| The Calligraphy pens can be traced back to the | | | | Calligraphy pens were used in the 16th century in |
| ancient civilization. The ancient civilization used a stylus | | | | Venice; they were used to create a steady |
| on the clay tablets; these were generally used by the | | | | monocline mark. They were deemed a delicate and |
| Sumerians and the Babylonians. The Ancient Romans | | | | fine tool. |
| also used a tool for writing which was the stylus with | | | | The Chinese Calligraphy pen was nothing similar to |
| the wax tablets. The Chinese Calligraphy was | | | | their western contemporaries; they followed a |
| complex and renowned in those times; they used a | | | | complex and intricate form of Calligraphy and the |
| brush instead of a tool for the Calligraphy pen. Reed | | | | tools used were also unique. They use Calligraphy |
| pens and quills were also used as a calligraphy pen by | | | | brush instead of a pen; the brush looks simple for a |
| monks and saints in the middle age era. | | | | person who is unaware of its detailed methods of |
| As years went by the Calligraphy pens also went | | | | manufacturing, it is made either from goat’s hair |
| through a few changes. The reed pens actually used | | | | or wolfs hair. The brush itself is made of two or |
| inks in them, bamboo or bulrushes were used by the | | | | more layers, the first layer being an inner core which |
| middle age people. Quills replaced the reed pens in the | | | | consists of a string of short hairs; they are |
| medieval age till steel tips were, they could be | | | | surrounded by an outer layer of long hairs that end |
| shaped often when it blunts off. Metal nibbed | | | | at the tip of the brush. These brush are stiff and |
| calligraphy pens were used in ancient Rome, the | | | | strong producing sharp strokes. |
| metal stylus was scribed into thin wax sheets. Glass | | | | |