A really comprehensive video, I like the way they can be stripped down for cleaning when needed.

This video is very helpfull, especially part about diffrent methods to add ink.

The best video and more full of pilot parallel pen

Superb video, remarkable for clarity and completeness. Thanks very much,

Thanks! I haven't used my Parallel Pens for ages, and now I need to get them out and ready! I love them too!

Lovely review. One of my favorite pens, thanks for showing the splatter effect. Inspiring!

This is one of the most helpful pen reviews I’ve even seen! 😊 Thank you! 👍

Perfect. THnk you so much. I've been contemplating this style of pen.

Fantastic! Loved it! Super video to make it less intimidating to use these pens. Thanks!

This was such a thorough and helpful video. So excited so learn I can use my own inks in the Parallel! I think I may have to get the other two sizes now. I can see how the 6.0 will be a fun way to play with all my shimmery ink samples. Thank you so much! 😊

Super cool!!! Thanks Azizah!!

I was mesmerized by your writing with these pens. 😍

Fantastic tutorial! 👏🏼 Dabbing into the wet lines is such a great idea for mixing the inks. Thanks muchly!

My friend has literally just had his first parallel arrive in the post today so this is perfect timing!

Really helpful, thank you. Pretty art you created, too. 😊

AND to call myself experienced... Never fill up your pen all the way it needs air...... thats explains my little troubles when I write.... and the ink priming tip.... little method, BIG RESULT I Tried it just now.... mind BLOWN!!!! THANKYOUSOMUCHLOVE!!!!!

This is cool. Thanks. The splatter gives me life.

Received mine this morning and didn't realise that had to push the cartridge in at the wide end. Lols. Amazing pen and will be buying the entire set. Thanks for sharing your video. Peace out

Thank you, Azizah.

Thank you! Very useful - need to get my parallels out to play!

Hi Azizah, thank you for making this video; very informative and interesting. Ifound it very useful.

Excellent review! I wanted a reason why I need to have ink that sparkles and sheen ...and the pens of course 😉

Thank you for that video ! Really got a good idea about which pen I’d like to get !

Thanks for this tutorial! I felt intimidated when I saw the instruction pamphlet. I have a better understanding of how to use my parallel. :D

Thank you so much for your tutorial it was so informative and useful. I’ve had these blue “things” that turned out to be sort of “pipettes” for cleaning my pilot pens. I had no idea what they were till I saw you explaining their use in the video. I guess I never took noticed when I first got the pens years ago.Thanks again

That is fantastic! Thank you for a terrific review and instructions. I’ve been considering a set, and that just made up my mind.

This was wonderful! I saw these in a local pen shop and had no idea what they were or how to use them. Thank you for all of the detail and thoughtful instruction you provided.

amazing video. This is the kind of thorough explanation i like in videos. Sure its a bit long and i must confess i skipped the first 7 ish minutes to get into the hands on part. It wasnt as dreary and slow as many lengthy videos tend to get either. The pace was good. I learned a lot. THanks.!

That was so beautiful, and useful too =D Thank you, Azizah.

I did experiment with my parallelles very briefly when I first got them quite a long while ago.. I need to get them out and play with them again! I didn't even know they could totally come apart.. I find your videos fun, inspiring and informative.. thanks for sharing

You are a Joy to watch!

Nicely done. Thank you!

Great video, thanks for sharing.

Thank you, Azizah, very helpful!

this was super helpful- thank you!

Thank you for this video!

Thank you so much. I recently purchased a parallel for a calligraphy class. Now I want the whole set. I was directed to purchase a "custom" nib size, 3.0, which is also available (Paper Ink and Arts is one place) though I think any size would have worked for a class. I learned so much here.

Used to have the 1:5 now I would like to have all of them, thanks for the super review!

Thanks so much, there are some awful videos on this pen - this is comprehensive and clear, an instant sub from me!

Great information, thanks

Bellissima presentazione utile ed interessante. I use them for work, great product at an affordable price, you can also get particular effects by cutting portions of the nib.

That was great!

So helpful, thank you so much for this great walkthrough :)

Thanks for this very useful!

Mixing the ink when it is already on the page is a pro move. I will definitely steal that :-)

Very helpful review. I had a bit of trouble pushing the ink cartridge on? Your review style is so fun and natural. Keep it up!

Nice review thanks 👍🏼😃👍🏼

Obsessed! Thank you:)

Very cool.

Super super helpfull! Thank you so much 🙏💓

Thanks for the great video. Now I'm so tempted to get some pilot parallels for myself. Wished I had handwriting like yours!

Excellent video!!

Thank you for this review. I have those pens, but didn't understand the gradation (well, didn't take the time to read the instructions ;-) ). Also - I really appreciate your sense of humor - and your calligraphy skills...

Hey gal, whe you said " recycle" rightaway the first thing that came to my mind is that you are owesome! Thanks for the video!

GOOD JOB!!

Thank you dear! Now Ill be getting me a parallel! ..... Now ill go have myself ... some Haggis!

I had buyed too 👍

Thank´s for a very good video!

I just ordered these. I ordered the cartridges bc I didn't know what would actually fit them to use the ink jars. I'm completely new to all of this, plus I've never seen you in my feed before.....so I guess the google gods are watching ....at least this was a good matchup

I'm new to calligraphy but already falling head over heels with my new hobby!! I opened my 3.8 parallel pen this morning & had a blast following along w the Lynda.com tutorial on Intro to Lettering (highly recommend for beginners!). I just wish I had found your video first, because I felt pretty unsure of all the components when I was first screwing it all together. But it wasn't as scary as I thought, I was worried I'd break the thing and send ink flying across the room, but it was actually quite easy to set up. Really appreciate your in depth demo on all the ways to fill the pen, although I wish you would have explained why you used the grease on the threads for the last inking method. I subbed to your channel & can't wait to watch more vids from you. as someone else mentioned, there are a ton of really crappy tutorials on this amazing pen. I'm sure other people would appreciate if you made a few more videos on it, like how to clean it, or showing all of the different size nibs in action. Or comparing it to other pens commonly recommended for beginners. thank you!

Thank you for going into more detail! I've had my eyes on these for a while but didn't really understand the point to them. You've just solidified my decision. Which would you say is your favorite size? Do you need to apply a lot of pressure to really get them to work or does it just look that way?

Wow, I ask a question about parallels and the next day get a great video! (_total_ coincidence I'm sure)

I just started using those pens and thank you for the wonderful info it’s very helpful .my cartridges running out very fast and I was thinking of buying “ink “ but not sure which ones to buy can recommend anything that would be helpful. Thank you 😊

10:27 filling converter CON 40 pilot parallel pen.

Hey, thanks for sharing this video! Can you recommend inks that are lightfast and can be used with the PPP?

Great Video... Have ordered a full set... What Inks would you recommend for use with these and more importantly what Inks would you not??

I like this..very helpful. Now, can u tell me what type of paper to get for this? My paper was soaked too quickly

great vid . can you recommend a black ink for use with a converter ?

Thank you ! wish i could give you more than one like...

Thank you for a great video! what kind of paper is recomended?

I'm going to be getting one of these this week, but had a couple of questions, and wondered if you had some thoughts on the matter. I've seen that others have used FW Acrylic ink (black mainly, with varying degrees of success with other colours, based on pigment type), which isn't 'normal' to the pen, so I am going to assume that something like Dr. PH Martin's Hydrus liquid watercolour would work in the pen, or even the Liquitex acrylic ink? What about India ink?

Hey, thanks for this video! May I ask: I want to write a certificate. Which paper is suitable for this and which lightfast ink can you recommend?

Thanks for this great video! Where`s the silocon grease for???

Just ordered mine and I'm interested in cursive script for tattoo stencils. I'm seeing more gothic fonts, "old english" than cursive lol. Maybe i need to go Copperplate or go home 😕

Will these take any pilot cartridges (iroshizuku, for example)? Or are the parallel cartidges different? Thank you.

Where can you get the silicon grease? Both in small containers and in bulk (small) to put in tiny containers?

Thanks for detail explain. Mam, May I ask you which ink is the best for wring calligraphy I’m black and red colour?

This was a very useful video. Thank you so much for making it. I did not know parallels were so much fun. you mentioned that the 1.5 could be used as a daily writer. how smooth are the plates? is it better to use say for e.g. a twisbi eco 1.1 stub for writing purposes?

Don't cross the threads. "It would be bad." (Egon)

Also, how long does a cartridge usually last you? after the Lynda tutorial my pen stopped working. I used the little black film strip to clean the plates, and ink appeared on it. but when I put the pen to paper, the ink won't flow. I'm not sure if I've managed to clog it in the first 2 hours, or if the cartridges just run out quickly. I will disassemble it tmw and try to rinse it w some water & see if that helps. I still have my red cartridge so hopefully that one will work once I've cleaned out the black ink.

Awesome video and it helped me a lot. I was wondering if there was a way to reduce ink flow? I have the same problem like you when you ending a stroke and the ink kind clutters up in the end.... creating a stroke can could have been much sharper if it didn't had that much ink/

Bought the new 40 converter and I can not get it to suck up. I get about 4mm. What am I doing wrong please.

what kind of converter do you use for your parallel pen? I mean, the size or the model.

Thanks, Azizah -- you introduced some things I hadn't considered and I've never fully disassembled a Pilot Parallel before. Btw: I thought pen disassembly was supposed to result in a Scottish accent and a craving for Haggis! ? :)

did you say the name of the shimmering ink? I love it and the way you combined inks.

What if I still have ink on the cartridge and I'm done using it for now. Do I leave the cartridge in?

I'm wondering about getting the pen apart to refill it after you've put silicone grease on the threads. Can you just unscrew the pen like you could before the addition of silicone grease?

Can we use vaseleelne petroleum jelly instead of this grease

Question.... So I don't need an O ring ? But just the silicon grease to turn these into a eye dropper pen? 🤔

So, the Con-40 will fit perfectly on parallel pen, but how about the Con-50? Will it be as well? Thanks

which converters would fit this pen? con-50 , con-70 . any affordable options?

Can you please post the name of the link. The green one

Well done aziza, quite a comprehensive review. But I have one doubt though you might have covered it in the review. Q) does the ink mixing between two parallel pens work only for the mixable inks that pilot provides or between any two inks. Say I have a pelikan brown ink in one and a Waterman red ink in another? Would it still work between two different company inks? Thank you.

"it looks hideous" i LoL'd then subbed! Plus you sold these pens. I bought the set on eBay! :-)

OLD VIDEO LOVE THIS IS ALSO FUCKING DOPE AS SSSSSHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

Sorry to be a pain. What's the ink you used in the pen at 13 min 58 sec?

Does the give feedback while writing. Bcz it does not seem smooth

Call me evil but i sometimes use the corner of the nib to produce a really thin line. I know that the pen shouldn't be used like that but here we are

Gradiation aka Consensual Nib Smootches XD

Experimenting with the color blending.... I failed..joyfully..... ill keep on trying :)