The latest calligraphy pen maker we will be looking at is some of the Pelikan range. Pelikan pens are wonderfully well-constructed with the calligrapher in mind. In this particular post I want to concentrate purely on the calligraphy pens from Pelikan. In a future post I will be presenting the vast range of Pelikan fountain pens.

The calligraphy pens below are your solid workhorse calligraphy pens with no special frills or features. The nibs are standard stainless steel and they are filled by replaceable ink cartridges. 

Pelikan Script Calligraphy Pens

P50 Calligraphy Pen Set 

This is a great calligraphy pen for the beginner who will generally be happy to use a separate calligraphy pen depending on the nib thickness required. The pens are inexpensive but quite well respected as good functioning calligraphy pens.

The Pelikan Script calligraphy pens come in a calligraphy set of three pens, color coded to indicate the nib size. The Script pens are cartridge fill only pens and come in 1mm, 1.5mm and 2mm nib sizes. When you buy the pack of 3 calligraphy pens you also get 5 ink cartridge refills.

I’ve added an image of the Pelikan P50 Calligraphy Pen Set pack to give you an idea of what you might be looking for. At around the $35.00 mark for a pack of three pens, you can’t beat the value, particularly when you consider you are getting the Pelikan quality for that price.

P52 Script Calligraphy Pen

Shown here is the P52 Blue Script Calligraphy Pen which comes with a pen nib width of 1.5mm. The pen is ideal for producing beautiful expressive writing and has a long tapered barrel for added balance. Also available in the P52 Script range is the green, which has a 1.0mm nib width and the red with a pen nib width of 2.0mm.

Any of the pens mentioned above will be particularly suitable for producing most of the more common calligraphy hands used today. Alphabets such as Italic Hand, any of the Gothic Hands, Roman Capitals or Uncial Hand can all be created with the Pelikan Script Calligraphy Pens.