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Just ran into this thread. Thanks for the original post John in Covina. Having the usual troubles learning to write as most left-handers do (I’m a non-hooking overwriter myself), I never considered fountain pens as something I could successfully use. I’m now giving the idea serious thought.
I have a few questions from some of you left-handed fountain pen users out there.
Firstly, do they make ink that actually dries fast enough so that I won’t smear it with my hand and more importantly, my shirt sleeve? I always thought not which is probably why I never considered fountain pens before.
Secondly, what would be a good pen for starters? What styles of points are easier to use?
At the site mentioned by Lady Day, they have left-handed pens with "specially designed nibs" any experiences with such pens?
Also, any experiences with the left-handed modifications offered at the nibs.com page John In Covina posted?
Finally to add to the list Elaina gave of things not made for the left-handed (and something I find not all left-handed folks notice) is if you hold a writing instrument that has writing along the side in your left hand, the writing is always upside down...it's the correct side up for right-handers.
I have a few questions from some of you left-handed fountain pen users out there.
Firstly, do they make ink that actually dries fast enough so that I won’t smear it with my hand and more importantly, my shirt sleeve? I always thought not which is probably why I never considered fountain pens before.
Secondly, what would be a good pen for starters? What styles of points are easier to use?
At the site mentioned by Lady Day, they have left-handed pens with "specially designed nibs" any experiences with such pens?
Also, any experiences with the left-handed modifications offered at the nibs.com page John In Covina posted?
Finally to add to the list Elaina gave of things not made for the left-handed (and something I find not all left-handed folks notice) is if you hold a writing instrument that has writing along the side in your left hand, the writing is always upside down...it's the correct side up for right-handers.