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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
I am also left-handed, and I prefer mechanical drafting pencils because they don't smear!  I have a bear of a time with pens, as almost all of them these days are gel or whatever and smear terribly. They also seem to tire my hand out more than a mechanical pencil. I keep an old fashioned ball point around for when I do need to write in pen, but otherwise I always use:
or also
And it absolutely has to be a mechanical drafting-quality pencil. |
I am lefthanded too, and a Penel P205 is the nicest pencil I've used. had them a school and over the year lost them. About a month ago I saw one in a local shop and bout it, and realised that it really does suit my grip and hand size better than anything else.
If not one of these then a good quality HB (i suppose that's #2 to Americans) pencil.
For pens I use a parker vector fountain pen - have done for over 25 years - they're cheap and reliable and I have a dozen or more around the house and the office.
I am a pen whore though, and have six or seven different pens that I will use as the mood takes me on my desk - changing colour means that I can write in one colour, edit in another, and close out in a third.
For letters, hand-written in blue fountain pen ink FTW!