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The most important thing I did to "ease" my pen grip was to stop using ball-point pens. They require a lot more pressure in order to put ink to paper than, say
by blahedo 7y ago
The most important thing I did to "ease" my pen grip was to stop using ball-point pens. They require a lot more pressure in order to put ink to paper than, say, a gel pen. My hands thank me!
- dotancohen 7y agoBall-point pens actually were very painful for me to use after breaking my dominant hand thumb. Fountain pens forced me to both grip and stoke much more gently, and even fifteen years later I still use fountain pens almost exclusively.
- pjc50 7y ago"Gel" pens are a good compromise, involving a ball but requiring less pressure. As are "technical" pens, although a bit pricey.
- buckminster 7y agoI use a 0.1mm Unipin. They are a bit cheaper in the UK but they are still only a couple of dollars. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mitsubishi+unipin https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Da...
- falcolas 7y agoRollerball require the least pressure (of the ball-point pend family), but the near-complete lack of resistance actually makes it harder to write neatly, since you can't rely on the friction to keep the pen under control. A good fountain pen nib is similar, since it tends to glide over the paper on top of the ink.
- DanTheManPR 7y agoI've found myself gravitating back to ballpoints specifically because I find the pressure gives me more feedback and helps me write more neatly.
- Izkata 7y agoInteresting. When I found out gel pens exist, I just couldn't go back to ballpoint - the scraping gives the same sensation as a pencil, preventing runaway strokes due to being too slippery.