It's a tool that artists have used some version of for centuries, and if you're left handed and want to use any kind of wet ink pen for writing without messing up your work, you might give this simple bridge idea a try.
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I have a pen like a Parker 51. Does anyone know how to fix/replace those internal valves?
SOUTHPAWS UNITE! Thanks, Fran, for considering those blessed to be sinisters.
My greatest fountain pen, that is of cause Parker 51, one copy of which I got sometimes from Capetown, with the broadest nib I ever owned, and, it had left-hand tuning! No problem of cause, I just lightly balanced it back, but I could never guess that left hand writers has such a problem with smudging! Thank you!
I bet if you used something like mouse skates and coated the top with a rubber it would be excellent
learn to write your signature right to left, starting with the last letter
Neat. 3D printed ones might scratch the paper though, unlike a card one.
Maybe I'm missing something but I don't know why a lefty needs a bridge? Right handers tilt their paper to the left when writing and lefties tilt the paper to the right.
Whatever hand you use doesn't matter as long as the paper is placed correctly.
uh, I never realized that you are a fountain pen enthusiast! I've watched a few videos of yours for the electronics engineering content, but I'm glad that you also cover one of my other hobbies!
Lefty here. I like the idea of the bridge, but I'm skeptical of how well it would work with certain kinds of paper/pads, especially if you want to start each line close to the left side of the paper. I do remember using fountain pens for a time, but I can't remember how much trouble I may have had with smudging — I guess it might depend on the ink. These days I use rollerball pens and the ones I use seem to dry fast enough, thankfully!
Im mostly a lefty, but I write/draw with my right hand
Great idea! Thanks!
I use the Sharpie Quick Dry pen for cursive!!! As a lefty!!!!
Huh, this video makes me wonder if the preponderance of fountain pens was the reason people were taught to write right-handed in the past even if they were natural lefties. If that's the case then the ballpoint pen is indirectly responsible for the liberation of left-handed folks from the tyranny of the education system.
I've never had a problem using a fountain pen left handed. When I was at school I would sometimes get ballpoint ink on the side of my pinky but I just adjusted the way I held the pen.
I'm a lefty and I love my fountain pens. The secret, for me, is to use the right type of ink and I hold the pen back a little from the nib so my hand isn't touching the paper. Never had a problem.
Thanks, Fran! As a right-handed writer in a right-to-left language (and smudging all over the place), that's quite… handy ๐
Back at school, most of my left-handed schoolmates would turn the paper by 90 degrees and write vertically.
I was a bit envious, because this meant they were able to quickly copy the homework on their thigh while on the bus! ๐