Instruments of writing

[beerftw]

What do you all prefer, wait I mean ya'll prefer? My handwriting is aweful, and for many years used a pencil and ballpoint pen, famously the 5.56 mm skillcraft pen perfect for cheating army quals on paper targets. However recently I have been using fountain pens at home while using ballpoint pens supplied to me most of the time at work while using fountain pens when my thumb ain't working right.

I used fountain in middle school and high school but did not after because without the need to write on a constant there was no need. However when I was 18 or so I dropped a cast iron starter weighing around 50ish pounds on my hand, hitting my thumb and middle finger. the hardest. it is now starting to catch up to me, it is now where my right thumb is in constant pain when using it, especially when writing which is part of my job as a mechanic and I am right handed. However ball point pens do put extreme stress on it, but fountain pens allow a very light touch and writing at an angle that puts far less stress on my thumb.

I have considered also rollerball and gel pens which require still a heavy angle like a ballpoint but do not require the same force to use, essentially then can write with tiny amounts of pressure.

 

[Josie]

The only time I really write a lot is in my teacher planner. I always use a mechanical pencil.

 

[Fishking]

 

[lefty louie]

Any quality one of the first 3 options are fine with me. I tried a fountain pen years ago and it was a mess.

 

[Superfly]

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no other pen to use. I was coming here to post that same picture. :lol:

And it has to be the bold point (1.0) not the fine point (.07).

 

[ttwtt78640]

no other pen to use. I was coming here to post that same picture. :lol:

And it has to be the bold point (1.0) not the fine point (.07).

These pens work well:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/BIC-Velo...75035&wl11=online&wl12=19599046&wl13=&veh=sem

 

[beerftw]

Any quality one of the first 3 options are fine with me. I tried a fountain pen years ago and it was a mess.

There is no mess with them as long as you follow the rules, However in simplicity I would put the rollerball and gel pens as the happy medium between writing and convenience, with fountain pens being much more elegant but also with a much higher maintenance. Quill pens and dip pens give the most control, but other than artists and calligriphers there is no modern use for them, as 99.9% of writers do not need to variate between thich and thin lines constantly.

 

[cpwill]

The only time I really write a lot is in my teacher planner. I always use a mechanical pencil.

With the exception of signing things like contracts and checks, this is the correct answer.

 

[Fishking]

What do you all prefer, wait I mean ya'll prefer? My handwriting is aweful, and for many years used a pencil and ballpoint pen, famously the 5.56 mm skillcraft pen perfect for cheating army quals on paper targets. However recently I have been using fountain pens at home while using ballpoint pens supplied to me most of the time at work while using fountain pens when my thumb ain't working right.

Btw...the G2 works well for me both in English and in Arabic, which gets written in the opposite direction.

 

[Fishking]

With the exception of signing things like contracts and checks, this is the correct answer.

I couldn't disagree more. I hate using pencils of any kind with the burning passion of a thousand suns, especially mechanical ones. So feeble and breaky.

 

[Mycroft]

What do you all prefer, wait I mean ya'll prefer? My handwriting is aweful, and for many years used a pencil and ballpoint pen, famously the 5.56 mm skillcraft pen perfect for cheating army quals on paper targets. However recently I have been using fountain pens at home while using ballpoint pens supplied to me most of the time at work while using fountain pens when my thumb ain't working right.

I used fountain in middle school and high school but did not after because without the need to write on a constant there was no need. However when I was 18 or so I dropped a cast iron starter weighing around 50ish pounds on my hand, hitting my thumb and middle finger. the hardest. it is now starting to catch up to me, it is now where my right thumb is in constant pain when using it, especially when writing which is part of my job as a mechanic and I am right handed. However ball point pens do put extreme stress on it, but fountain pens allow a very light touch and writing at an angle that puts far less stress on my thumb.

I have considered also rollerball and gel pens which require still a heavy angle like a ballpoint but do not require the same force to use, essentially then can write with tiny amounts of pressure.

If I'm not filling out a form or signing my name, pen...pencil...doesn't matter. However, if I'm not signing my name, I always print...in caps.

 

[Josie]

I couldn't disagree more. I hate using pencils of any kind with the burning passion of a thousand suns, especially mechanical ones. So feeble and breaky.

You’re either clicking too much or using the wrong lead.

 

[ttwtt78640]

I couldn't disagree more. I hate using pencils of any kind with the burning passion of a thousand suns, especially mechanical ones. So feeble and breaky.

Try a carpenter's pencil.

 

[LadyMoonlight]

A fountain pen is a thing of beauty...there is no substitute.

 

[nota bene]

A fountain pen is a thing of beauty...there is no substitute.

I am very, very picky about pens and love fountain pens, but for lefthanders, they can be a problem.

 

[beerftw]

Btw...the G2 works well for me both in English and in Arabic, which gets written in the opposite direction.

i do not write in arabic so that is not a concern of mines, I learned basic arabic language in afghanistan and have pretty much forgotten all of it, and I only learned that far to hear what the locals were saying, since it was hard to tell who to trust and who not over there.

I will say though fountain pens and dip pens can write both ways but it is a complete pain as both are pull type pens not push/pull like rollerballs, so writing left handed or writing in other languages requires almost relearning to write with those pens.

 

[beerftw]

I am very, very picky about pens and love fountain pens, but for lefthanders, they can be a problem.

For a left hander you have to write the letters mostly backwards to maintain a dragging instead of a pushing motion, I can imagine it would not have been a problem a century ago if someone learned that way, but someone who learned from modern instruments going to that is like re inventing the wheel, while for right handers the writing style changes little.

 

[nota bene]

For a left hander you have to write the letters mostly backwards to maintain a dragging instead of a pushing motion, I can imagine it would not have been a problem a century ago if someone learned that way, but someone who learned from modern instruments going to that is like re inventing the wheel, while for right handers the writing style changes little.

It's a simple as how fast the ink dries. We write left-to-right, so your hand, if you're a rightie, is always out of the way.

 

[Helix]

cheap ballpoints are my go to. at work, i'm mostly writing labels on tape with sharpies. when writing poetry, i prefer to type.

i've never had very good penmanship, but it doesn't bother me as much these days.

 

[Fishking]

i do not write in arabic so that is not a concern of mines, I learned basic arabic language in afghanistan and have pretty much forgotten all of it, and I only learned that far to hear what the locals were saying, since it was hard to tell who to trust and who not over there.

I will say though fountain pens and dip pens can write both ways but it is a complete pain as both are pull type pens not push/pull like rollerballs, so writing left handed or writing in other languages requires almost relearning to write with those pens.

Yeah...I didn't mean that you wrote Arabic but was more commenting that I write a lot in both directions so if you're lefty or need to go both directions a lot of for any reason it works pretty good.