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Hi all, the past few months I've been really active in trying to improve my handwriting. Unfortunately, in school I was never taught the 'proper' way to hold my pen. Consequently, I had developed somewhat of a 'chimpanzee grip'. Switching to the ordinary tripod grip has been difficult but largely successful. I say largely, because there seems to be a residual problem. When I write with my lower and upper arm in a V shape, held close to my body, and my wrist bent over the bottom edge of my desk, all is well. Then I can write without pressure and as smoothly as the nib will allow. But if I somewhat extend my arm, in order to assume a more normal writing position (with lower and upper arm at roughly right angles), all my fountain pen nibs become significantly drier and scratchier. The effect persists even if I am very careful to align the nib properly against the page. It does become a bit less if I lower the writing angle, but this quickly becomes uncomfortable for me. Also, in the first position the writing angle doesn't seem to influence the sensation of smoothness all that much. I'm trying to figure out what is happening here. It seems as if the nibs are quite forgiving when I hold my arm in the V shape, but develop a rather narrow sweet spot with my arm in a normal position. Any ideas for diagnosis and/or improvement would be much appreciated.