

Calligraphy Reservoirs and Cages: Options and Opinions
We’ve all been there, in the calligraphy ‘zone’ and suddenly you have no ink and some smart train tracks where the tines are trying their best, but they just have nothing to work with. I noticed in a recent Penman Direct email they have started offering a range of popular nibs with an ink cage reservoir ‘permanently attached’ (soldered?) onto the back. For the eye watering sum of ~£10. Ouch. And this pushed me to talk about the different options that are out there, and why th