Carene Grip

[Wile E.]

Hello, I hold my pens pretty close to the nib. Is the Carene better for people who hold high on their pens? It seems like those horns could cause very inky fingers?

 

Thanks

[Left FPN]

Yes, it is a known fact that if the ears/horns have reduced adhesive, ink can transfer to the pinkies.

[Bluey]

I wouldn't say so. I hold my pen as close to the nib as possible but I haven't yet had a problem with inky fingers on the Carene.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Hello, I hold my pens pretty close to the nib. Is the Carene better for people who hold high on their pens? It seems like those horns could cause very inky fingers?

Thanks

It's not a bug; it's a feature.

[Komboloi]

I wouldn't say so. I hold my pen as close to the nib as possible but I haven't yet had a problem with inky fingers on the Carene.

+1.

 

I suppose if your fingers touch the ink channel, you would get inky fingers, but that's true of any nib.

Edited January 18, 2017 by Komboloi

[qsnc]

On my Carene, a little bit of ink kind of creeps up along the sides of the tines, and holding the pen too close to them will give me inky fingers...

[Aquaria]

Hello, I hold my pens pretty close to the nib. Is the Carene better for people who hold high on their pens? It seems like those horns could cause very inky fingers?

 

Thanks

 

 

I think it depends on just how close to the nib we're talking about. I'm normally the kind to hold my pens rather close to the nib, and I haven't had any problems with the Carene.

 

The problem with the Carene is that it doesn't have the standard flange between the nib and the grip that most FPs have to send the signal that you're getting too close to the nib. So there's a bit of a learning curve if you're not used to pens with inlaid nibs, but you get used to it rather quickly.

 

If you can, try to find a place that will let you test how the grip works for you.