The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

Re:The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and F... by meindnoch on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @02:23PM (#35529106)

I'd love to use fountain pens. Unfortunately, I'm left-handed.

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Re:The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and F... by throw0101a on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @02:39PM (#35529379)

https://www.gouletpens.com/blogs/fountain-pen-blog/fountain-...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QemooqfJcfg

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Re:The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and F... by quora on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @02:37PM (#35529339)

I'm a leftie fountain pen user. It definitely can be done, but might need some adjustments to how you hold a pen / what inks you use. I've using a lamy safari with waterman ink for about 10 years with no trouble.

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Re:The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and F... by cevn on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @02:38PM (#35529355)

I use em Left Handed. A proper notebook with fast drying pages and ink will reduce smudging but I always have some ink on my hand lol.

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Re:The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and F... by NullInvictus on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @04:07PM (#35530759)

Commenting with the others: I'm a left-handed writer and an avid fountain pen user. It isn't so bad.

The best thing I can say is: try to learn to write under the line (under-hand) as opposed to hookwriting or sidewriting. Those make things pretty tough. If not, there are things you can try: Prefer extra-fine (EF) or fine (F) nibbed pens. Private Reserve and Noodler's make some fast-drying ink. This combo will often allow the ink to dry faster than your hand can get to it.

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Re:The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and F... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @09:16PM (#35533861)

As others have said, fast-drying ink. In fact, if I understand correctly, there are "left handed pens" that are mechanically identical to right-handed; the difference is fast-drying ink.

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Re:The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and F... by bbojan on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @03:32AM (#35536164)

The "left handed pens" have a nib that's different so it doesn't scratch when you use it.

Think of a mirror-image of a regular nib.

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Re:The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and F... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:50AM (#35539630)

OK, but a ball-point pen has a symmetric nib, doesn't it?

Do left-handed pens also have faster drying ink?

Are there left-handed ballpoints? If so, is the ink the only difference?

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Re:The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and F... by garrickvanburen on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @09:57PM (#35534135)

my recent forays into fountain pens (daily driver for 3+ years) haven't resulted in the smearing or tearing that riddled my fountain pen experiences of my youth.

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Re:The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and F... by wrp on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @11:10PM (#35534565)

Search site:www.fountainpennetwork.com for lefty/left-handed. Many discussions.

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Re:The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and F... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @04:18AM (#35536487)

Go Da Vinci style and write from right-to-left?

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