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Hello everyone. I'm obviously new to the forum and pretty new to fountain pens. Being left handed, I've had many disappointing attempts including smudge filled writing, scratchy nibs and almost rip through paper, etc.

 

I've recently acquired an inexpensive FP (Zebra v301) that I can actually write with and am excited to start diving deeper into what is available out there for someone like me.

 

I look forward to learning from all of you and your experiences.

 

Cheers,

Carlos

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Hello and welcome to the Fountain Pen Network. I'm glad you've joined us. Please don't hesitate to share your questions and opinions. I hope you enjoy your time with us.

 

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Welcome, Carlos !

 

The membership includes other left-handed writers, with experiences in the various techniques of writing left-handed. I am

confident that useful suggestions are on the way. Already, I see that the light touch of a fountain pen can alleviate the pressing

down onto paper that causes tearing. Hopefully, varying technique, ink, and paper type can help with "smudged" writing.

 

You are going to love the various types of inks available to your fountain pen.

 

Write with joy.

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Hello Carlos, nice to meet you. Greetings from the west coast and a warm welcome to FPN. It's great to have you here with us.

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Hi Carlos

 

 

Welcome to FPN

 

Enjoy the forum

 

 

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Hi Carlos:

 

I am a lefty "underwriter" and touch the paper from 1 to 4 inches below the ink (depends on the pen in hand at the moment.)

 

That helps me not smudge.

 

Bad nibs and pushing too hard aren't necessarily the result of being a southpaw...

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Thank you all for the warm welcome. Torstar, you mentioned that you are an "underwriter" which got me thinking. After Googling what that was, I picked up that I am a "sidewriter", thus, my frustration with smudging. Which by the way, so far has not happened with the Zebra I mentioned in my original post. Not an endorsement, just an observation.

 

And as both Sasha and Torstar have mentioned... Past experiences with bad nibs and pressing to hard as a result may have caused my other pain points. At least I've somewhat learned from that mistake.

 

One question I do have for you all though, as the v301 is a medium nib, it writes very well. However, I prefer a finer line, usually in a .5 on a roller ball for instance. As I grow more comfortable with the FP, how small a nib can/should I go to before I start creating more potential for problems for myself?

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Trial and error Carlos, if you can get to a pen shop that lets you test drive what you like, all the better.

 

Getting them to let you mess around with the pens means you look like you might spend some decent coin at their shop over the next few years... :)

 

Sidewriting would be the worst for smudges, my fevered exam writing in school was done with Bic Crystals and left me with a smudge on my hand that took a week to get rid of.

 

FP is to be more leisurely, looser grip, a moment of pleasure to enjoy in the rat race.

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Hi and Welcome to FPN!

 

Enjoy :)

 

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