juteck
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I'd also add (as the devils advocate), that lefties suck with a fountain pen. Being a leftie myself, I can't use a fountain pen, I push, and the paper does not like that.
Lighter touch.
It took me a long time to develop that, but I really love using it now.
One of the first bottles of ink I bought was at a Mont Blanc store. I told them I was new to fountain pens, had a hand crafted pen, and needed some ink. They snubbed their nose at my hand crafted pen, push some fat plastic (sorry, precious resin) pen in my hand, and had me sample various ink colors. The first thing they said was "get rid of the death grip". It must have been so obvious for them to say that! So, loosened my grip, and it worked much better. They were good with me (maybe first customer all day??), and did not even to to push a pen sale on me.
I use mine every day. Pushing it across the paper. Paper makes a huge difference, but I can still write on cheap recycled 20# non bright white crappy copy paper. Ink doesn't like the cheap paper as much, but I can still write on it without digging the tip into the paper.
Start with a medium tip, or bold. Develop your touch, then move to fine if you want. I have no problems with an extra fine, and no problems with a 1.5 mm italics nib.
Since I've started using it, I can also use a 0.3mm mechanical pencil with no problems, no digging, and no pencil digging into the paper.
Light touch, and lefties can absolutely enjoy the variety of ink colors out there!!