KuretakeZig FUDEGOKOCHI Brush Pen, 3 variety set, Markers, for Inktober, Manga, Drawing, Calligraphy, Professional, Artist, Made in Japan

These are the best flexible tip pens! I’m able to write beautiful thick & thin calligraphy strokes. As a retired calligrapher, I only used dip pens & bottled inks exclusively. Now I appreciate the convenience of a good quality pen without the mess. This is a great set!

It took me a little bit to learn to appreciate and use these pens, but now, am I ever in love with them! I like to do a little lettering, a little doodling, a little drawing; these pens do a wonderful job at all of these things. You can control the inkflow and get a heavy or lighter line, all in one pen. There's a little window on the side of the body of the pen so you can see how much ink is left in the pen. The pens are no-mess, as long as you remember that the ink isn't instant-dry, but at least you don't have to contend with ink blobbing out all over the place. They're comfortable to hold, really portable, and they produce good lines. These are my FAVORITE pens to letter and draw with now!

im using these pens for inktober and so far i like them! they're very smooth on paper and they're easy to use. the tips of the pens haven't broken even though i press pretty hard. they did smudge a bit when i went to erase the pencil, but that's because i'm inpatient and i didn't wait for the ink to dry fully. overall these are very nice pens.

I wanted a pen for sketching pen and ink and pen and watercolor wash. I didn't want Sakura Micron because I have a ton of those and I wanted something different. I asked my granddaughter, who is an illustrator and she suggested these. When she said they are a 'brush' pen I said, 'ugh, I hate brush pens', but then she explained they are not like a typical cheap brush pen. They are more solid.I have to say these are one of the best drawing pens I've used. So smooth and nice to work with. I like having the gray ink pen as well. For me, it looks less harsh on some of my drawings. I do mostly pen and ink, or pen and watercolor. Now, for me it's a challenge because they are not waterproof if I use watercolor with them. I had good luck with ink though. But knowing that ahead of time, you can easily incorporate that into your work. No idea how long they will last before they are empty, but granddaughter says it should be quite a while.

I wanted to try these pens out because I felt the price was decent. I really like them. The gray is my favorite because it gives a watercolor look to the ink. You can't tell in the example but it's there. These are all wonderful for different reasons. They can be waterproof. I think it depends on the paper used. I've used it on different types and sometimes the inks blend and other times they don't blend. In the example image, the extra fine tip is waterproof, and I found it to be waterproof with other papers as well. The gray color was also waterproof in the image. However, on tomoe river paper, it blended nicely. The fine tip black color is somewhere in between.

My hobbies are lettering and Zen Tangle. One of the artists I watch on YouTube said she was using these pens, I ordered them within minutes. I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised. I thought these were going to be micro- tips. But.. they're teeny tiny BRUSH PENS!! I could NOT Be happier. I've never used any tiny brush pens before. They're so fun to use in both of my passions! 70th

Pros and Cons- Kuretake 3 piece Fudegokochi BrushpensThe three sizes - bold, fine, extra fine- are nice for sketching. I'm new to using them for sketching. Can shift to finer ones for smaller details like pedestrians in urban scene. That's where I need the smaller tips.The one issue is that the bold pen is deep black while the two fine ones are a medium gray. Look odd together. I'll just match the two grays with another brush pen that is not quite as black. Do wish they were all the same, either all gray or all deep black.

These pens write great and don’t smear, which is a plus for lefties or messy artists. I always have to be careful when inking or writing because of the lefty curse but with these pens the ink dries pretty quick and I don’t have to wait a super long time for it to completely dry. Great for details too!