Comments on: Thick or Thin: Choosing the Right Pen for Your Hand http://www.tigerpens.co.uk/blog/thick-or-thin-choosing-the-right-pen-for-your-hand/ Pen and Pencil news from around the world Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:17:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sapphire http://www.tigerpens.co.uk/blog/thick-or-thin-choosing-the-right-pen-for-your-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-3492 Sapphire Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:24:33 +0000 http://tigerpens.co.uk/blog/?p=96#comment-3492 An interesting post. I make my living from writing so the final product is always typed but I make substantial notes and drafts and they are handwritten. I have small hands so I favour a medium diameter. The Dr Grip is a little on the fat side for me. When I went to school we were only allowed fountain pens but I've given them up for all but letters to special friends. I'm not a great fan of rollerballs or gel pens. I find them too smooth. I'm always trying to keep them under control. Cheap ball points are no use - they need heavy pressure to get a good line but quality ball points seem to me to have just enough friction to keep them under control without having to press too hard. Having said that I don't use pens that much - most of my drafts and notes are in 0,5 mm mechanical pencil using 2B leads from Pentel or Pilot. An interesting post.
I make my living from writing so the final product is always typed but I make substantial notes and drafts and they are handwritten.
I have small hands so I favour a medium diameter. The Dr Grip is a little on the fat side for me.
When I went to school we were only allowed fountain pens but I’ve given them up for all but letters to special friends.
I’m not a great fan of rollerballs or gel pens. I find them too smooth. I’m always trying to keep them under control.
Cheap ball points are no use – they need heavy pressure to get a good line but quality ball points seem to me to have just enough friction to keep them under control without having to press too hard.
Having said that I don’t use pens that much – most of my drafts and notes are in 0,5 mm mechanical pencil using 2B leads from Pentel or Pilot.

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