Well it has been a little over a week since I picked up my Zebra V-301 at a local Walgreens. At first I was a little sceptical in regards to how well it would work, first as it took some time and muscle to get the ink cartridge installed and then it would have helped if I had read the back of the package regarding writing tips.
Through trial and error with writing I got the ink flowing and with thinking I was holding the pen with the nib upside down only to find out that was how the packaging told you how to hold the pen when writing. I will say that I have enjoyed using this pen and have been careful to not let others use it (the packaging states that the nib conforms to your writing style thus not to share the pen). The only issues I have come across is when having to draw a line, but since that is a task I rarely perform with a pen it is not that big of a problem.
Being left handed finding pens that work can be hard at times, even with ball point pens; the other night I remember going through six or seven pens to sign a credit card receipt, I am sure most of those pens wrote but for some reason just not for a lefty. This pen has me wanting to try some of the other budget friendly fountain pens to test for a southpaws approval.
A final thought is that some of you will mention the thread for left handed people. There has not been any movement on that thread for the last month, and all they talked about were just the nibs that worked not actual pens. Not everyone, southpaws included, can afford the more expensive pens; or if they are starting out they might not know if the budget pen they are looking at is one that other southpaws have had good experiences with, or the qualities that other southpaws have had good luck with (as that is more what the left handed thread talked about). For lefties that might be interested in this pen, I do write underhanded (keeping my wrist straight and under the line I am writing on) as opposed to overhanded (curving my wrist around the top of the line) this may make a difference in your experience in other words YMMV.
Through trial and error with writing I got the ink flowing and with thinking I was holding the pen with the nib upside down only to find out that was how the packaging told you how to hold the pen when writing. I will say that I have enjoyed using this pen and have been careful to not let others use it (the packaging states that the nib conforms to your writing style thus not to share the pen). The only issues I have come across is when having to draw a line, but since that is a task I rarely perform with a pen it is not that big of a problem.
Being left handed finding pens that work can be hard at times, even with ball point pens; the other night I remember going through six or seven pens to sign a credit card receipt, I am sure most of those pens wrote but for some reason just not for a lefty. This pen has me wanting to try some of the other budget friendly fountain pens to test for a southpaws approval.
A final thought is that some of you will mention the thread for left handed people. There has not been any movement on that thread for the last month, and all they talked about were just the nibs that worked not actual pens. Not everyone, southpaws included, can afford the more expensive pens; or if they are starting out they might not know if the budget pen they are looking at is one that other southpaws have had good experiences with, or the qualities that other southpaws have had good luck with (as that is more what the left handed thread talked about). For lefties that might be interested in this pen, I do write underhanded (keeping my wrist straight and under the line I am writing on) as opposed to overhanded (curving my wrist around the top of the line) this may make a difference in your experience in other words YMMV.
