Some people also advocate that the pen should not be completely soaked, and only two-thirds of the pen should be opened unscathed. The intention is simply to use the front of the pen to make it flexible. However, this makes the long front pen become a short front pen, and the large letter pen becomes a small letter pen, and the stored ink is correspondingly reduced, which is not conducive to spilling. Therefore, it is necessary to put all the hairs off the pen, then lift the pen out of the water, gently squeeze the glue on the pen down with your fingers, then immerse the pen in the water and gently shake it back and forth, so that all the glue in the pen melts in the water. Don't shake it hard, and don't flush the tap water with the tip of your pen up, which will hurt your pen. After the glue on the pen is washed clean, you can dip in ink to write.
Pens dipped in ink are also very particular. Generally, the brush is tilted so that the conical surface of the pen contacts the inkstone surface, and then the pen is dipped in the direction of the brush, and the pen holder is continuously rotated to flatten the nib and make it conical. Don't do evil, pound the pen with a pen. If there is too much ink in the pen, you can scrape some from the edge of the inkstone to make the ink in the pen suitable until it becomes sharp and round.
Four, after writing brush processing
Many beginners are careless in doing things, and it is a very bad habit to throw their pens away after writing Chinese calligraphy. Because there is glue in the ink, it won't be long before the pen is stuck and hardened. If the bristles just bifurcate or bend at this time, they will still bifurcate or bend after drying and will never return to the original straight state. You can't soak the pen in the inkstone or ink bottle after use, otherwise the nib will be deformed after a long time and will never return to the conical state.
After the brush is used, the ink must be washed clean and gently shaken in the water like a hairbrush. After the brush is cleaned, lift the pen out of the water, wipe off the water in the pen and straighten the nib, so that the bristles will be in a straight state for a long time, just like when they are newly developed. Then, hang up the pen, and the nib will naturally droop and let it dry in the shade. In general, do not use the pen holder, because when the brush is inserted into the pen holder, the pen tip is easily deformed or broken by the pen holder. Commonly used small pens are more troublesome to wash because they are often used. It is convenient to insert the pen holder, and the diameter of the pen holder must be larger than the diameter of the brush. Some people like to insert the washed pen into the pen container. When the pen tip is up, the water in the pen will drip into the pen root, and it will rot and depilate over time. So it's best to hang it after washing.
After writing, the pen was not washed and the ink had dried on the hair of the pen. When you use it again, open it slowly with warm water like a new pen, and it takes longer to send the pen.