I was that same way regarding typing. I rarely wrote and I wrote horrible, but about 4 years ago I set out to learn proper cursive. I now journal and write quite a bit. I've noticed my spelling is better since I have no spell checker. Most of all I like the reflective peaceful process of writing by hand. I also can remember things much better by writing by hand. Seems to stick in your head better.I have a couple of nice Pelicans I picked up in the late '80s, but once I hit 50 words per minute on the keyboard, we'll, let's just say that I have handwritten fewer words in the past 35 years than during one week of business school. I'm so out of practice, and so used to easily correcting my work on a computer, that when I write by hand, every 5th word is crossed out and typed over.
But nice idea...