Reddit reviews PILOT Kalligraphie-Füller Parallel Pen 3,8mm, nachfüllbar

Personally I and I think I speak for most on this sub would advise against buying a set. There's a running joke that when you buy something that has calligraphy written on it that it's crap.

What do you think she would like to try out? Broad edge or pointed pen? Broad edge is your 'gothic', 'blackletter' and 'uncial (think LotR). Pointed pen is much closer to what you might recognise as cursive but also includes 'Engrosser's'. There are a lot of examples of scripts in the Bestof in the sidebar.

For Broad edge you can't go wrong with a pilot parallel (for rounded scripts like Uncial I hear the 2.4mm would be better), it looks like a marker and it's as simple as one. It will serve you well for a long time and there's no mess or fuss or start-up time if you would be getting out your ink pot and then cleaning down at the end, it's just a lot easier to squeeze into a busy schedule.

For pointed pen, you will need to get an 'Oblique holder', anything that isn't speedball will do, you can get ornamental ones which look a bit fancier but they're all the same. You will also need to buy nibs, The 'G' nibs are very beginner friendly but they're also really quite stiff so I'd advise buying a couple of them and (I'm bias here) a couple of 'Leonardt principal EF', they're a lot nicer to work with and a lot more flexible, not as easy to hop in and use though.

For paper, Rhodia is a solid bet and is available everywhere, you can get ones with subtle dots on which I find help at first keeping your lines straight.

For ink, I recommend Tim Norton's walnut ink, it's easy to use and comes off just as easy.

Check out the sellers list to find out where to get all this stuff in your country, for UK, I've had no trouble with Scribblers and they're customer service is great.

I know this isn't what you were after but I think you will get a lot better value for your money than buying a set that is frankly, shit.
I'm sure getting a nice box and some ribbon would make for a fantastic present that she would love. Sorry for a gigantic wall of text, any Q's, just ask.

This is the one I have: http://www.amazon.de/Pilot-Pen-FP3-38-F%C3%BCllhalter-Parallel-Pen/dp/B003L1YWSG/ref=sr_1_1?s=officeproduct&ie=UTF8&qid=1396343329&sr=1-1&keywords=F%C3%BCllhalter+Parallel-Pen

Bought it after finding out an artist that I really dig uses it (Joe Wierenga), so I felt inspired. Guess I need to practice more with it.