to see some horribly rude comments to this video - you are doing such a fantastic job with your channel, sending you lots of love from Ireland!
Thanks for your support :-)
I totally agree
Thank you so much! I recently learned about these pens, and as I usually do with new tools, I look to your channel first to find reliable information. This is the first new calligraphic fountain pen I've seen in years, and I'm looking forward to using it.
I actually quite enjoyed this video. As a pen fanatic-mainly how it fits in my hand-I thought this was informative. Thank you! And you’re such an amazing artist! I couldn’t draw like that!
It starts at 6:02
Edit 9/2020: I didn't even notice that this has this much comments. Lol
Neophil thanks
Neophil thank you tired of this guy talking😂
The way he said calligraphy pisses me off its pronounced cal-li-graff-ee not calli-graffee
Thank you!
Thanks🤗
Thanks for the review, since I have these pens too. And I actually came here to say I LOVE YOUR DRAWING!! omg, that truck was awesome.
Thank You for taking the time to introduce this set of calligraphy pens. I appreciate all your videos. You've helped me a great deal. So Thank You.
Your writing and drawing with those pens are very expressive and have lots of character. 😃 I remember a while back you and a friend of yours were grinding the nibs of these pens. Excellent review. Thanks Teoh. 👍
Yeah, that was a few years ago I think 😂🤣
Kind of charming to see how these anachronisms survive in the modern world. Fountain pens are such neat little pieces of engineering.
Woah. These pens are so crazy-looking, even just from the outside with the cap on. BUT. They do seem super convenient, especially if you want to be able to easily get different types of strokes.
This is the first time I've seen such calligraphy pens. Thank you for an illustrative example of working with this tool and thanks for the links!
i really like your explanations. I learned so much about pens in general from this video, plus your example drawing and how you used the pens was really insightful. Thank you for your time and knowledge.
Damn Teoh this one got a lot of views... I don't think they understand that your reviews are from an artists perspective, not from someone specifically buying the pens for calligraphy purposes.
Good video, i never know about a pilot pen for calligraphy... Thanks for knowledge
I Always Appreciate Those Individual's, Who, take the time to demonstrate in detail the inner workings of a product. It provides knowledgeable insights that saves us time, money,
I love the ways you explain things and ate so simple too. Thanks for sharing!
He starts writing @ 6:06 thank me later ❤️✨🍀
could be detention letter
Thanks,
Thnx
Thanks
Thanks 😁
honestly, i have no idea who you are, but i love the truck that you drew. and your voice is really soothing and nice to hear
Thanks for the explanation. I want to buy one and start practicing! Loved the way showed us how they work and everything 😊
That was so helpful to me. I am new in writing calligraphy equipment and I gave the Pilot Parallel a go after visiting my favourite supplier downtown Athens. I fell in love with it instantly! I am a beginner but the pen includes a nice leaflet of writing exercises, lines, letters with arrows on how to write them and also a full explanation of how to hold to get the different line widths and also on how to change the cartridges and clean them. So far I found these are very helpful and your video just added more information for me to use. I really like the way you write even though you are as you say a beginner too. The only con seems to be the ink vanishes in a blink of an eye - I have been using it very much! Also my paper is a Fabriano EcoQua 85g/m2 notebook, slighter thinner than yours in weight. The pen seems to do ok though there might be some bleeding of ink on the back of the page, so watch out for that if you try thinner paper! I am content that I got the thinner pen (2.4 nib) because the lines look so much more elegant, while the bigger one takes more resources (paper, ink, etc) and wider movements which I think would make you more tired in less time, as I understand it unless you are using factory sized paper lol ... Thank you very much for the useful tips, much appreciated! 🖋💓🙏🏻👍🏻📝
I have used a few of these, I like the yellow lid the best. They take a little getting used to (as with any pen), but once you get the hang of it you can lay down some beautiful strokes. Heavy on the ink, which is okay in my book :D
nice demonstration Teoh, I have a slight shake in my hands/wrist making it difficult for me to make smooth lines or such as. Thumbs up and keep the good work, I like these reviews. Great work Mr. Chie, I look forward to further reviews from you.
I have the green one that I just just for note taking at home and occasionally art journalling - I like the diversity of them as you can write on all of the edges and make useful lines. I just fill the cartridges with a syringe (with a normal needle, not a blunt one, since I’m not inept...) as I don’t like the Pilot converters - I have found they leak in other pens.
Great preview of what these pens are like, thank you for sharing so I can "try" before I buy!
Nice video and demo Teoh, thank you. A couple of things I don't think anyone has raised: you can use gouache in these provided it's a good quality finely-ground type (like Schmincke Calligraphy), mixed quite thin and you're diligent about cleaning as soon as you've finished. Also, you can file notches in the nib and make a scroll pen. They're like less versatile and harder to clean versions of the good old Automatic Pens - much more convenient to carry around though, and no dipping if that bothers you. For a wide calligraphy pen I actually prefer making one from a reed, but that's largely because I have a limitless supply of them for free to hand. :-)
GenWivern2 - Ooo! I'd love to see a video of you making a reed "pen"!
That would take some doing! Tell you what though - there are excellent instructions in Edward Johnston's "Writing & Illuminating, and Lettering", a 101 year old treasure trove of information which happens to be available for free download at archive dot org. Paste that into a search and you'll find it easily. Reed pens are not difficult to make, and it's good practice for quills - which are. :-)
@@GenWivern2 Thank you for the information. I am reading the book now.
Nice truck mate. Well done on a detailed video. Thumbs up. 👍🏻
P.S. I’ve subscribed to your channel. Thanks and all the best.
Thanks for the very useful review. I am thinking of starting ink drawing this yr bc of the convenience and portability, previously I focus on oil pastels and paint. I was actually looking at these pens the other day, I also don't do calligraphy so your review is perfect for me ! And as usual your drawing is awesome, I hope to be able to draw like you one day.
Thanks for review. I have used pilot 0.5 and 0.7 pens but I never knew pilot parallel pens existed. Thanks your videos always help us a lot.
damn yall really hating on him for no reason, not his fault
Nice commont lovley bro
Thought the same thing. People full of hate with people they dont know. Gawd
not his fault he is stupid and can't even pronounce the work calligraphy properly?
EXACTLY!
Well probably because most wanted him to show himself writing using those pens which is taking him a lot of time though
Thank you for the review. these pens require a lot of technique I feel. Love your drawing😊 Nice day with your family
Thanks :-)
Thanks for the review! I have been thinking about getting into calligraphy recently. Btw I really liked your drawing! 😀
Thanks :-)
Thank you for demonstrating and describing these pens!
I eyedroppered mine.... bead of silicone grease on the threads. Works great!
geckonia lies.... You only say that because you heard him say it. Proof?
Tan Tan I’m confirming his suspicion that it works as an eyedropper. I have done it to mine successfully in the past. Many artists have. 👍🏼
geckonia
Can I use vaseline?
dan I don’t think so... the petroleum isn’t ideal. www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/276547-silicone-grease-alternative/
Unless you have really warm hands, then it burps and blots like crazy.
Well...I was going to say lots of things, most likely, already said to the Nth degree, but this is the most important: "Thanks so much for making this video; it helps a lot, concerning the different sizes of Pilot Parallel Pens I am looking forward to buying." (Yes, I have a writing (printing is more like it) background in Calligraphy.) ☺
Thank you, an excellent post! I love watching skillful craft and the appraisal of instrument. It is inspiring.
That truck™ drawing was indeed masterful my friend.... Your videos fill me with joy each and every time!!!!!!✅
I've been wondering about these since I first saw them on jetpens. Thanks for demonstrating them.
also for the eyedropper pen method, some people line the threads with silicone grease (found online or at a hardware store). That'll keep the liquid from escaping.
Hai
I think the included 'converter' is not a converter but just a device for flushing the pen. I know: It *looks* like a converter, but does not have the same seal. You should get the regular converter or refill the cartridges as you show.
It even states in the instructions that it is for flushing the nib and not for ink.
9 bhajan
I dont think he even read the instructions for the pens
So glad this was suggested for me!! Love to do calligraphy!! Thank you!!
Pretty lovely pens to practice calligraphy. Thanks for sharing this video, Teoh 😊
The major part of the beginning of the video felt like an ASMR video lol. Felt satisfying to watch :)
What a virgin
@@rioeiokha9653 Mind your own business and stop using virginity to shame someone
This was great Teoh! I love playing with these, though I'm not any good. Hey, congratulations on the 100K, what a great achievment! I remember watching you when you had only a few thousand subscribers, it couldn't have happened to a nicer, harder working artist!!!
Love your sketching woth them
It looks so great!!
I use the 2.4 mm for writting purposes, makes the calligraphy process a lot easier, mainly because the nib does not "open" or gets cracked and the ink lasts for as long as you want, so you don't run out of ink in the middle of a stroke.
First of all , the UA-cam algorithm
I've been using these four pens for four years and put a different color ink in each of them.
When I put the feathers of two pens in contact, 5 or 10 seconds (nose nose) I get a very pretty coloured degradation and an original calligraphy. Thank youTeoh for this video !
I like the way your drawing turned out it looks interesting with the line weight variation. Great quick sketch.
Love that truck drawing, excellent. Thanks for the demo.
I have them, But not used them for awhile. I think to Remember that If you touch the nib with one color and touch the nib with another color. The first Will take Some of the color of the other. 😁
Does it irritate anyone else when people say MM and not millimeter
Nope :D
Nightmare1sd77 Oh hell yes it does! Lol
Ya. You know what else irritates me... the entire imperial system. Metric Master Race. I live in the US funny enough.
Sometimes i called it m n ms
no not rlly
Looks like fun pens for getting my handwriting back in shape. I'm 54. We had to learn cursive & had no computer's or cell phones in school. I didn't learn email until 1998 😂 My handwriting has suffered since smartphones 📱 😢 I'm loving my new fountain pens so I use them. My handwriting & drawing skills are returning. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise & inspiring us to do art 🎨 the og way. Procreate is cool but I can but so much fun art supplies for the price of an Ipad & the software 😳😬😊
Thank you for your review of the Calligraphy pens. Your art (truck) was super!
5:44, ...the writing begins 👏
Very nice video. I have Pilot Fountain Pens with cut nibs - One normal and another broad. I also have Rotring Art Pen. I am using all with cartridges only. Being in India, I prefer Camel Photo Inks - about 12 colours that come in a box. If you add slight red in the dark blue ink, it really becomes dark blue. I love calligraphy pens because they do not allow our hand to shake and that gives us the control over the handwriting.
Thank you for the video.
Neat video! I really like the broader nib one that textures can be created it seems like you can do many different lines with that one as well.
Why in the hell does this have over 2 thousand dislikes. You people need to chill.
People are free to like/dislike whatever they please. That's the beautiful nature of different people. :)
Teoh you got even better at drawing....
I really like the drawing of the truck with this pen. It makes it more interesting and “artistic”.
Since this pen is designed for calligraphy, I had never bat an eye on it. But, dang, turns out it can give your drawings some cool line properties.. nice review, Teoh 👌
You need to hold your pen at a 45 degree angle
to create the beautiful Calligraphy lettering.
Technique makes a big difference.
Pronounced Cal-lig-ra-phy.
Cute little set of pens.
ohhh I just love the look of calligraphy and yes, if I use the 45 degree angle, even I can do it! lol
Loved the practical review from its cartridge to nibs. It was way far better than just the writings review in my opinion!
I like your accent too, you speak very good English imo and I like the way you pronounce the word "pressure". Your vocab and use of words is much better than many ppl who only speak English, in Australia at least.
Thanks 😁
I trust an asian teaching me calligraphy
You've got pretty drawing skills. Love it.
Thanks for reviewing these. I've always wondered how they work.
give me one pen please
Good showcase, now I want one to experiment for drawing / inking.
I have a Pilot Metropolitan with a medium nib on it. It has a squeeze converter in it which is stained black now; but, when I first got the pen, it was clear. I've seen the Pilot Parallel pens on gouletpens.com, I believe. Brian Goulet has done a video on how to eye dropper convert a Platinum Preppy and even sells the conversion supplies on the web site. I haven't tried converting my Platinum Preppy, though. I would think the process that Brian demonstrates on the Preppy would be the same for any plastic fountain pen.
Nice writing
Love your videos
Thanks ☜(˚▽˚)☞
This is a really great pen for beginners in calligraphy (Well, beginners should start with the 6.0mm version for more detailed letters) I'm also a calligrapher and I love this pen!
He can use the pen however he wants. It’s HIS review at HIS level of skill or whatever.
Simply Well he cannot review a product a bad review only because he didn’t use it correctly
Yeah, I tried to buy a blunt syringe from the pharmacy and they said "it's our policy not to sell syringes without a prescription". I needed it for my airbrush to clean it and to refill one of my printer cartridges.
You can get blunt syringes from Amazon US. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NDETMR2?tag=ttmus-20
You can buy them from Goulet pens. Well anywhere that sells ink.
Tommy Ohlrich Find a diabetic and ask them nicely for a spare - or just use Amazon....
Easy to buy syringe in india
HITLER Sarkiee you can also buy antibiotics over the counter there. We have weird health care laws here in the US. They're supposed to protect morons. But are inconvenient for the rest of us.
thank you so much!! also i love your truck drawing
This is literally me when I try out my friend's calligraphy pen 😂 cool video
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I like this type of pens, and you're so skillful.
Thx for your video, I like it.
Thanks :-)
Thank you so much 💕!!!! Bought the pens! I
Shall get them today
Your video made me want to buy them haha! Thank you!
Cool. Have fun using them
@@teohyc thankkkk youuuuu!!!! It really is a pleasure iwish I could show you haha! I'm so in love I might buy some other ones because I also bought different cartridges colors (12) so I might buy them again to make sure I can use all the colors at the same time
Thank you one again!!! I subscribed
Amazing experience working with
Pilot is a different type of method.
Idea about getting 15usd pen for calligraphy just got dismissed.
Cool, thanks.
I wonder when they can make US$0.30 cent fountain pens for kids and students?
God bless, Proverbs 31
Thank you for this review! I bought the red pen a while back and was a bit intimidated to approach it, though I'll now pick it up again soon :)
Amazing. Thank you for posting this.
First of all I judged you... I thought the writing errors were because of the fact English isn't your first language and that you just haven't got the skills... when you started to draw however made me think you don't like controlling your hands, you let them along with your mind be free... that simple picture had so much rawness and structural simplicity, really took me back to my childhood books and the illustrations used in them. Keep it up.
*Disclaimer* : Individuals with OCD must refrain from watching this video
Its obsessive compulsive personality disorder what he means (OCPD)
OCD isnt a meme. Stop it
VS ocd isn’t funny. Even if its a joke it’s still offending people with ocd. Learn some respect
I got one of these pens because it seemed interesting to be able to write from either side or the corne I got the 2.4mm because it seemed a good size just getting one to try out. I'd done some calligraphy but have fallen out of doing it much. I like these pens ok. You have to work them first to make the the ink is flowing evenly out of it, I have trouble keeping it flowing smoothly, particularly if your paper has any wrinkle to it, it can skip. I feel like this pen can be kind of harsh on some papers, like indent into them or scrape them easily. Otherwise I think it's an ok pen. It has a nice versatility.
I am a pen amateur, so thanks for explaining what the other things in the box were for!
I have the green and orange ones, super addictive. Even comes with lessons on how to write a few different fonts!
"I'm not that good" before writing the most perfect" Monday in my life
OMG your camera I can see your fingerprints!
That squeeze converter holds more ink than the other piston type. It's called the Con 20 if you want a spare squeeze converter
I’m not even into calligraphy but loved this video! Awesome video as usual!