Why Do People Really Want To Hold Fountain Pens Upside Down?

[andreasn]

I have let some people try my fountain pens, and they always hold the pen upside down until I tell them how to hold it. what I mean by upside down is with the feed pointing up.

 

why is this?

[SujiCorp12345]

I experience the same strange phenomenon.

[Icywolfe]

I see people rotating the pen. Maybe because they think it's okay to put your finger on the nib?

Edited October 23, 2014 by Icywolfe

[Redbarchettayyz]

I've noticed this, it's baffling. Like I'm in some sort of nature documentary.

[Icywolfe]

I've noticed this, it's baffling. Like I'm in some sort of nature documentary.

if it was nature doc then it would be about the FPN community using the en at 101% correctly.

[Charles Skinner]

They think the pen will lead ink!

[Cordovian]

What's really amazing is when your pen actually writes upside down, then you don't have to explain anything. You can just have an inner chuckle.

[Icywolfe]

What's really amazing is when your pen actually writes upside down, then you don't have to explain anything. You can just have an inner chuckle.

Bragging about your 360 pen?

[Cordovian]

Bragging about your 360 pen?

No, don't own a 360. Wish I did though (another thing for my Santa list...he's going to get sick of me ).

 

I had an EVP borrow my Graf Guilloch to sign a contract real quick and he held it upside down. Still wrote great so, rather than correct him, I just smiled and said thanks.

[Icywolfe]

No, don't own a 360. Wish I did though (another thing for my Santa list...he's going to get sick of me ).

 

I had an EVP borrow my Graf Guilloch to sign a contract real quick and he held it upside down. Still wrote great so, rather than correct him, I just smiled and said thanks.

One of my pens will run dry upside down.

 

My besides upside down writer is the P-C74-MS except right now because I'm using extreme dry ink in that pen.

[cancoi]

I've had someone ask to use an EDC pen, try to write with it upside-down, then become upset with me when I corrected (kindly & quickly) the pen's orientation. Completely flummoxed.

[Cordovian]

I've had someone ask to use an EDC pen, try to write with it upside-down, then become upset with me when I corrected (kindly & quickly) the pen's orientation. Completely flummoxed.

And that will be my word of the day! Had to look that one up.

Definition of FLUMMOX

transitive verb

: confuse

Related to FLUMMOX

Synonyms addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle,bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, discombobulate,disorient, confuse, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze,muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex

[Lou Erickson]

I've seen it too, and it makes no sense to me either. But I don't know what they're thinking; I guess I knew what a FP was long ago and that the nib went up.

[dgreenwood116]

This made me laugh a little because it has happened to me more than once as well. I always thought it was fairly straight forward as to which side goes down!

It's like some sort of nature documentary and inner chuckles explain this topic perfectly

[them700project]

I actually just saw this within the last hour, pen worked fine and I was on the phone so I couldnt correct him. Ive also had someone borrow a pen and hold way too low and get covered in ink. She kept going not realizing it was leaking all over her. Then she got upset thinking she broke it.

[Octo]

The last time I let someone write with an FP, he held it sideways.

[Blade Runner]

They live in Australia.

[Benpiggy]

I try to let nobody to use my fountain pens.

Edited October 24, 2014 by Benpiggy

[balson]

i have had this happen too. i find its often followed by some variant of "why is your pen so complicated"

[ISW_Kaputnik]

I've only been using fountain pens for a few years, but at age 57, I must have seen plenty of images of people holding them the correct way, and I don't think it ever occurred to me to hold one with the feed facing up. Maybe it's not really that obvious to someone who has never seen one, but you'd think that some, at least would guess correctly.

 

Actually, the friends to whom I've lent some of my less valued pens have held them more or less correctly, just too steep an angle, usually. But then, these are people who became curious because they saw me using them.