[jmhammond]

You might recheck your assumptions. It’s possible you’re pushing too hard (since it’s not a roller ball, you don’t need force to get flow). And there’s a variety of different “grips” for us lefties, and I write daily with my vanishing point and kon peki ink with no smudge.

I’ll agree somewhat on pencils, though. I used to have gray hands when I was in high school after all my notes.